	US 12,187,670 B2
	Metal organic interactions at hydrothermal conditions
Grant Loescher, Tempe, AZ (US); Everett Shock, Scottsdale, AZ (US); Ian Gould, Phoenix, AZ (US); Hilairy Hartnett, Phoenix, AZ (US); and Lynda B. Williams, Tempe, AZ (US)
Assigned to Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of Arizona State University, Scottsdale, AZ (US)
Filed by Grant Loescher, Tempe, AZ (US); Everett Shock, Scottsdale, AZ (US); Ian Gould, Phoenix, AZ (US); Hilairy Hartnett, Phoenix, AZ (US); and Lynda B. Williams, Tempe, AZ (US)
Filed on Jan. 25, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/157,173.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/965,513, filed on Jan. 24, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0230088 A1, Jul. 29, 2021
Int. Cl. C07C 37/60 (2006.01); C07C 37/02 (2006.01); C07C 45/29 (2006.01); C07C 51/305 (2006.01)

CPC C07C 37/60 (2013.01) [C07C 37/02 (2013.01); C07C 45/29 (2013.01); C07C 51/305 (2013.01)]

11 Claims

1. A method of oxidizing a first aromatic compound in the presence of a metal salt to yield a second aromatic compound, the method comprising:

combining the first aromatic compound, the metal salt, and water in a reaction vessel to yield an aqueous mixture;

sealing the aqueous mixture in the reaction vessel; and

heating the aqueous mixture under anoxic conditions in the reaction vessel at a temperature exceeding 200° C. for a length of time in a range from 25 hours to 125 hours to yield a reaction product comprising the second aromatic compound,

wherein the first aromatic compound is benzene, the metal salt is copper sulfate, and the second aromatic compound is phenol.