Iron-Promoted Catalytic Activity of Selenium Endowing the Aerobic Oxidative Cracking Reaction of Alkenes

Oxidative cracking of alkenes is a significant process in industry. In this work, it was found that catalyzed by Se/Fe via hybrid mechanisms, the carbon-carbon double bond in alkenes can break to produce carbonyls under mild conditions. Since O2 can be used as a partial oxidant, the employed H2O2 amount can be reduced (90 mol % vs 250 mol %) to avoid the peroxide residues, making the process even safer for operation.

Highly crystalline K-intercalated Se/C: An easily accessible mesoporous material catalyzing the epoxidation of β-ionone

Highly crystalline K-intercalated Se/C was fabricated by calcining the commercially available methylselenized glucose with KBr being followed by the subsequent water washing. The corrosion of water to KBr led to...