PROCESS FOR THE HYDROXYLATION OF ALIPHATIC COMPOUNDS

摘要

A process for hydroxylating aliphatic compounds under catalytic distillation conditions to provide alcohols is provided. The aliphatic compound is contacted, in a distillation column reactor, with an oxidation catalyst and an oxidant under conditions effective to hydroxylate the aliphatic compound while maintaining at least a portion of the aliphatic compound in a liquid phase and separating the hydroxylated product from the un-reacted aliphatic compound in the distillation column reactor.