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  • Highly Selective Formation of tert‐Butyl Hydroperoxide from the Reaction of Isobutane and O2 in a Zeolite under Visible Light
    Chemistry - A European Journal, 1996
    Co-Authors: Fritz Blatter, Hai Sun, Heinz Frei
    Abstract:

    Isobutane and oxygen gas loaded into zeolite BaY react upon irradiation with green or blue light to yield tert-butyl hydroperoxide in a Single-Photon Process. This was discovered when monitoring the reaction at room temperature in situ by FT-infrared spectroscopy. Selectivity was 98%, even upon conversion of more than half of the reactants loaded into the zeolite. Diffuse reflectance spectra revealed a visible absorption tail which originates from an isobutane · O2 collision complex. It is attributed to the isobutane · O2 contact charge-transfer absorption, whose onset is shifted from the UV into the visible region by the high electrostatic field of the zeolite.

  • Selective oxidation of propylene by O_2 with visible light in a zeolite
    Catalysis Letters, 1995
    Co-Authors: Fritz Blatter, Heinz Frei
    Abstract:

    Propylene and O_2 loaded into zeolite BaY were found to react upon irradiation with green or blue light in a single photon Process. In situ monitoring by FT-infrared spectroscopy showed that allyl hydroperoxide is the predominant product at −100°C. At room temperature, acrolein, propylene oxide, and allyl hydroperoxide were observed in comparable amounts. The aldehyde and epoxide are shown to emerge from secondary thermal chemistry of the allyl hydroperoxide photoproduct. The selectivity in terms of the hydroperoxide photoproduct is very high (98% at room temperature) even at high propylene conversion. Diffuse reflectance spectra show that access to the mild oxidation path is made possible by a zeolite-induced shift of the propylene O_2 charge-transfer absorption from the UV into the visible region.

  • Selective oxidation of propylene by O2 with visible light in a zeolite
    Catalysis Letters, 1995
    Co-Authors: Fritz Blatter, Hai Sun, Heinz Frei
    Abstract:

    Propylene and O2 loaded into zeolite BaY were found to react upon irradiation with green or blue light in a single photon Process. In situ monitoring by FT-infrared spectroscopy showed that allyl hydroperoxide is the predominant product at −100°C. At room temperature, acrolein, propylene oxide, and allyl hydroperoxide were observed in comparable amounts. The aldehyde and epoxide are shown to emerge from secondary thermal chemistry of the allyl hydroperoxide photoproduct. The selectivity in terms of the hydroperoxide photoproduct is very high (98% at room temperature) even at high propylene conversion. Diffuse reflectance spectra show that access to the mild oxidation path is made possible by a zeolite-induced shift of the propylene O2 charge-transfer absorption from the UV into the visible region.

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