The obtained results demonstrated that the epoxidation of
cyclooctene and the oxidation of cyclohexane occur with high
selectivity for both substrates. The acid character of the clay materials
enhances the formation of the metal-oxo active species that
favours the production of the more polar products, the ketone.
The results obtained in this work are very promising, since the formation
of only one product resembles the results from biological
system, which saves the necessity of separation steps, opening
industrial perspectives for these systems.