Ferrous Ion Catalyzed Oxidatons of 2-Propanol with Peroxyacetic Acid

Article abstract of DOI:10.1021/jo00158a024

The ferrous ion catalyzed oxidations of 2-propanol by peroxyacetic acid are compared with the oxidations of 2-propanol with the Fenton reagent (ferrous ion and hydrogen peroxide).The peroxyacetic acid reactions are considerably faster than the hydrogen peroxide oxidations at similar concentrations of ferrous ion.Further, the peroxyacetic acid oxidations at low ferrous ion concentrations do not yield any detectable amounts of 2,5-hexanediol, a significant byproduct formed in the hydrogen peroxide oxidations when performed with sufficient ferrous ion present to achievereaction rates comparable to those of the peroxyacetic acid oxidations at the low ferrous ion concentrations.These observations are discussed in terms of the hydrogen atom abstracting species encountered in these oxidation reactions.