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Liquid-phase 1,4-Diacetoxylation of Conjugated Dienes with Tellurium(IV) Oxide and Alkali Metal Halides
Uemura, Sakae,Fukuzawa, Shin-ichi,Patil, Suresh R.,Okano, Masaya
, p. 499 - 504 (2007/10/02)
Oxidation of buta-1,3-diene, isoprene, and 2,3-dimethylbuta-1,3-diene with tellurium(IV) oxide and lithium bromide in acetic acid affords an isomeric mixture of the corresponding diacetoxyalkenes (1,2- and 1,4-addition products).The product yield and selectivity for 1,4-isomers are high when an excess of LiBr is employed (LiBr/TeO2 = 5-10).The reaction also proceeds in the presence of NaBr, KBr, LiCl, HBr, or I2 in the place of LiBr, but both the selectivity for 1,4-isomers and the product yield are lower.The reaction hardly occurs using LiF, LiI, NaCl, Br2, and NH4Br as a halogen source.The reaction proceeds catalytically with respect to TeO2 to some extent when a re-oxidant such as H2O2 or t-BuOOH is used.In the cases of 2,5-dimethylhexa-2,4-diene, cyclopenta-1,3-diene, cyclohexa-1,3-diene, and cyclo-octa-1,3-diene the results are unsatisfactory in either the product yield or the selectivity for 1,4-isomers.Halogeno- and/or acetoxy-telluriation of a diene followed by acetolysis of the produced C-X (X = halogen) and C-Te bonds are proposed as one of the possible reaction pathways.
