Patent ID: 7145041

Claim:
A process for preparing saturated alcohols, ketones, aldehydes and carboxylic acids, comprising: oxidizing an unsaturated hydrocarbon with an oxygen-containing gas in the presence of a catalyst and a free-radical initiator, and reducing the oxidation products by a subsequent hydrogenation to form saturated alcohols, ketones, aldehydes and/or ketones; wherein said catalyst is a compound of formula I: where R 1 and R 2 are, independently, H, an aliphatic alkoxy radical, an aromatic alkoxy radical, a carboxyl radical, an alkoxycarbonyl radical or a hydrocarbon radical, each of which has 1 to 20 carbon atoms, SO 3 H, NH 2 , OH, F, Cl, Br, I and/or NO 2 , wherein R 1 and R 2 are identical or different radicals, or R 1 and R 2 can be linked to one another via a covalent bond, Q 1 and Q 2 are, independently, C, CH or N, identical or different, X and Z are, independently, C, S or CH 2 , Y is O or OH, k=0, 1 or 2, l=0, 1 or 2 and m=1 to 100.