Research and industrial application of metal porphyrin-catalyzed alkane oxidation

The research situation of metal porphyrin and its catalysis in alkane oxidation was introduced. The consecutive experiments were conducted to study cyclohexanone production from cyclohexane with metal porphyrin catalyzing the oxidation. The results showed that the conversion ratio of cyclohexane reached about 7% at the catalytic conditions of 143～147℃ and 0.8～ 0.9 MPa, and the selective ratio of cyclohexanol, cyclohexanone and cyclohexyl hydroperoxide was above 87% in which cyclohexanol and cyclohexanone was above 75%.