Abstract:
THE PRODUCTION OF TERTIARY ALCOHOLS BY OXIDIZING A TERTIARY ALIPHATIC CARBON ATOM IN ANORGANIC COMPOUND IN WHICH SAID TERTIARY CARBON ATOM IS ATTACHED TO ONE CARBON OF A CARBOCYCLIC ARYL NUCLEUS, TO ONE HYDROGEN ATOM, TO TWO OTHER SATURATED CARBON ATOMS EACH IN TURN ATTCHED ONLY TO A MEMBER OF THE GROUP CONSISTING OF CARBON ATOMS AND HYDROGEN ATOMS, IN LIQUID PHASE WITH A GAS CONTAINING ELEMENTAL OXYGEN AND WITH AQUEOUS CAUSTIC OF THE GROUP CONSISTING OF SODIUM HYDROXIDE AND POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE IN CONCENTRATIONS OF ABOUT 40-90 WEIGHT PERCENT IN THE AQUEOUS SOLUTION AND IN PROPORTIONS OF ABOUT 20-400 GRAMS OF THE AQUEOUS CAUSTIC SOLUTION PER 100 ML. OF THE COMPOUNDS, AT TEMPERATURES IN THE RANGE OF ABOUT 100* C.-300*C.