Oxydation of alkenes catalysed with silver , Hive Chemistry Discourse


		claude (Stranger) 09-01-04 12:04 No 528830				Oxydation of alkenes catalysed with silver
						I know that industrially, glycol (1,2-ethandiol) OH-CH2-CH2-OH is produced by oxydation of ethylene by atmospheric O2, in presence of silver as catalyst. But it seems that this reaction is only used with one alkene : ethylene. Do you know if this reaction can be applied to other alkenes, or why it can't ?



		Rhodium (Chief Bee) 09-01-04 17:29 No 528869				Aerobic Alkene Oxidation
						But it seems that this reaction is only used with one alkene : ethylene. Do you know if this reaction can be applied to other alkenes, or why it can't? For a similar reaction catalyzed by DMSO instead of silver, check out Post 451720 (Rhodium: "Isosafrole to MDP2P by auto-oxidation!", Novel Discourse) The O₂ Wacker Oxidation is also similar, in that it uses a noble metal catalyst to oxidize alkenes with oxygen: ../rhodium /dmfo2wacker.html ../rhodium /wacker.krv.html ^{The Hive - Clandestine Chemists Without Borders}