Cobalt‐Containing Molecular Sieves as Catalysts for the Low Conversion Autoxidation of Pure Cyclohexane

Isolated and immobilized cobalt centers are the essential prerequisites for the heterognization of the industrially important catalysis of cyclohexane autoxidation. This study reveals inter alia a higher selectivity for the formation of cyclohexyl hydroperoxide and the suppression of cobalt deactivation when, instead of soluble cobalt salts, cobalt‐modified aluminophosphates with low cobalt loading are employed as catalysts.