54009-71-1Relevant articles and documents
Mechanistic Insights into the Aerobic Oxidation of Aldehydes: Evidence of Multiple Reaction Pathways during the Liquid Phase Oxidation of 2-Ethylhexanal
Vanoye, Laurent,Favre-Réguillon, Alain
, p. 335 - 346 (2022/02/10)
The liquid-phase aldehyde oxidation by molecular oxygen (autoxidation) has been known for about 2 centuries and is a critical organic transformation in both industrial applications and academic research. However, the general reaction pathway proposed for the aerobic oxidation of aldehydes into the corresponding carboxylic acid exhibits some inconstancies, in particular, for β-substituted aliphatic aldehydes. Thus, the liquid-phase aerobic oxidation of 2-ethylhexanal was further studied in acetonitrile at 20 °C with O2 at atmospheric pressure. By precisely monitoring the primary intermediate (peracid), product (carboxylic acid), and byproducts as a function of time and catalysts used, we demonstrated the pivotal role of the acylperoxy radical. The direct formation of peracid and carboxylic acid from the latter was highlighted by analyzing the composition of the reaction mixture at low conversion. Peracid could be converted into carboxylic acid by metal catalysts or through reaction workup. Consequently, the commonly accepted pathway of aerobic oxidation of aldehyde via a Criegee intermediate can be overlooked under these conditions.
A safe and efficient flow oxidation of aldehydes with O2
Vanoye, Laurent,Aloui, Asma,Pablos, Mertxe,Philippe, Regis,Percheron, Aurelien,Favre-Reguillon, Alain,De Bellefon, Claude
supporting information, p. 5978 - 5981 (2014/01/06)
A safe, straightforward, and atom economic approach for the oxidation of aliphatic aldehydes to the corresponding carboxylic acids within a continuous flow reactor is reported. Typically, the reaction is performed at room temperature using 5 bar of oxygen in PFA tubing and does require neither additional catalysts nor radical initiators except for those already contained in the starting materials. In some cases, a catalytic amount of a Mn(II) catalyst is added. Such a flow process may prove to be a valuable alternative to traditionally catalyzed aerobic processes.
Experimental and computational studies on substituent effects in reactions of peracid-aldehyde adducts
Lehtinen, Christel,Nevalainen, Vesa,Brunow, G?sta
, p. 9375 - 9382 (2007/10/03)
Liquid phase oxidation of six branched and four linear aldehydes by dioxygen and m-chloroperbenzoic acid was studied experimentally. 2-Substituted (α-branched) aldehydes reacted to give formates (via Bayer-Villiger mechanism) whereas the related linear saturated aldehydes were converted to the corresponding carboxylic acids. Formation of both these products can be rationalized via rearrangement reactions of peracid-aldehyde adducts 1. Computational studies employing DFT methods at the DNPP level with the Spartan program (v5.0) were carried out in order to understand properties of those adducts. Conformational properties of the adducts 1 were found to shed light on the differences observed in the reactions of linear and branched adducts. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science Ltd.
