Revisiting Sodium Hypochlorite Pentahydrate (NaOCl·5H2O) for the Oxidation of Alcohols in Acetonitrile without Nitroxyl Radicals

Synlett ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 29 (18) ◽  
pp. 2404-2407 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tsunehisa Hirashita ◽  
Yuto Sugihara ◽  
Shota Ishikawa ◽  
Yohei Naito ◽  
Yuta Matsukawa ◽  
...  

Sodium hypochlorite pentahydrate (NaOCl·5H2O) is capable of oxidizing alcohols in acetonitrile at 20 °C without the use of catalysts. The oxidation is selective to allylic, benzylic, and secondary alcohols. ­Aliphatic primary alcohols are not oxidized.

Synlett ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Florian Sommer ◽  
Oliver Kappe ◽  
David Cantillo

Selective anodic oxidation of alcohols in the presence of other functional groups can be accomplished using nitroxyl radical mediators. However, the electrochemical chemoselective oxidation of secondary alcohols in the presence of primary alcohols is an unsolved issue. Herein, we report an electrochemical procedure for the selective oxidation of secondary alcohols using an inexpensive chloride salt that acts as redox mediator and supporting electrolyte. The method is based on the controlled anodic generation of active chlorine species, which selectively oxidize secondary alcohols to the corresponding ketones when primary hydroxyl groups are present. The method has been demonstrated for a variety of substrates. The corresponding ketones were obtained in good to excellent yields. Moreover, the chloride salt can be easily recovered and reutilized by a simple extraction procedure, rendering the method highly sustainable


Catalysts ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (9) ◽  
pp. 952 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hendrik Puetz ◽  
Eva Puchľová ◽  
Kvetoslava Vranková ◽  
Frank Hollmann

Enzymatic methods for the oxidation of alcohols are critically reviewed. Dehydrogenases and oxidases are the most prominent biocatalysts, enabling the selective oxidation of primary alcohols into aldehydes or acids. In the case of secondary alcohols, region and/or enantioselective oxidation is possible. In this contribution, we outline the current state-of-the-art and discuss current limitations and promising solutions.


1999 ◽  
Vol 77 (3) ◽  
pp. 308-312 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alfons L Baumstark ◽  
Franci Kovac ◽  
Pedro C Vasquez

The oxidation of several series of secondary alcohols 2-9, ethers 10-17, and related derivatives 18 and19, by dimethyldioxirane, 1, in acetone at 25°C produced the corresponding ketones in good to excellent yields for all but two cases. (The exceptions: oxidation of 1-methoxy-2-methyl-1-phenylpropane (48%) and 1-methoxy-2,2-dimethyl-1-phenylpropane (24%).) The oxidation of the secondary alcohols was found to yield k2 values that were roughly 10-fold greater than those of the corresponding methyl ethers. The rate constant for oxidation of a silyl ether was slightly lower than that for the corresponding methyl ether while that for the ester derivative was roughly half the value. For oxidation of alcohols and methyl ethers, the k2 values became smaller as the R " series (Me, Et, nPr, iPr, and tBu) increased in steric bulk (ρ* = 1.7; r = 0.998 and ρ* = 3.2; r = 0.95, respectively). The Hammett study for the oxidation of the methyl ethers of α-methyl-p-benzyl alcohols (10, 20-25) yielded a ρ value of -0.74. The activation parameters for oxidation of the parent compound of the ether series (1-methoxy-1-phenylethane) were ΔH‡ = 14.8 ± 0.5 kcal/mol, ΔS‡ = -21.9 eu, ΔG‡ = 21.3 kcal/mol, k2 (25°C) = 1.6 × 10-3 M-1 s-1. The mechanistic aspects of the oxidation are discussed in relation to two mechanistic extremes: (a) direct insertion of the oxygen atom into the C—H bond and (b) direct abstraction of the H by dimethyldioxirane to yield a caged-radical pair, with subsequent coupling to hemi-ketal intermediates that fragment to yield acetone, alcohol or water, and ketone as the final products.Key words: dimethyldioxirane, oxidation.


2012 ◽  
Vol 354 (13) ◽  
pp. 2403-2406 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dipankar Srimani ◽  
Ekambaram Balaraman ◽  
Boopathy Gnanaprakasam ◽  
Yehoshoa Ben-David ◽  
David Milstein

Polymers ◽  
2022 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 231
Author(s):  
Yao Cui ◽  
Jixian Wang ◽  
Lei Yu ◽  
Ying Xu ◽  
David J. Young ◽  
...  

Solid supports functionalized with molecular metal catalysts combine many of the advantages of heterogeneous and homogeneous catalysis. A (NNN)Ru-incorporated porous organic polymer (POP-bp/bbpRuCl3) exhibited high catalytic efficiency and broad functional group tolerance in the C–C cross-coupling of secondary and primary alcohols to give β-alkylated secondary alcohols. This catalyst demonstrated excellent durability during successive recycling without leaching of Ru which is ascribed to the strong binding of the pincer ligands to the metal ions.


2005 ◽  
Vol 46 (5) ◽  
pp. 783-786 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hiromichi Egami ◽  
Hideki Shimizu ◽  
Tsutomu Katsuki

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. P. Prakasham ◽  
Sabyasachi Ta ◽  
Shreyata Dey ◽  
Prasenjit Ghosh

Two different class of ruthenium complexes, namely, [1-mesityl-3-(2,6-Me2-phenylacetamido)-imidazol-2-ylidene]Ru(p-cymene)Cl (1c) and {[1-(pyridin-2-ylmethyl)-3-(2,6-Me2-phenyl)-imidazol-2-ylidene]Ru(p-cymene)Cl}Cl (2c), successfully carried out the one-pot tandem alcohol-alcohol coupling reactions of a variety of secondary and primary alcohols, in...


2020 ◽  
Vol 85 (14) ◽  
pp. 9139-9152 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sertaç Genç ◽  
Süleyman Gülcemal ◽  
Salih Günnaz ◽  
Bekir Çetinkaya ◽  
Derya Gülcemal

2019 ◽  
Vol 43 (24) ◽  
pp. 9491-9499 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shahram Zare Hosseinzadeh ◽  
Mirzaagha Babazadeh ◽  
Gholam Hossein Shahverdizadeh ◽  
Rahim Hosseinzadeh-Khanmiri

In this work, a simple and efficient strategy for the fabrication of novel encapsulated MnO2nanoparticles inside spherical mesoporous silica hollow-nanoparticles was described.


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