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Catalytic Properties of Synthetic Linear Oligomer-Copper Complexes in Autoxidation of Phenols
Tsukube, Hiroshi,Maruyama, Kazuhiro,Araki, Takeo
, p. 1485 - 1490 (1983)
A new type of copper complex composed of intermediate sized ligands was employed as catalyst in the autoxidation of phenols.Among a series of copper catalists containing urea and thiourea ligands, intermediate sized oligomer ligand -CuCl2 complexes showed effective catalytic activities in the oxidative coupling of 2,6-xylenol.Reaction rates were high and there was excellent coupling selectivity.The catalytic properties were much different both from those of smaller ligand-copper complexes and from those of polymeric ligand-copper complexes, and seemed to be characteristic of the present type of catalysts.
