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One-pot synthesis of phenols from aromatic aldehydes by Baeyer-Villiger oxidation with H2O2 using water-tolerant Lewis acids in molecular sieves
Corma, Avelino,Fornes, Vicente,Iborra, Sara,Mifsud, Maria,Renz, Michael
, p. 67 - 76 (2007/10/03)
The heterogeneous oxidation systems Sn-Beta/H2O2 and Al-Beta/H2O2 were both active for the Baeyer-Villiger oxidation of aromatic aldehydes. With alkoxy substituents in ortho and especially in para position, the corresponding formate ester was the primary reaction product with excellent selectivity. The highest selectivity toward the ester was obtained with the Sn-Beta catalyst in dioxane as solvent. High selectivities of the corresponding phenol could be obtained by employing ethanol or aqueous acetonitrile as solvent with Sn-Beta. Al-Beta was more efficient as catalyst for both Baeyer-Villiger oxidation and ester hydrolysis and, thus achieved high yields for the corresponding alcohol. However, this was a less selective catalyst than Sn-Beta zeolite. Sn-Beta was a chemoselective catalyst when the aldehyde reactant contained olefinic groups in an alkyl chain. With these reactants, the Al-zeolite gave no activity. Other classical BV oxidants, e.g., peracids, also yielded the epoxidation products. Thus, Sn-Beta catalysts open a new entry to aromatic phenols with unsaturated alkyl substituents that are interesting intermediates in the chemical industry.
