Claims
- 1. The process of preparing alcohols by single-carbon hydroxylation, which comprises the steps of: reacting a saturated hydrocarbon compound with an N-oxygenated amine in a medium including a Lewis acid and a salt of a first series transition metal element; and separating the reaction product from said medium, in which the saturated hydrocarbon compound has the general formula ##STR2## wherein R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are hydrocarbon groups which have combined a total of from 4 to 18 carbon atoms and wherein the dotted line represents an optional carbon-to-carbon bond, R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 being alkyl groups when said bond is absent and R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 being alkylene groups when said bond is present. and wherein one of R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 includes a carboxyl moiety.
- 2. The process according to claim 1 in which the saturated hydrocarbon is methyl octanoate.
- 3. The process according to claim 1 in which the saturated hydrocarbon is stearic acid.
Parent Case Info
This is a division, of application Ser. No. 622,661, filed: Oct. 15, 1975 now U.S. Pat. No. 4,045,498.
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