摘要 |
PURPOSE: Provided is processes for producing acyclic or cyclic alcohols or glycols, carbonyls, oxiranes or aziridines from hydrocarbyl group-containing compounds, particularly lower alkanes such as methane, ethane, propane or butanes. CONSTITUTION: A process for producing at least one of acyclic alcohols, cyclic alcohols, acyclic glycols, cyclic glycols, carbonyls, oxiranes and aziridines comprises the steps of: a) functionalizing, under regioselective conditions, only one sp3 carbon atom at a carbon - hydrogen bond of at least one hydrocarbyl group of a starting material comprising a hydrocarbyl group containing compound to produce a functionalized hydrocarbyl group containing precursor from which a final product comprising at least one of acyclic alcohols, cyclic alcohols, acyclic glycols, cyclic glycols, carbonyls, oxiranes and aziridines can be produced, and b) reacting the functionalized hydrocarbyl group containing precursor under conditions sufficient to produce the final product. |