Alcohols, primary selective oxidation

Varieties of primary and secondary alcohols are selectively oxidized to aldehyde or carbonyl compounds in moderate to excellent yields as summarized in Table 3. As can be seen, /(-substituted benzyl alcohols (e.g., -Cl, -CH3, -OCH3, and -NO2) yielded > 90% of product conversion in 3-4 h of reaction time with TOP in the range of 84-155 h (entries 2-5, Table 3), Heterocyclic alcohols with sulfur- and nitrogen-containing compoimds are found to show the best catalytic yield with TOP of 1517 and 902 h for (pyrindin-2-yl)methanol and (thiophene-2-yl) methanol, respectively (entries 9 and 10, Table 3). Some of aliphatic primary alcohols (long chain alcohols) and secondary alcohols (cyclohexanol, its methyl substituted derivatives and norboman-2-ol) are also selectively oxidized by the membrane catalyst (entries 11-14 and 15-17, Table 3) with TOP values in the window of 8-... 

Primary and secondary alcohols were selectively oxidized to the corresponding aldehydes and ketones, respectively, by using Oxone in the presence of a catalytic amount of TEMPO (2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-l-oxypiperidinyl). This reaction has been proved to be a highly selective and efficient oxidation reaction, where a catalytic amount of TEMPO plays an important role. Thus TBDMS protected benzyl alcohols were oxidized selectively to benzaldehydes in 81% yield, without affecting the TBDMS moiety. 

Selective oxidation of benzylic alcohols.2 Benzylic alcohols are selectively oxidized in the presence of primary alcohols. 

A benzylic alcohol is selectively oxidized with active M11O2 in the presence of a primary amine. This primary amine is relatively refractory to oxidation because it is a hindered... 

A primary alcohol is selectively oxidized in the presence of a secondary one with a 91% yield on a multigram scale reaction by using TEMPO-PhI(OAc)2. 

Interestingly, when a Corey-Kim oxidation (Me2S/NCS) is performed with diisopropyl sulfide, instead of dimethyl sulfide, primary alcohols are selectively oxidized at 0°C, while lowering the temperature to —78°C causes the selective oxidation of secondary alcohols.34... 

CPO catalyzes the oxidation of 2-alkynes to aldehydes in the presence of H202 or tBuOOH via an alcoholic intermediate as depicted in Scheme 2.18 [242]. Propargylic alcohols are rapidly oxidized to the corresponding aldehydes [243] and there is a report about highly enantioselective propargylic hydroxylations catalyzed by CPO [244], In addition, a number of primary alcohols are selectively oxidized to aldehydes in a biphasic mixture of hexane and a buffer (Scheme 2.18) [245, 246]. 

A catalytic system, based on TEMPO and Cu(II), has been developed for the selective oxidation of primary alcohols to aldehydes under very mild conditions. Cu(II) is generated in situ by oxidation of elemental copper and chelated by means of 2,2 -bipyridine. The reaction is dependent on pH. New insights into the currently accepted mechanism have been discussed.76 Allylic and benzylic alcohols are selectively oxidized with trimethylamine N-oxide in the presence of cyclohexa-1,3-dieneiron carbonyl.77... 

Another approach to designing shape-selective heterogeneous oxidation catalysts was to use redox metal oxides as the pillaring agents in the preparation of pillared clays. These redox pillared clays have been used for a number of selective oxidations. Chromium pillared montmorillonite (Cr-PILC) is an effective catalyst for the selective oxidation of alcohols with tert-butyl hydroperoxide. 7 Primary aliphatic and aromatic alcohols are oxidized to the aldehydes in very good yields. Secondary alcohols are selectively oxidized in the presence of a primary hydroxy group of a diol to give keto alcohols in excellent yields (Eqn. 21.12). 2... 

Primary alcohols are selectively oxidized to aldehydes by the RuCl2(TPP)3/ tert-butylhydroperoxide (TBHP) system. The reaction takes place at room temperature using catalytic amounts of the mthenium complex. Specific conditions are found leading to improved efficiency in the TBHP decomposition and in reduction of the level of secondary products originating from the aldehyde post-reactions. The effect of some free-radical scavengers and the stracture of the mthenium conplex will also be presented. 

Oxidation of primary alcohols. This selective oxidation system allows the preparation of uronic acids from monosaccharide derivatives. 

With Zr as the metal, primary alcohols are selectively oxidized to the aldehydes (with no serial oxidation to the carboxylic acids), wherease the allylic alcohols are chemoselectively oxidized to the a, /3-unsaturated aldehydes. 

The efficiency of oxidation of open-chain alkyl, cycloalkyl, and unsaturated alcohols in acetonitrile by 9-phenylxanthylium ion (PhXn+) was dependent on the alcohol stmc-tures. Structure-reactivity relationship was discussed with relation to formation of a carbocationic transition state (C +-OH). Kinetic isotope effects determined at a-D, p-D3, and OD positions for the reaction of 1-phenylethanol suggested a hydride-proton sequential transfer mechanism that involved a rate-limiting formation of the a-hydroxy carbocation intermediate. Unhindered secondary alkyl alcohols were selectively oxidized in the presence of primary and hindered secondary alkyl alcohols. Strained C(7)-C(ll) cycloalkyl alcohols reacted faster than cyclohexyl alcohol, whereas the strained C(5) and C(12) alcohols reacted slower. Aromatic alcohols were oxidized efficiently and selectively in the presence of aliphatic alcohols of comparable steric requirements. ... 

The slow oxidation of primary alcohols, particularly MeOH, is utilized for the oxidation of allylic or secondary alcohols with allyl methyl carbonate without forming carbonates of the alcohols to be oxidized. Allyl methyl carbonate (564) forms 7r-allylpalladium methoxide, then exchange of the methoxide with a secondary or allylic alcohol 563 present in the reaction medium takes place to form the 7r-allylpalladium alkoxide 565, which undergoes elimination of j3-hydrogen to give the ketone or aldehyde 566. The lactol 567 was oxidized selectively with diallyl carbonate to the lactone 568 without attacking the secondary alcohol in the synthesis of echinosporin[360]. 

Secondary alcohols are oxidized at room temperature to ketones in high yields by HOCl generated in situ from aqueous NaOCl and acetic acid (109,110). Selective oxidation in the presence of a primary alcohol is possible. In methanol, aldehydes are oxidized to methyl esters (110). Under the proper conditions, alcohols can be esterified with HOCl forming isolable alkyl hypochlorites. 

Nickel peroxide is a solid, insoluble oxidant prepared by reaction of nickel (II) salts with hypochlorite or ozone in aqueous alkaline solution. This reagent when used in nonpolar medium is similar to, but more reactive than, activated manganese dioxide in selectively oxidizing allylic or acetylenic alcohols. It also reacts rapidly with amines, phenols, hydrazones and sulfides so that selective oxidation of allylic alcohols in the presence of these functionalities may not be possible. In basic media the oxidizing power of nickel peroxide is increased and saturated primary alcohols can be oxidized directly to carboxylic acids. In the presence of ammonia at —20°, primary allylic alcohols give amides while at elevated temperatures nitriles are formed. At elevated temperatures efficient cleavage of a-glycols, a-ketols... 

The facile and selective oxidation of both primary and secondary hydroxy groups with certain nucleotides led Pfitzner and Moffatt (48) to explore the scope of the carbodiimide-methyl sulfoxide reagent with steroid and alkaloid alcohols. Relatively minor differences were apparent in the rate of oxidation of epimeric pairs of 3- and 17- hydroxy steroids whereas the equatorial lLx-hydroxyl group in several steroids was readily oxidized under conditions where the axial epimer was unreactive [cf. chromic oxide oxidation (51)]. 

Under microwave irradiation and applying MCM-41-immobilized nano-iron oxide higher activity is observed [148]. In this case also, primary aliphatic alcohols could be oxidized. The TON for the selective oxidation of 1-octanol to 1-octanal reached to 46 with 99% selectivity. Hou and coworkers reported in 2006 an iron coordination polymer [Fe(fcz)2Cl2]-2CH30H with fez = l-(2,4-difluorophenyl)-l,l-bis[(l//-l,2,4-triazol-l-yl)methyl]ethanol which catalyzed the oxidation of benzyl alcohol to benzaldehyde with hydrogen peroxide as oxidant in 87% yield and up to 100% selectivity [149]. An alternative approach is based on the use of heteropoly acids, whereby the incorporation of vanadium and iron into a molybdo-phosphoric acid catalyst led to high yields for the oxidation of various alcohols (up to 94%) with molecular oxygen [150]. 

One feature of this oxidation system is that it can selectively oxidize primary alcohols in preference to secondary alcohols, as illustrated by Entry 2 in Scheme 12.5. The reagent can also be used to oxidize primary alcohols to carboxylic acids by a subsequent oxidation with sodium chlorite.34 Entry 3 shows the selective oxidation of a primary alcohol in a carbohydrate to a carboxylic acid without affecting the secondary alcohol group. Entry 5 is a large-scale preparation that uses NaC102 in conjunction with bleach as the stoichiometric oxidant. 

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