ABSTRACT
This chapter analyzes data on oxidation of paraffins, alkanes, aromatic hydrocarbons and function-containing compounds. Oxidation of sulfur-containing compounds is used not only for production of valuable products, but also for removal of mercaptan from oil cracking products, natural gas and gas condensate, for neutralization of thio salts and waste waters and for resolution of other ecological problems. Oxidation of inorganic thio salts by dioxygen in presence of complexes of transition metals immobilized on polymers is especially important for solving ecological problems. The oxidation kinetics obey Michaelis-Menten equation, and the "ping-pong" mechanism is realized according to which copper is reduced in the reaction with substrate and substrate is deoxidized by dioxygen. Thus, the influence of chain conformation on asymmetric induction can be caused, on the one hand, by formation of a proper chain structure and, on the other hand, by differences in affinity of substrate enantiomers or the stability of intermediates.
