Abstract
A simple glass capillary-microreactor for studying the epoxidation of cyclohexene is described in this paper. Reaction conditions were optimized to achieve high reaction yield. The microreactor is easy to fabricate, fast and easy way for reliable catalyst screening in studying homogeneous oxidation reactions. Four different catalysts (i.e. manganese(II) and copper(II) metal complexes of Schiff and reduced Schiff base ligands) were synthesized and used. The reaction products were monitored by gas chromatography/mass spectrometry. The reaction performance was compared with conventional (batch scale) reaction. In both cases, catalytic activities and the product yields were found to be relatively higher for the copper(II) complexes when compared with the conventional route.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 599-606 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | International Journal of Nanoscience |
| Volume | 4 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Aug 2005 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:The authors gratefully acknowledge the financial support of this research by the Agency for Science, Technology and Research of Singapore and the National University of Singapore.
Keywords
- Epoxidation
- Eyclohexene
- Metal complex
- Microreactor
- Schiff base
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Biotechnology
- Bioengineering
- General Materials Science
- Condensed Matter Physics
- Computer Science Applications
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering
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