Birch, Stewart, Kolasch & Birch, LLP
Oxidation catalytic system and oxidation process using the same
 A substrate (e.g., a cycloalkane, a polycyclic hydrocarbon, an aromatic compound having a methyl group or methylene group adjacent to an aromatic ring) is oxidized with oxygen in the presence of an oxidation catalyst comprising an imide compound of the following formula (1) (e.g., N-hydroxyphthalimide), and a co-catalyst (except phosphovanadomolybdic acid) containing an element selected from the group consisting of Group 2A elements of the Periodic Table of Elements, transition metals (Group 3A to 7A elements, Group 8 elements, Group 1B elements and Group 2B elements of the Periodic Table of Elements) and Group 3B elements of the Periodic Table of Elements, for the formation of an oxide (e.g., a ketone, an alcohol, a carboxylic acid): ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 represent a substituent such as a hydrogen atom or a halogen atom, or R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 may together form a double bond or an aromatic or nonaromatic 5- to 12-membered ring, X is O or OH, and n is 1 to 3. 
Daicel Chemical Industries, Ltd.
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Yasutaka Tatsuya
Ishii Nakano