Oxygen → 2,5-Dioctyladipic anhydride

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A mixture of 20 mmol of adipic anhydride, 2 mmol of 1-octene, 0.04 mmol of manganese (II) acetate, 0.002 mmol of cobalt (II) 0 acetate and 2 ml of acetic acid was stirred at 90° C. in an atmosphere of a gaseous mixture of nitrogen and oxygen (9:1) (1 atm=0.101 MPa) for 3 hours. The resulting reaction mixture was analyzed to find that 2-octyladipic anhydride and 2,5-dioctyladipic anhydride were produced in yields of 29% and 2%, respectively, with a conversion from 1-octene of 63%.

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