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The formyloxyl radical: Electrophilicity, C-H bond activation and anti-Markovnikov selectivity in the oxidation of aliphatic alkenes
Iron, Mark A.,Khenkin, Alexander M.,Neumann, Ronny,Somekh, Miriam
, p. 11584 - 11591 (2020/11/23)
In the past the formyloxyl radical, HC(O)O, had only been rarely experimentally observed, and those studies were theoretical-spectroscopic in the context of electronic structure. The absence of a convenient method for the preparation of the formyloxyl radical has precluded investigations into its reactivity towards organic substrates. Very recently, we discovered that HC(O)O is formed in the anodic electrochemical oxidation of formic acid/lithium formate. Using a [CoIIIW12O40]5- polyanion catalyst, this led to the formation of phenyl formate from benzene. Here, we present our studies into the reactivity of electrochemically in situ generated HC(O)O with organic substrates. Reactions with benzene and a selection of substituted derivatives showed that HC(O)O is mildly electrophilic according to both experimentally and computationally derived Hammett linear free energy relationships. The reactions of HC(O)O with terminal alkenes significantly favor anti-Markovnikov oxidations yielding the corresponding aldehyde as the major product as well as further oxidation products. Analysis of plausible reaction pathways using 1-hexene as a representative substrate favored the likelihood of hydrogen abstraction from the allylic C-H bond forming a hexallyl radical followed by strongly preferred further attack of a second HC(O)O radical at the C1 position. Further oxidation products are surmised to be mostly a result of two consecutive addition reactions of HC(O)O to the CC double bond. An outer-sphere electron transfer between the formyloxyl radical donor and the [CoIIIW12O40]5- polyanion acceptor forming a donor-acceptor [D+-A-] complex is proposed to induce the observed anti-Markovnikov selectivity. Finally, the overall reactivity of HC(O)O towards hydrogen abstraction was evaluated using additional substrates. Alkanes were only slightly reactive, while the reactions of alkylarenes showed that aromatic substitution on the ring competes with C-H bond activation at the benzylic position. C-H bonds with bond dissociation energies (BDE) ≤ 85 kcal mol-1 are easily attacked by HC(O)O and reactivity appears to be significant for C-H bonds with a BDE of up to 90 kcal mol-1. In summary, this research identifies the reactivity of HC(O)O towards radical electrophilic substitution of arenes, anti-Markovnikov type oxidation of terminal alkenes, and indirectly defines the activity of HC(O)O towards C-H bond activation.
Electrochemical Hydroxylation of Arenes Catalyzed by a Keggin Polyoxometalate with a Cobalt(IV) Heteroatom
Khenkin, Alexander M.,Somekh, Miriam,Carmieli, Raanan,Neumann, Ronny
supporting information, p. 5403 - 5407 (2018/04/19)
The sustainable, selective direct hydroxylation of arenes, such as benzene to phenol, is an important research challenge. An electrocatalytic transformation using formic acid to oxidize benzene and its halogenated derivatives to selectively yield aryl formates, which are easily hydrolyzed by water to yield the corresponding phenols, is presented. The formylation reaction occurs on a Pt anode in the presence of [CoIIIW12O40]5? as a catalyst and lithium formate as an electrolyte via formation of a formyloxyl radical as the reactive species, which was trapped by a BMPO spin trap and identified by EPR. Hydrogen was formed at the Pt cathode. The sum transformation is ArH+H2O→ArOH+H2. Non-optimized reaction conditions showed a Faradaic efficiency of 75 % and selective formation of the mono-oxidized product in a 35 % yield. Decomposition of formic acid into CO2 and H2 is a side-reaction.
Structure-reactivity correlations for reactions of substituted phenolate anions with acetate and formate esters
Stefanidis, Dimitrios,Cho, Sayeon,Dhe-Paganon, Sirano,Jencks, William P.
, p. 1650 - 1656 (2007/10/02)
The reactions of substituted phenolate anions with m-nitrophenyl, p-nitrophenyl, and 3,4-dinitrophenyl formates follow nonlinear Br?nsted-type correlations that might be taken as evidence for a change in the rate-limiting step of a reaction that proceeds through a tetrahedral addition intermediate. However, the correlation actually represents two different Br?nsted lines that are defined by meta- and para-substituted phenolate anions and by meta- and para-substituted o-chlorophenolate anions. A concerted mechanism for both acetyl- and formyl-transfer reactions is supported by the absence of a detectable change in the Br?nsted slope at ΔpK = 0 for the attacking and leaving phenolate anions within each class of Br?nsted correlations. Regular increases in the dependence of log k on the pKa of the nucleophile with increasing pKa of the leaving group correspond to a positive interaction coefficient pxy = ?β1g/?(pKnuc) = ?βnuc/?(pK1g). The observation of two different Br?nsted lines for the reactions of substituted phenolate anions with phenyl acetates is attributed to a steric effect that decreases the rate of reaction of substituted o-chlorophenolate anions by 25-50%. The reactions of meta- and para-substituted phenolate and o-chlorophenolate anions with substituted phenyl acetate esters follow values of βnuc = 0.53-0.66 and -β1g = 0.50-0.63. The reactions of meta- and para-substituted phenolate anions with formate esters are ～ 103 times faster and follow smaller values of βnuc = 0.43-0.64 and -β1g = 0.31-0.48. However, the reactions of meta- and para-substituted o-chlorophenolate anions with the same formate esters follow larger values of βnuc = 0.63-0.90 and -β1g = 0.46-0.90. The large values of βnuc and -β1g for the reactions of substituted o-chlorophenolate anions with formate esters may arise from destabilization by the o-chloro group of a stacking interaction that is present in the transition state for reactions of formate esters, but not acetate esters.
