摘要 |
<p>PURPOSE:To obtain a hydroperoxide readily, in high selectivity and in high yield, by oxidizing a secondary alkyl group-substituted naphthalene with molecular O2 in a liquid phase by using an indane-based aromatic hydrocarbon and optionally a Pd compound as catalysts. CONSTITUTION:A secondary alkyl group-substituted naphthalene such as 2,6- diisopropylnaphthalene is oxidized with molecular O2 in a liquid phase in the presence of <=1,000ppm based on the compound of an indane-based aromatic hydrocarbon such as 9,10-dihydroanthracene and/or a tetralin-based aromatic hydrocarbon such as tetralin and optionally >=0.5ppm calculated as metal based on the secondary alkyl group-substituted naphthalene of a soluble Pd compound such as 1% aqueous solution of sulfuric acid of PdCl2 as catalysts by adding azobiscyclohexanecarbonitrile as an initiator and by adjusting the reaction mixture to pH 12 with NaOH to give a hydroperoxide and/or a carbinol.</p> |