Hydrogen Peroxide → 2-Octanone

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Platinum black (1.50 g, 7.7 mmol) and 2-octanol (100 g, 768 mmol) were mixed and stirred at 90° C. for 10 minutes. A 30% aqueous hydrogen peroxide solution (104 g, 918 mmol) was gradually added dropwise to the mixed solution, followed by stirring at 90° C. for 20 hours, and then the reaction solution was cooled to room temperature. The organic phase was separated and washed with 100 ml of a saturated aqueous sodium thiosulfate solution, followed by distillation, and 2-octanone was obtained in yield of 95% (93.9 g, 730 mmol).

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