Oxidation aerial

The combustion of CCl in air has been discussed extensively in Section 3.3.1.1, and that coverage complements this current Section. 

Tetrachloromethane reacts with an excess of dioxygen, in the gas phase above 300 C, to form phosgene according to Equation (5.17) [1288b]  

Up to about 7 % of the CCl is converted into phosgene, see Fig. 5.7, and the reaction is accompanied by targe amounts of carbon dioxide and tetrachloroethene [1088a]. Prolonged heating at 450-480 C causes further oxydechlorination of the COCl j to CO j, according to the overall stoicheiometry indicated in Equation (5.18). 

Further details of the oxidation of phosgene by O will be found in Section 9.7.6. 

The oxidation of CCl to COCl j is catalysed on a variety of metal surfaces at incipient temperatures above about 100 C. The reaction is most effectively catalysed by iron, followed by copper, aluminium and then zinc (see Table 5.3) [432,1894]. 

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Treat 0 1 g. of the quinone with dilute sodium hydroxide and zinc powder. Upon boding the mixture a red colour is produced this disappears when the solution is shaken owing to aerial oxidation to the original quinone. 

Another approach involves the formation of dye images from colorless oxichromic developers, leuco a2omethines stabilized against premature oxidation by acylation and linked to developer moieties (30), as shown in Figure 6c. The transferred images are oxidized to the colored form either by aerial oxidation or by oxidants present in the receiving layer. 

Based on this observation, K. Heumann treated N-phenylglycine [103-01 -5] with alkali and obtained indoxyl (38) (keto form), which on aerial oxidation converted to indigotin ... 

Explosions due to the presence of peroxides formed by aerial oxidation of ethers and tetrahydrofuran, decahydronaphthalene, acrylonitrile, styrene and related compounds. 

Peroxides. These are formed by aerial oxidation or by autoxidation of a wide range of organic compounds, including diethyl ether, allyl ethyl ether, allyl phenyl ether, dibenzyl ether, benzyl butyl ether, n-butyl ether, iso-butyl ether, r-butyl ether, dioxane, tetrahydrofuran, olefins, and aromatic and saturated aliphatic hydrocarbons. They accumulate during distillation and can detonate violently on evaporation or distillation when their concentration becomes high. If peroxides are likely to be present materials should be tested for peroxides before distillation (for tests see entry under "Ethers", in Chapter 2). Also, distillation should be discontinued when at least one quarter of the residue is left in the distilling flask. 

Aminosalicylic acid (5-amino-2-hydroxybenzoic acid) [89-57-6] M 153.1, m 276-280 , 283 (dec), pK 2.74 (CO2H), pK 5.84 (NH2). Cryst as needles from H2O containing a little NaHS03 to avoid aerial oxidation to the quinone-imine. The Me ester gives needles from C6H6, m 96°, and the hydrazide has m 180-182° (From H2O). [Fallab et al. Helv Chim Acta 34 26 1951, Shavel J Amer Pharm Assoc 42 402 1953.]... 

Aerial oxidation of polysulfides offers an alternative industrial route ... 

The most interesting oxides of Ru and Os, however, are the volatile, yellow tetroxides, RUO4 (mp 25°C, bp 130°C< 3>) and OSO4 (mp 40°C, bp 130°C). They are tetrahedral molecules and the latter is perhaps the best-known compound of osmium. It is produced by aerial oxidation of the heated metal or by oxidizing other compounds of osmium with... 

The possibility of oxidation to Fe is a crucial theme in the chemistry of Fe and most of its salts are unstable with respect to aerial oxidation, though double sulfates are much less so (e.g. Mohr s salt above). However, the susceptibility of Fe to oxidation is dependent on the nature of the ligands attached to it and, in aqueous solution, on the pH. Thus the solid hydroxide and alkaline solutions are very readily oxidized whereas acid solutions are much more stable (see Panel opposite). 

Hence 0.771 - 0.059161og,o(10 ) = 0.771 - 1.301 = -0.530 V Thus by making the solution alkaline the sign of has been reversed and the susceptibility of Fe (aq) to oxidation (i.e. its reducing power) enormously increased. This is why white, precipitated Fe(OH)2 and FeCOs are rapidly darkened by aerial oxidation and why Fe in alkaline solution will reduce nitrates to ammonia and copper(II) salts to metallic copper. 

In the preparation of a)balt(III) hexaammine salts by ihe aerial oxidation of cobalt(II) in aqueous ammonia it is possible, in the absence... 

If [(NHi)5Co-02-Co(NH )5] + is treated with aqueous KOH another brown com-plex, [(NH3)4Co(p.-NH2)0J.-O2)Co(NH,),] is obtained and, again, a 1-electron oxidation yields a green superoxo species, [(NH3)4Co(tJL-NH2)-(tJL-02)Co(NH3). J The sulfate of this latter is actually one component of Vortmann s sulfate — the other is the red [(NH3)4Co(tx-NH2>-(tx-OH)Co(NH3)4](S04)2- They are obtained by aerial oxidation of ammoniacal solutions of coball(II) nitrate followed by neutralization with H2S0.1. 

Similarity with cobalt is also apparent in the affinity of Rh and iH for ammonia and amines. The kinetic inertness of the ammines of Rh has led to the use of several of them in studies of the trans effect (p. 1163) in octahedral complexes, while the ammines of Ir are so stable as to withstand boiling in aqueous alkali. Stable complexes such as [M(C204)3], [M(acac)3] and [M(CN)5] are formed by all three metals. Force constants obtained from the infrared spectra of the hexacyano complexes indicate that the M--C bond strength increases in the order Co < Rh < [r. Like cobalt, rhodium too forms bridged superoxides such as the blue, paramagnetic, fCl(py)4Rh-02-Rh(py)4Cll produced by aerial oxidation of aqueous ethanolic solutions of RhCL and pyridine.In fact it seems likely that many of the species produced by oxidation of aqueous solutions of Rh and presumed to contain the metal in higher oxidation states, are actually superoxides of Rh . ... 

Besides [Ni(CO)4] and organometallic compounds discussed in the next section, nickel is found in the formally zero oxidation state with ligands such as CN and phosphines. Reduction of K2[Ni (CN)4] with potassium in liquid ammonia precipitates yellow K4[Ni (CN)4], which is sensitive to aerial oxidation. Being... 

Ethanal is produced by the aerial oxidation of ethene in the presence of PdCli/CuC in aqueous solution. The main reaction is the oxidative hydrolysis of ethene ... 

Mercury-sensitized irradiation of 1,2,3-triphenylisoindole (65) in the presence of oxygen gives a peroxide (103). This peroxide is relatively stable compared with the peroxide (104) derived from similar oxidation of 1,3-diphenylisobenzofuran and can be reconverted to the isoindole (65) by pyrolysis or by treatment with zinc and acetic acid. Reduction of 103 under mild conditions affords o-dibenzoylbenzene (46) and aniline. Aerial oxidation of 47 gives 46 and methylamine, presumably via a peroxide intermediate similar to 103. °... 

Spontaneous aerial oxidation of the initially formed alkoxide is reported in the reaction between a 7-lithiotriazolopyridine and pyridine-2-carboxaldehyde, to give ketone 144 (98T15287). 

The SO2 in the atmosphere is derived from two sources. Firstly, from the aerial oxidation of H2S produced naturally (see later) and secondly from the combustion of sulphur-containing fuels. In industrialised countries the second source predominates, but on a global scale only about one-fifth of the total sulphur pollution is derived from human activity. In 1969, the total sulphur emission, expressed in terms of SO2, from burnt fuel in the UK was 6-06 X 10 tons. In densely populated countries sulphur pollution levels arc very much related to the domestic heating cycle, and in the UK maximum... 

The pyridines which are formed as minor products (1-8%) during the photolysis of 2-substituted phenyl azides in diethylamine are thought to be products of the aerial oxidation of nonisolable l//-azepine intermediates.11... 

Phenyl-l//-l,2.4,5-benzotctrazepine (3) is formed in the aerial oxidation of the amidrazone 2, obtained by the catalytic hydrogenation of the dinitro compound l.382... 

From 5-(bromomethyl)dipyrrylmethenes 12 the required enainiue structure is formed by elimination of hydrogen bromide, which occurs under less rigorous reaction conditions. The formed porphyrin also possesses the correct oxidation level, whereas in the case of 5-methyl-dipyrrylmethenes aerial oxidation of the primarily formed macrotetracycle is required. 

Aerial oxidation of Ru(H20)g+ produces lemon-yellow Ru(H20) + (Ru-O 2.029 A in the tosylate salt)... 

A -(Benzylaminoacetyl)-2-bromo-4-chloro-A -methylamline (1) gave l-benzyl-4-methyl-2,3(l//,4//)-quinoxalinedion (3), probably by aerial oxidation of the dihydro intermediate (2) [BU3N, Ph3P, Pd(OAc)3, OP(NMe2)3, 110°C, CO or A (4 atm), 26 h 68% or 38%, respectively mechanism remains unclear],... 

Nitro-6-(prop-2-ynylamino)aniline (19, R = H) gave 2-methyl-7-nitroquinoxa-line (20, R = H)[(MeCN)4CuBF4, PhMe, 85°C, 20 h 75% aerial oxidation ] 2,6-dimethyl-7-nitroquinoxaline (20, R = Me) was made similarly (78%). " °... 

Benzenediamine (199) and C-(2-chloro-2-phenylacetyl)formamide (200) gave 3-phenyl-3,4-dihydro-2-quinoxalinecarboxamide (201), formulated as its 1,4-dihydro tautomer (EtOH, reflux, 6 h 56%) in contrast, the same substrate (199) with methyl C-(2-chloro-2-phenylacetyl)formate cyanohydrin (202) gave methyl 3-phenyl-2-quinoxalinecarboxylate (203), presumably by aerial oxidation of a dihydro precursor (MeCN, reflux, 12 h 7%). ... 

Tetramethyl-l,2-cyclohexanedione (310) and methyl 2,3-diaminopropio-nate (311) (liberated in situ) gave methyl 5,5,8,8-tetramethyl-5,6,7,8,-tetra-hydro-2-quinoxalinecarboxylate (312) [MeOH, molecular sieve (3A), reflux, 5 h 45% note the spontaneous aerial ( ) oxidation]7 ... 

This category of primary synthesis is extremely rare in the quinoxaline series, although a few examples have been reported in recent literature. Thus a mixture of neat 1,2-benzenediamine (331) and an excess of p-bromobenzaldehyde heated at 350°C for 5 min afforded (with aerial oxidation ) 2,3-bis(p-bromophenyl) quinoxaline (332) in 50% yield " " and analogs were made similarly but usually in poor to mediocre yield after separation from byproducts." " In addition, an... 

Chloro-2-quinoxalinamine (210) and pyridine gave pyrido[l, 2 l,2]imi-dazo[4,5-fc]quinoxaline (211) (Mc2NCHO, 100°C, 48 h 49% note aerial oxidation). Several 3-substituted analogs were made similarly using appropriate pyridine derivatives. ... 

Of these processes, thiolysis appears to have been unused in recent years perhaps because the resulting mercaptoalkyl products are very prone to aerial oxidation. The following examples illustrate procedures that afford sulfides or sulfones. 

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