Direct hydroxylation of benzene to phenol in a microstructured Pd-based membrane reactor [Elektronische Ressource] / von Laurent Bortolotto

Direct hydroxylation of benzene to phenol in a microstructured Pd-based membrane reactor zur Erlangung des akademischen Grades eines DOKTORS DER INGENIEURWISSENSCHAFTEN (Dr.-Ing.) der Fakultät für Chemieingenieurwesen und Verfahrenstechnik des Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT) vorgelegte genehmigte DISSERTATION von Dipl.-Ing. Laurent Bortolotto aus Toulouse, Frankreich Referent: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Roland Dittmeyer Korreferent: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Georg Schaub Tag der mündlichen Prüfung: 06.05.2011 Foreword In early 2007, I bid farewell to the ever-changing and demanding world of the automotive industry in Stuttgart to join the Technical Chemistry workgroup, under the leadership of Prof. Dittmeyer, at DECHEMA in Frankfurt, as it provided me with the opportunity to return to research & development work and further develop my knowledge in the field of palladium membranes, which I had previously carried out research on at the DaimlerChrysler R&T of EADS in Friedrichshafen. Both promising and challenging, the aim of the project was to reproduce and study the much discussed gas phase direct hydroxylation of benzene to phenol in a Pd-membrane reactor, which was postulated as a new phenol route by the AIST researchers (Japan) in 2002.