PTCs promoted biphasic oxidation of ethylbenzene catalyzed by NHPI and CoSPc

An easy workup and environmentally friendly method to convert ethylbenzene into the corresponding oxides,catalyzed by a combined catalytic system consisting of NHPI and CoSPc,was developed in a water involved liquid-liquid heterogeneous system.Experimental results showed that the reaction performed well facilitated by PTCs at multigrams material level,under which the conversion rate of ethylbenzene and the selectivity of acetophenone reached 60.6% and 95.2% after 0.5 h of reaction in oxygen atmosphere.An oxidation process was proposed at the end of this paper.