@article { ISI:000226424000029,
	title = {Epoxidation of styrene by anhydrous hydrogen peroxide over boehmite and alumina catalysts with continuous removal of the reaction water},
	journal = {Journal of Molecular Catalysis A-Chemical},
	volume = {227},
	number = {1-2},
	year = {2005},
	month = {MAR},
	pages = {217-222},
	publisher = {ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV},
	type = {Article},
	address = {PO BOX 211, 1000 AE AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS},
	abstract = {<p>Boehmite and alumina (obtained from the boehmite by its calcination at different temperatures 300-900degreesC) are active and stable catalysts for the selective epoxidation of styrene by anhydrous H2O2 to styrene oxide with continuous removal of the reaction water. Influence of the catalyst (boehemite) calcination temperature, H2O2/styrene ratio and catalyst loading on the styrene conversion and selectivity for styrene oxide. phenyl acetaldehyde. benzaldehyde and benzoic acid in the epoxidation has been investigated. In the presence of water. the catalyst shows very poor activity and selectivity in the epoxidation. The catalyst also catalyses H2O2 decomposition and hence has optimum loading for obtaining high-styrene conversion in the epoxidation. (C) 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.</p>},
	keywords = {Alumina, anhydrous hydrogen peroxide, boehmite, Epoxidation of styrene, Styrene oxide},
	issn = {1381-1169},
	doi = {10.1016/j.molcata.2004.10.025},
	author = {Choudhary, Vasant R. and Patil, N. S. and Chaudhari, Nitin K. and Bhargava, Suresh Kumar}
}
@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}
}
