Oxygen → Cyclopentadecanone

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Reaction Steps

2 mmol of N-hydroxyphthalimide and 4 mmol of cumene hydroperoxide are added at a temperature of 130° C. to 200 mmol of cyclopentadecane in a round-bottomed flask having an attached reflux condenser. Oxygen at approximately 15 l/h is passed through the reaction mixture for 8 hours at said temperature. Cyclopentadecanol is obtained at a selectivity of 20% and cyclopentadecanone at a selectivity of 46%, at a cyclopentadecane conversion rate of 44%.

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