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2.3 Selective liquid‐phase oxidation reactions<br />

hexafluorobenzene as solvents, the former giving a selectivity of 50 % to the epoxide (Table 2‐2,<br />

entry 1). The high selectivity excludes the epoxidation to occur via the mentioned<br />

cyclohexenylperoxo/ ‐peroxide as the main reaction pathway. Apparently, oxygen supply by leaving<br />

the reaction vessel open to air was sufficient. Cyclooctene could be epoxidized with selectivities<br />

around 80 % even under solvent‐free conditions, TOFs of up to 35 h ‐1 were achieved [120] at<br />

temperatures around 80 °C (Table 2‐2, entry 2). Gold nanoparticles supported on La‐doped<br />

manganese oxide octahedral molecular sieves applied for solventless oxidation of cyclohexene<br />

yielded mostly allylic oxidation products (entry 3, small amounts of epoxide were also formed)<br />

showing that gold has no intrinsic aerobic epoxidation activity [122]. Gold and copper modified<br />

silicon nanowires (Au/ and Cu/SiNWs), respectively, were tested in the aerobic epoxidation in the<br />

absence of solvent [123] for both cyclohexene and cyclooctene with TBHP as radical initiator in an<br />

open reactor system. Outstanding selectivities to the epoxide with Au/SiNWs for cyclooctene<br />

oxidation (>90 %), TOFs being in the range of 50 h ‐1 and higher (entry 4a) were reported. In strong<br />

contrast, for cyclohexene with Au/SiNWs exclusively allylic oxidation products were observed (entry<br />

4b). Cu/SiNWs also afforded only allylic oxidation products (entry 5a,b). No internal standard was<br />

used, so substrate evaporation occurring over the long reaction time (24 h) at elevated temperatures<br />

(80 °C) might have interfered. As an alternative to the direct reaction with oxygen, the combination<br />

of Au/CeO2 as a peroxide generating catalyst and Ti‐MCM‐41 as an epoxidizing catalyst was proposed<br />

[124]. The formation of gold‐peroxy species from reaction with azo‐bis(isobutyronitrile) (AiBN) on the<br />

surface of Au nanoparticles was evidenced by IR investigations and assumed to be responsible for the<br />

formation of cumene hydroperoxide from cumene. With cumene as sacrificial reductant, selectivities<br />

in 1‐octene oxidation approached 90 %. TOFs close to 50 h ‐1 were obtained at low conversion at 100<br />

°C (entry 6, Scheme 2‐8).<br />

Au/CeO 2 + AiBN<br />

O 2<br />

OOH silylated Ti-MCM-41<br />

Scheme 2‐8: Epoxidation of 1‐octene by oxygen activated by cumene with Au/CeO2 and Ti‐MCM‐41 in a one‐<br />

pot synthesis [124].<br />

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