Oxidation

Abstract The article contains sections titled: 1. Introduction 2. Thermodynamics; Stability of Hydrocarbons 3. Reaction Types 4. Homolytic Oxidation 4.1. Historical Development; Reaction Mechanism; Radical Reactivity 4.2. Kinetics of Autoxidation 4.3. Differences between Liquid‐ and Gas‐Phase Autoxidations 4.4. Homolytic Oxidation in the Liquid Phase 4.4.1. Secondary Reactions of Radicals, Peroxides, and other Intermediates 4.4.2. Metal Catalysis in Homolytic Liquid‐Phase Oxidation 4.4.3. Inhibitors of Homolytic Liquid‐Phase Oxidation 4.4.4. Special Cases of Homolytic Oxidation 4.4.5. Process Technology of Homolytic Liquid‐Phase Oxidation 4.5. Homolytic Gas‐Phase Oxidation 4.6. Gas Explosions and Safety Data 5. Heterolytic Oxidation 5.1. Heterolytic Oxidation in the Liquid Phase 5.2. Heterogeneously Catalyzed Gas‐Phase Oxidation 5.2.1. Oxidation Catalysts 5.2.2. Process Technology of Heterogeneously Catalyzed Oxidations