Reaction Kinetics and Catalysis Letters, Vol.80, No.2, 223-231, 2003
Liquid phase oxidation of n-octane catalyzed by silica gel supported vanadium (VO2+) complex using molecular oxygen
Nitrogen containing Schiff base ligand, [1,2-bis(salicylideneimino)-phenylene] vanadium oxo, has been covalently bonded on chemically modified silica gel support. With this catalyst the oxidation of n-octane with molecular oxygen occurs with chain breaking with very little isomerization.