Narrow Results

This chapter aims to illustrate the research that was conducted in Portugal or in collaboration with Portuguese research groups in the 2011–2022 period on the oxidative conversion of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) to useful building blocks. It concerns the selective oxidation under mild catalytic oxidations of some VOCs (toluene, xylene, ethylbenzene, styrene and n-hexane), which are hazardous to human health and the environment. Both homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysts are discussed.