8014-42-4Relevant academic research and scientific papers
Mechanochemical synthesis of CuO/MgAl2O4 and MgFe2O4 spinels for vanillin production from isoeugenol and vanillyl alcohol
Rahmanivahid, Behgam,de Dios, Maria Pinilla,Haghighi, Mohammad,Luque, Rafael
, (2019)
CuO/MgAl2O4 and CuO/MgFe2O4 catalysts were successfully synthesized with the use of spinel supports by a very simple and low-cost mechanochemical method. High-speed ball-milling was used to synthesize these catalyst supports for the first time. Materials were subsequently characterized by using XRD, FESEM, TEM, EDS-Dot mapping, XPS, BET-BJH, and Magnetic Susceptibility to investigate the physical-chemical characteristics of the catalysts. Acidity evaluation results indicated that the catalyst with the Mg-Al spinel support had more acid sites. XRD results showed a successful synthesis of the catalysts with large crystal sizes. Both catalysts were used in isoeugenol oxidation and vanillyl alcohol to vanillin reactions, with the CuO/MgAl2O4 showing optimum results. This catalyst provided 67% conversion (74% selectivity) after 2 h and this value improved to 81% (selectivity 100%) with the second reaction after 8 h. The CuO/MgFe2O4 catalyst in the first reaction after five hours revealed 53% conversion (47% selectivity) and after eight hours with the second reaction, the conversion value improved to 64% (100% selectivity). In terms of reusability, CuO/MgAl2O4 showed better results than the CuO/MgFe2O4 catalyst, for both reactions.
Oxidative cleavage of C-C double bond in cinnamic acids with hydrogen peroxide catalysed by vanadium(v) oxide
Horvat, Monika,Iskra, Jernej
, p. 2073 - 2081 (2022/04/07)
We have developed a cheap, green, mild and environmentally friendly method for the selective cleavage of carbon-carbon double bonds with a 30% aqueous solution of hydrogen peroxide as the oxidant and vanadium(v) oxide as the catalyst. The selectivity of the oxidative cleavage of cinnamic acid derivatives 1 depends on the substituents and the solvent used (DME - MeOCH2CH2OMe, TFE - 2,2,2-trifluoroethanol or MeCN). In DME, p-hydroxy derivatives were selectively converted to benzaldehyde derivatives 2, in TFE, oxidative cleavage led to the formation of benzoquinone derivatives 4, while in MeCN, cinnamic acid derivatives were selectively converted to benzoic acid derivatives 3. Ferulic acid 1a was quantitatively and selectively converted to vanillin 2a in a 91% isolated yield on a gram scale. Dimeric difurandione 1a′ was isolated as an intermediate, which was confirmed by in situ ATR-IR spectroscopy, while the formation of diols or epoxides was not observed. The analogous styrene derivative, 4-vinylguaiacol 1e was also selectively converted to either vanillin 2a or 2-methoxyquinone 4a in a high yield. The green metric for the conversion of ferulic acid to vanillin by different methods was calculated and compared to our method, and showed that our method has better environmental parameters.
PhIO-Mediated oxidative dethioacetalization/dethioketalization under water-free conditions
Du, Yunfei,Ouyang, Yaxin,Wang, Xi,Wang, Xiaofan,Yu, Zhenyang,Zhao, Bingyue,Zhao, Kang
, p. 48 - 65 (2021/06/16)
Treatment of thioacetals and thioketals with iodosobenzene in anhydrous DCM conveniently afforded the corresponding carbonyl compounds in high yields under water-free conditions. The mechanistic studies indicate that this dethioacetalization/dethioketalization process does not need water and the oxygen of the carbonyl products comes from the hypervalent iodine reagent.
Scope and limitations of biocatalytic carbonyl reduction with white-rot fungi
Zhuk, Tatyana S.,Skorobohatko, Oleksandra S.,Albuquerque, Wendell,Zorn, Holger
supporting information, (2021/02/02)
The reductive activity of various basidiomycetous fungi towards carbonyl compounds was screened on an analytical level. Some strains displayed high reductive activities toward aromatic carbonyls and aliphatic ketones. Utilizing growing whole-cell cultures of Dichomitus albidofuscus, the reactions were up-scaled to a preparative level in an aqueous system. The reactions showed excellent selectivities and gave the respective alcohols in high yields. Carboxylic acids were also reduced to aldehydes and alcohols under the same conditions. In particular, benzoic, vanillic, ferulic, and p-coumaric acid were reduced to benzyl alcohol, vanillin, dihydroconiferyl alcohol and 1-hydroxy-3-(4-hydroxyphenyl)propan, respectively.
Rapid biosynthesis of phenolic glycosides and their derivatives from biomass-derived hydroxycinnamates
Zhao, Mingtao,Hong, Xulin,Abdullah,Yao, Ruilian,Xiao, Yi
supporting information, p. 838 - 847 (2021/02/09)
Biomass-derived hydroxycinnamates (mainly includingp-coumaric acid and ferulic acid), which are natural sources of aromatic compounds, are highly underutilized resources. There is a need to upgrade them to make them economically feasible. Value-added phenolic glycosides and their derivatives, both belonging to a class of plant aromatic natural products, are widely used in the nutraceutical, pharmaceutical, and cosmetic industries. However, their complex aromatic structures make their efficient biosynthesis a challenging process. To overcome this issue, we created three novel synthetic cascades for the biosynthesis of phenolic glycosides (gastrodin, arbutin, and salidroside) and their derivatives (hydroquinone, tyrosol, hydroxytyrosol, and homovanillyl alcohol) fromp-coumaric acid and ferulic acid. Moreover, because the biomass-derived hydroxycinnamates directly provided aromatic units, the cascades enabled efficient biosynthesis. We achieved substantially high production rates (up to or above 100-fold enhancement) relative to the glucose-based biosynthesis. Given the ubiquity of the aromatic structure in natural products, the use of biomass-derived aromatics should facilitate the rapid biosynthesis of numerous aromatic natural products.
Selective Aerobic Oxidation of Benzyl Alcohols with Palladium(0) Nanoparticles Suspension in Water
Bourbiaux, Dolorès,Mangematin, Stéphane,Djakovitch, Laurent,Rataboul, Franck
, p. 3239 - 3249 (2021/03/16)
Abstract: This study concerns one of the rare applications of a suspension of palladium nanoparticles in water for oxidation reactions. The aqueous suspension containing well dispersed nanoparticles of 3.85?nm was obtained following a straightforward procedure involving the reduction of Na2PdCl4 with NaBH4 in the presence of PVP as stabilizing agent. In the way of oxidative catalytic valorisation of lignin, the aqueous suspension was directly applied as catalytic medium for the selective oxidation of vanillic alcohol into vanillin (80?°C, O2, 1?h) with more than 90% yield. Reusability of the catalytic medium has been demonstrated, acting as “quasi-homogeneous catalyst”. More sophisticated lignin-derived substrates like veratryl alcohol and hydrobenzoin gave yields of 50–80% to the respective aldehyde and ketone. In parallel, this as-synthesized suspension was directly used to prepare a Pd/TiO2 catalyst, the latter showing less efficiency for the catalytic transformations. Graphic Abstract: [Figure not available: see fulltext.]
A Synergistic Magnetically Retrievable Inorganic-Organic Hybrid Metal Oxide Catalyst for Scalable Selective Oxidation of Alcohols to Aldehydes and Ketones
Mittal, Rupali,Awasthi, Satish Kumar
, p. 4799 - 4813 (2021/09/30)
Herein, we report a synergistic silica coated magnetic Fe3O4 catalyst functionalized with nitrogen rich organic moieties and immobilized with cobalt metal ion (FNP-5) for selective oxidation of alcohols to aldehydes and ketones using tert-butyl hydroperoxide (TBHP) as oxidant. The catalyst was rigorously characterized via several techniques which delineate its core-shell structure, magnetic behavior, phase and crystal structure. The Co(III) acts as the active catalytic center for selective oxidation reaction. The control reactions revealed radical mechanistic pathway assisted by the synergism induced by the inorganic-organic hybrid nature of FNP-5. The other features of current protocol involve neat reaction conditions, high TOF values, scalability of product and low E-factor value (1.92). Moreover, FNP-5 could be effortlessly separated via an external magnet, displays recyclability over eight catalytic cycles and exhibits structural integrity even after rigorous use. Overall, these results manifest the understanding of synergistic architectures as sustainable surrogates for selective oxidation reactions.
Chemoselective and ligand-free aerobic oxidation of benzylic alcohols to carbonyl compounds using alumina-supported mesoporous nickel nanoparticle as an efficient recyclable heterogeneous catalyst
Das, Asit Kumar,Nandy, Sneha,Bhar, Sanjay
, (2021/05/10)
An economically efficient and operationally simple ligand-free protocol for the chemoselective oxidation of benzylic alcohols to carbonyl compounds has been developed using alumina-supported nickel nanoparticles as a stable recyclable heterogeneous catalyst along with potassium tert-butoxide in the presence of aerial oxygen as an eco-friendly oxidant. The aliphatic alcohols remained unaffected under the present condition. Excellent chemoselectivity has also been demonstrated through intermolecular and intramolecular competition experiments. This protocol accommodates a diverse range of substituents with the tolerance of various sensitive moieties during the reaction. The catalyst could be recovered by filtration and reused consecutively without any significant loss in the catalytic activity. Moreover, the heterogeneity of the catalyst has also been established by the “hot filtration method (Sheldon's test)”.
An aerobic oxidation of alcohols into carbonyl synthons using bipyridyl-cinchona based palladium catalyst
Cheedarala, Ravi Kumar,Chidambaram, Ramasamy R.,Siva, Ayyanar,Song, Jung Il
, p. 32942 - 32954 (2021/12/02)
We have reported an aerobic oxidation of primary and secondary alcohols to respective aldehydes and ketones using a bipyridyl-cinchona alkaloid based palladium catalytic system (PdAc-5) using oxygen at moderate pressure. ThePdAc-5catalyst was analysed using SEM, EDAX, and XPS analysis. The above catalytic system is used in experiments for different oxidation systems which include different solvents, additives, and bases which are cheap, robust, non-toxic, and commercially available on the industrial bench. The obtained products are quite appreciable in both yield and selectivity (70-85%). In addition, numerous important studies, such as comparisons with various commercial catalysts, solvent systems, mixture of solvents, and catalyst mole%, were conducted usingPdAc-5. The synthetic strategy of oxidation of alcohol into carbonyl compounds was well established and all the products were analysed using1H NMR,13CNMR and GC-mass analyses.
Discovery, Biocatalytic Exploration and Structural Analysis of a 4-Ethylphenol Oxidase from Gulosibacter chungangensis
Alvigini, Laura,Fraaije, Marco W.,Gran-Scheuch, Alejandro,Guo, Yiming,Mattevi, Andrea,Saifuddin, Mohammad,Trajkovic, Milos
, p. 3225 - 3233 (2021/10/04)
The vanillyl-alcohol oxidase (VAO) family is a rich source of biocatalysts for the oxidative bioconversion of phenolic compounds. Through genome mining and sequence comparisons, we found that several family members lack a generally conserved catalytic aspartate. This finding led us to study a VAO-homolog featuring a glutamate residue in place of the common aspartate. This 4-ethylphenol oxidase from Gulosibacter chungangensis (Gc4EO) shares 42 % sequence identity with VAO from Penicillium simplicissimum, contains the same 8α-N3-histidyl-bound FAD and uses oxygen as electron acceptor. However, Gc4EO features a distinct substrate scope and product specificity as it is primarily effective in the dehydrogenation of para-substituted phenols with little generation of hydroxylated products. The three-dimensional structure shows that the characteristic glutamate side chain creates a closely packed environment that may limit water accessibility and thereby protect from hydroxylation. With its high thermal stability, well defined structural properties and high expression yields, Gc4EO may become a catalyst of choice for the specific dehydrogenation of phenolic compounds bearing small substituents.
