Direct epoxidation of propylene by molecular oxygen over a catalyst system containing palladium and a peroxo-heteropoly compound in methanol

Yanyong Liu; Kazuhisa Murata; Megumu Inaba

doi:10.1039/b316100p

Direct epoxidation of propylene by molecular oxygen over a catalyst system containing palladium and a peroxo-heteropoly compound in methanol

Chem Commun (Camb). 2004 Mar 7:(5):582-3. doi: 10.1039/b316100p. Epub 2004 Feb 3.

Authors

Yanyong Liu¹, Kazuhisa Murata, Megumu Inaba

Affiliation

¹ Research Institute for Green Technology, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, AIST Tsukuba Central 5, 1-1-1 Higashi, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8565, Japan. yy.ryuu@aist.go.jp

PMID: 14973618
DOI: 10.1039/b316100p

Abstract

A catalyst system consisting of palladium and a peroxo-heteropoly compound in methanol showed 81.6% selectivity for propylene oxide at 42.7% propylene conversion using molecular oxygen as oxidant in an autoclave reactor at 373 K for 6 h.