Catalytic Oxygen Absorption with the Styrene Epoxide–Hydroquinone–Copper(II) Chloride Ternary System in Aqueous tert-Butanol

• Published in: Russian journal of physical chemistry. B Vol. 14; no. 1; pp. 29 - 32
• Main Authors: Petrov, L. V., Solyanikov, V. M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Moscow Pleiades Publishing 2020; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Butanol; Chemistry; Chemistry and Materials Science; Copper chloride; Copper compounds; Hydroquinone; Kinetics and Mechanism of Chemical Reactions. Catalysis; Oxidation; Oxygen; Physical Chemistry; Styrenes; Ternary systems; butanol; copper chloride; free radicals; oxidation; styrene epoxide; catalysis; water; molecular oxygen; hydroquinone

— This paper describes oxidation of a ternary system (styrene epoxide (SE)—hydroquinone (Hq)—Cu(II) chloride) with oxygen in the solvent ( tert -butanol/water (4 : 1 by volume)). The expression of the rate in the concentration: V = k [CuCl 2 ] 1 [SE] 0 [Hq] 0 at [SE] > [Hq] > [CuCl 2 ] is expl...