| Journal of Advanced Catalysis Science and Technology (Volume 2 Issue 2) | |
| Heterogeneous epoxidation of n-octene, cyclooctene and styrene using a chitosan 4-salicyledinepalladium (II) catalyst under aerobic conditions |  |
| Pages 37-44
Neveen A. Anan, Ian S. Butler and Sahar I. Mostafa DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15379/2408-9834.2015.02.02.05Published: 06 October 2015 |
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| Abstract | |
| Chitosan (CS) has been condensed with 4-salicylidene to form a 2CS-Hdhba Schiff-base. The heterogeneous catalytic epoxidations of n-octene, cyclooctene and styrene have been achieved by employing a [Pd(dhba(H2O)Cl] complex as a catalyst in the presence of oxygen at atmospheric pressure at 358 K. The influence of reaction temperature, reaction time and amount of catalyst on the epoxidation processes has also been investigated. The catalyst is easily recovered from the epoxidation reaction mixtures even after 10 catalytic cycles. | |
| Keywords | |
| Chitosan, Schiff-base, n-octene, cycloctene, heterogeneous. | |
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