- Bromide ions and methyltrioxorhenium as cocatalysts for hydrogen peroxide oxidations and brominations
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Oxidation of alcohols by hydrogen peroxide is negligible; even when catalyzed by methyltrioxorhenium (MTO), the process requires a long reaction time. The addition of a catalytic quantity of bromide ions, as HBr or NaBr, greatly enhances the rate. Some of the reactions were carried out on a larger scale in glacial acetic acid, and others at kinetic concentrations. The data establish that Br2 is the active oxidizing agent in the system, because the catalytic rates under suitable circumstances match those for the independently measured Br2 reaction with alcohol (benzyl alcohol, in particular). At much lower levels of MTO, however, Br2 formation plays a role in the kinetics. Certain other reluctant transformations are conveniently carried out with the MTO/H2O2/Br- combination: aldehydes to methyl esters; 1,3-dioxolanes to glycol monoesters; and ethers (with cleavage) to ketones (mostly), but in fair yield only. When Br- was used in stoichiometric quantity, certain bromination reactions occur. Thus, phenyl acetylenes (PhC2R, R = H, Me, Ph) are converted to dibromoalkenes that are entirely or largely formed as the trans isomer, and phenols are brominated. The latter reaction shows the preference para > ortho > meta. Kinetic studies of benzyl alcohol oxidation with MTO/H2O2Br- were carried out in aqueous solution. With sufficient (normal) levels of MTO, the rate constant for the formation of benzaldehyde agreed with the independently determined value for Br2 + PhCH2OH, k = 4.3 x 10-3 L mol-1 s-1 at 25.0 °C; for sec- phenethyl alcohol, k = (9.8 ± 0.4) x 10-3 L mol-1 s-1. Bromine is formed from the known oxidation of Br- with H2O2, catalyzed by MTO. This reaction results in BrO-/HBOr, which is then rapidly converted to Br2. However, with substantially lower concentrations of MTO, the buildup of benzaldehyde is ca. 4-fold slower, reflecting the diminished rate of Br- oxidation.
- Espenson,Zhu,Zauche
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p. 1191 - 1196
(2007/10/03)
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- Gas-Phase Reactions of 1,2-Dimethylcyclopentene and of 2,6-Heptanedione with Ozone: Unprecedented Formation of an Ozonide by Ozone Treatment of a Diketone
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Gas-phase ozonizations of 1,2-dimethylcyclopentene (1) and of 2,6-heptanedione (5) afforded in each case dimethylcyclopentene ozonide (2) in low yields. In the ozonization of 1, diketone 5 was formed as the single major product, along with nine "abnormal" ozonolysis products which were formed by oxidative cleavage of carbon-carbon single bonds.
- Griesbaum, Karl,Miclaus, Vasile,Jung, Chan,Quinkert, Ralf-Olaf
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p. 627 - 629
(2007/10/03)
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- Electrochemical oxidative ring opening of 1-methylcyclobutanol
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The manganese(III) acetate-mediated electrooxidative ring opening of 1-methylcyclobutanol (1) in acetic acid affords pentane-2-one (2) as the major product. The reaction of 1-methylcyclobutanol with Mn(OAc)3-LiCl gives 5-chloropentane-2-one (4).
- Kapustina,Sokova,Nikishin
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p. 1246 - 1248
(2007/10/03)
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- UV-LIGHT- AND RADIATION-INITIATED ADDITION OF ACETALDEHYDE TO ALLYL ALKANOATES
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UV-light- and γ-60Co-initiated addition of acetaldehyde to allyl formate (I) and allyl acetate (II) yielded the 1:1 adducts - 4-oxopentyl formate (III) and 4-oxopentyl acetate (IV), respectively, together with the 1:2 telomers - 7-formyloxy-4-formyloxymethyl-2-heptanone (V) and 7-acetoxy-4-acetoxymethyl-2-heptanone (VI).The initial radiation yields are: G(III) = 200.8, G(IV) = 211.3, G(V) = 39.5, G(VI) = 37.9.Base-catalyzed transesterification of oxopentyl alkanoates III and IV afforded 5-hydroxy-2-pentanone (XIV), the same reaction of dialkylalkanoates VI and VII gave 5-hydroxy-4-hydroxymethyl-2-heptanone (XV).
- Liska, Frantisek,Valenta, Miroslav,Fikar, Jiri,Jandova, Martina,Pesek, Miroslav,Trska, Petr
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p. 1287 - 1296
(2007/10/02)
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- RADICAL REACTIONS OF CARBONYL COMPOUNDS INITIATED BY METAL SALTS AND OXIDES. XIV. RADICAL OXIDATIVE TELOMERIZATION OF ETHYLENE WITH ACETONE
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The radical telomerization of ethylene with acetone was investigated.The telomeric radicals CH3COCH2(CH2CH2)n-1C.H2CH2 (n=1-5) are oxidized by the metal ions with the formation of unsaturated and acetoxy-substituted ketones.The effect of the nature of metal ion and the solvent (acetic acid, ethyl acetate, ethanol, acetonitrile) on the direction of oxidation of the radicals was studied.It was shown that oxidative telomerization takes place most selectively in the presence of divalent copper ions; here the main products are γ-acetopropyl and γ-acetopropenyl acetates or ω-unsaturated ketones, depending on the reaction conditions.
- Vinogradov, M. G.,Petrenko, O. N.,Verenchikov, S. P.,Nikishin, G. I.
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p. 626 - 631
(2007/10/02)
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