Process for producing organic compounds by utilizing oxygen complexes.

摘要

A novel process for producing oxygen-containing organic compounds with high selectivity and good yield by oxidising organic compounds under mild conditions, which process comprises using as a catalyst for the oxidation, an complex (M<Sub>m</Sub>X<Sub>w</Sub>·L<Sub>t</Sub>) consisting of a transition metal compound (M<Sub>m</Sub>X<Sub>n</Sub>) and an organic phosphorus compound (L) as a ligand, wherein M represents at least one transition metal chosen from the metals in Groups I and IV to VII and from the iron Group in Group VIII of the Periodic Table; X represents an anion; ligand L represents an organic phosphorus compound; and m, n and ℓ are positive integers.