Catalytic properties of rhodium organometallic complexes in the reaction of 1-octene oxidation with molecular oxygen

Abstract

The use of molecular oxygen, which is ecologically pure and accessible oxidizing agent, for obtaining oxygen-containing compounds by the oxidation of hydrocarbons is a very attractive process from the economic and ecological points of view. The possibility of carrying out reactions of hydrocarbons oxidation in mild conditions with a high rate, and also an increase in selectivity of the reactions and, hence, an increase in the target product yield are reached by the use of catalysts capable of affecting various stages of the complicated oxidation process: the initiation, propagation, and termination of reaction chains [1-4].