@article { ISI:000250026200022,
	title = {Supported copper oxide as a highly active/selective catalyst for the epoxidation of styrene by TBHP to styrene oxide},
	journal = {Catalysis Communications},
	volume = {8},
	number = {10},
	year = {2007},
	month = {OCT},
	pages = {1556-1560},
	publisher = {ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV},
	type = {Article},
	address = {PO BOX 211, 1000 AE AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS},
	abstract = {<p>Liquid phase epoxidation of styrene by anhydrous and aqueous TBHP to styrene oxide has been studied under reflux, using different supported CuO (viz. Cuo/Si-MCM-41, CuO/Al2O3, CuO/Ga2O3 and CuO/In2O3) as easily separable and reusable heterogeneous catalysts. The CuO/Ga2O3 catalyst showed the best performance in the epoxidation by aqueous TBHP. The CuO supported on In2O3 or Si-MCM-41 also showed very good performance in the epoxidation but only by anhydrous TBHP. However, the CUO/SiO2 catalyst, however, showed very good performance in the epoxidation by both the anhydrous and aqueous TBHP. Influence of the reaction conditions (temperature, time and TBHP/styrene ratio) on the epoxidation by aqueous TBHP over the best catalyst (CuO/Ga2O3) has been investigated. (C) 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.</p>},
	keywords = {CuO/Al2O3, CuO/Ga2O3, CuO/In2O3, Cuo/Si-MCM-41, CuO/SiO2, epoxidation, styrene, Styrene oxide, tertiary butyl hydroperoxide},
	issn = {1566-7367},
	doi = {10.1016/j.catcom.2007.01.005},
	author = {Choudhary, Vasant R. and Jha, Rani and Chaudhari, Nitin K. and Jana, Prabhas}
}
