Creation of a chain-like cationic iron species in montmorillonite as a highly active heterogeneous catalyst for alkane oxygenations using hydrogen peroxide

Kohki Ebitani; Masahito Ide; Takato Mitsudome; Tomoo Mizugaki; Kiyotomi Kaneda

doi:10.1039/b200255h

Creation of a chain-like cationic iron species in montmorillonite as a highly active heterogeneous catalyst for alkane oxygenations using hydrogen peroxide

Chem Commun (Camb). 2002 Apr 7:(7):690-1. doi: 10.1039/b200255h.

Authors

Kohki Ebitani¹, Masahito Ide, Takato Mitsudome, Tomoo Mizugaki, Kiyotomi Kaneda

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemical Science and Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University, 1-3 Machikaneyama, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-8531, Japan.

PMID: 12119677
DOI: 10.1039/b200255h

Abstract

A chain-like Fe3+ species containing an Fe-O-Fe unit has been prepared within the interlayer space of a montmorillonite, which showed a very high catalytic activity (turnover frequency 386 h-1 and turnover number 23,200) for the oxidation of cyclohexane with H2O2, affording cyclohexyl hydroperoxide as a major product.