1653-33-4Relevant articles and documents
Scope and limitations of lithium-ethylenediamine-THF-mediated cleavage at the α-position of aromatics: Deprotection of aryl methyl ethers and benzyl ethers under mild conditions
Shindo, Takeyuki,Fukuyama, Yasuaki,Sugai, Takeshi
, p. 692 - 700 (2007/10/03)
The scope and limitation of lithium-ethylenediamine-THF-mediated reductive bond cleavage at the α-position of aromatics were examined. Very mild conditions such as lithium metal (5 equiv) and ethylenediamine (7 equiv) in oxygen-free THF were quite effective for the demethylation of aromatic ethers even at as low as -10°C. Allyl benzyl ethers were also deprotected under these conditions with very little change of the allylic alcohol moiety. Through this study, 2,6-dimethylbenzyl (m-xylylmethyl, MXM) group was developed as an alternative of benzyl group, which is readily cleavable under the above mentioned reductive conditions.
Shape Selective Alkane Hydroxylation by Metalloporphyrin Catalysts
Cook, Bruce R.,Reinert, Thomas J.,Suslick, Kenneth S.
, p. 7281 - 7286 (2007/10/02)
A series of manganese and iron porphyrins with sterically protected pockets are shown to be shape selective alkane hydroxylation catalysts.With iodosobenzene as oxidant, good regioselectivity is observed for hydroxylation of alkanes at the least hindered methyl group by using the very sterically hindered (5,10,15,20-tetrakis(2',4',6'-triphenylphenyl)porphyrinato)manganese(III) acetate (MnTTPPP(OAc)) as catalyst; The moderately hindered (5,10,15,20-tetrakis(2',4',6'-trimethoxyphenyl)porphyrinato)manganese(III) acetate shows little selectivity toward terminal CH3 hydroxylation but does show enhancement for the adjacent, ω - 1, CH2 site.Primary selectivity is dependent on the size and shape of the alkane substrate, with more bulky substituents giving greater primary selectivity.Substituting pentafluoroiodosobenzene or m-chloroperbenzoic acid as oxidants yields similar selectivity, thus conclusively demonstrating metal based oxidation via a common intermediate for these three systems.In contrast, tert-butyl hydroperoxide or 2,2,2-trifluoroethanol solubilized pentafluoroiodosobenzene show no primary carbon selectivity, and reaction product ratios are independent of the metalloporphyrin catalyst; this demonstrates that the site of oxidation with these oxidants is not metal based.The iron porphyrin derivatives also show good primary selectivity, although to a lesser degree than with the Mn derivatives, proving that these oxidations too are metal based.The regioselectivities for alkane hydroxilation shown by TTPPP derivatives are comparable to or better than those found for some isozymes of cytochrome P-450 which are responsible for primary alcohol biosynthesis from steroids, fatty acids, and alkanes.
Shape-selective Alkane Hydroxylation
Suslick, Kenneth,Cook, Bruce,Fox, Mary
, p. 580 - 582 (2007/10/02)
A series of sterically hindered manganese porphyrins have been used to catalyse shape-selective alkane hydroxylation, increasing the production of primary alcohols.
