The Kinetics and Mechanism of the Selective Ethylbenzene Oxidation

The role of the intra-and intermolecular H-bonds in mechanisms of catalysis with triple heterobinuclear hetero ligand complexes NiII(acac)2×NaSt(or LiSt)×PhOH, including nickel and redox-inactive metal Na (Li), in the selective ethylbenzene oxidation by dioxygen into α-phenyl ethyl hydroperoxide is discussed. The AFM method has been used for research of possibility of the stable supramolecular nanostructures {NiII(acac)2×NaSt(or LiSt)×PhOH}n formation, due to intermolecular H-bonds.