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Synergistic hydrogen atom transfer with the active role of solvent: Preferred one-step aerobic oxidation of cyclohexane to adipic acid by N-hydroxyphthalimide
Liang, Futong,Zhong, Wenzhou,Xiang, Liping,Mao, Liqiu,Xu, Qiong,Kirk, Steven Robert,Yin, Dulin
, p. 256 - 269 (2019/09/30)
In this work, we developed an one-step aerobic oxidation of cyclohexane to prepare adipic acid, catalyzed by N-hydroxyphthalimide (NHPI) under promoter- and metal-free conditions. A significant beneficial solvent effect for synergistic reaction is observed with varying polarity and hydrogen-bonding strength: detailed study reveals that the solvent environments manipulate catalytic activity and adipic acid selectivity. Cyclic voltammetry measurements and UV–visible spectra of the NHPI catalyst are examined in various solvent environments to understand the active role of solvent in influencing the catalytic-site structure (>NOH) of the molecule. Analysis of the UV–visible spectra reveals that these differences can be rationalized by considering hydrogen-bonding with solvent molecules, which modifies the catalytic-site structure. This observation is in agreement with cyclic voltammetry results: the different reversibility of the catalytic-site (>NOH/>NO[rad]) wave shows that the catalytic activity of NHPI is related to the formation of hydrogen bonds with the active participation of solvents. Computational studies presented herein have furnished mechanistic insights into the effect of solvent environments. Specifically, we present the structures, dissociation energies, and reaction barriers from DFT studies of the reactants and reaction intermediates involved in the two types of H-abstraction on >NO[rad] catalytic-sites for the rate-determining step. The results of modeling the solvent effects using the PCM continuum solvent method predict that the resulting reaction barrier of the rate-controlling H-abstraction for cyclohexane and cyclohexanone is modified significantly: the transition state barrier of H-abstraction for cyclohexane decreases from 22.36 (in benzene) to 20.78 kcal?mol?1 (in acetonitrile); the α-H-abstraction barrier for cyclohexanone decreases from 21.45 to 20.53 kcal?mol?1. The active participation of solvent molecule results in a strong interaction between pre-reaction complex (PINO???H???C NO[rad] catalytic-sites at the transition state. The lower calculated barriers of H-abstraction for cyclohexanone oxidation approximate more closely the experimental results of the higher adipic acid selectivity. Our work provides a dimension of sustainable chemistry for the metal-free preparation of adipic acid: a conversion of 27% with 79% adipic acid selectivity is achieved over use of NHPI catalysts in CH3CN solvent.
Production of 1,5-pentanediol via upgrading of tetrahydrofurfuryl alcohol
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Page/Page column 23, (2018/10/11)
A method of making 1,5-pentanediol from tetrahydrofurfural alcohol. The method includes the steps of dehydrating tetrahydrofurfural alcohol (THFA) to dihydropyran (DHP); hydrating at least a portion of the DHP to 2-hydroxy-tetrahydropyran (2-HY-THP) in the presence of a solid acid catalyst; and hydrogenating at least a portion of the 2-HY-THP to 1,5-pentanediol. The method can be conducted entirely in the absence of noble metal catalysts.
Photooxygenation of alkanes by dioxygen with: P -benzoquinone derivatives with high quantum yields
Ohkubo, Kei,Hirose, Kensaku,Fukuzumi, Shunichi
, p. 731 - 734 (2016/07/06)
Alkanes were oxygenated by dioxygen with p-benzoquinone derivatives such as p-xyloquinone in alkanes which are used as solvents to yield the corresponding alkyl hydroperoxides, alcohols and ketones under visible light irradiation with high quantum yields (Φ = 1000, 1600%). The photooxygenation is started by hydrogen atom abstraction from alkanes by the triplet excited states of p-benzoquinone derivatives as revealed by laser-induced transient absorption spectral measurements.
