Abstract: A process of preparation of carboxylic acids by oxidative cleavage of compounds having substituted or non-substituted, linear or branched, saturated or unsaturated alkyl chains containing at least one vicinal diol or an epoxide in the presence of an oxidant comprising molecular oxygen and a heterogeneous catalyst comprising a copper oxide.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 22, 2018
Date of Patent:
September 27, 2022
Assignees:
NOVAMONT S.P.A., MATRICA S.P.A., ALMA MATER STUDIORUM—Universita' di Bologna
Abstract: The present invention relates to a process of preparation of carboxylic acids by oxidative cleavage of at least one vicinal diol or an epoxide in the presence of an oxidant comprising molecular oxygen and a heterogeneous catalyst comprising a copper oxide.
Type:
Application
Filed:
November 22, 2018
Publication date:
October 15, 2020
Applicants:
NOVAMONT S.P.A., MATRICA S.P.A., ALMA MATER STUDIORUM - Universita' di Bologna