PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION OF DODECANEDIOIC ACID

摘要

A process for the production of dodecanedioic acid by oxidation of cyclododecene using a two phase system in which ruthenium tetroxide serves as the oxidizing agent in the organic phase, and ruthenium tetroxide is regenerated in the second phase, an aqueous phase containing cerium ions in the plus 4 state. The cerium plus 4 ions may be regenerated by electrolytic oxidation in a separate step.