Aldehydes Baeyer-Villiger reaction

The Dakin reaction proceeds by a mechanism analogous to that of the Baeyer-Villiger reaction. An aromatic aldehyde or ketone that is activated by a hydroxy group in the ortho or para position, e.g. salicylic aldehyde 12 (2-hydroxybenzaldehyde), reacts with hydroperoxides or alkaline hydrogen peroxide. Upon hydrolysis of the rearrangement product 13 a dihydroxybenzene, e.g. catechol 14, is obtained ... 

In another kind of reaction, an aromatic aldehyde ArCHO or ketone ArCOR is converted to a phenol ArOH on treatment with alkaline H202, but there must be an OH or NH2 group in the ortho or para position. This is called the Dakin reac-The mechanism may be similar to that of the Baeyer-Villiger reaction (18-19) ... 

Baeyer-Villiger reaction Aldehyde, ketones Flavine monooxygenase Esters, lactones... 

Oxidoreductases are, after lipases, the second most-used kinds of biocatalysts in organic synthesis. Two main processes have been reported using this type of enzymes-bioreduction of carbonyl groups [39] and biohydroxylation of non-activated substrates [40]. However, in recent few years other processes such as deracemization of amines or alcohols [41] and enzymatic Baeyer-Villiger reactions of ketones and aldehydes [42] are being used with great utility in asymmetric synthesis. 

When aldehydes are oxidized with H2SO5 in the presence of alcohols, the esters of the corresponding acids are obtained in very high yields . Mechanistically, it seems plausible that the Baeyer-Villiger reaction occurs first and esterification follows. Thus, the aldehyde is oxidized by H2SO5 to the corresponding carboxylic acid, which is esterified immediately with the alcohol. 

Co2 +-Substitution at the addenda atoms gives catalysts for the epoxidation of olefins in the presence of aldehyde [293). PWM-Co is the most active among the mono-transition-metal-substituted polyanions the order of activity is PWn-Co > -Mn 2= -Fe 2= -Cu > -Ni. Here, PWll(M + )0(379", ) (M = Co2 +, Cu2+, Fe3 +, Ni2 +, Mn2 + ) is denoted by PWn M. The same order was observed for the oxidation of isobutyraldehyde, suggesting that the oxidation of aldehyde to give peracid is an important step in the reaction. It has been reported that substitution of V5+ for Mo6+ in PMo O3 gives a good catalyst for epoxidation and the Baeyer-Villiger reaction [294). 

Free-radical autoxidation of aldehydes with 02 is facile and affords the corresponding peradds, which are used as oxidants for carbonyl compounds. The peracid can transfer an oxygen atom to a substrate such as an olefin or ketone, resulting in the formation of one equivalent of epoxide or ester and add as a co-produd in the absence of metal catalysts [59]. Kaneda and coworkers have developed several HT materials that are active for heterogeneous Baeyer-Villiger reactions with 02/aldehyde [60]. Combination with Lewis addic metals improved the reaction by allowing coordination of the peracid and the intermediate. 

ArCHO — ArOH. Aromatic aldehydes undergo Baeyer-Villiger reaction when treated with H202 (30%) in the presence of several selenium compounds as catalysts, of which areneseleninic acids are most effective. The resulting aryl formates are readily hydrolyzed to phenols. 

Bis(trimethylsilyl) peroxide, (CH3)3SiOOSi(CH3)3, is prepared from trimethylsilyl chloride, l,4-diaza[2,2,2]bicyclooctane, and Dabco s complex with 2 mol of hydrogen peroxide [127]. It is used alone [228] or in the presence of catalysts such as pyridinium dichromate [236] trimethylsilyl trifluoromethanesulfonate, CF3S03Si(CH3)3 [228, 237] or tris-(triphenylphosphine)ruthenium dichloride, [(C6H5)3P]3RuCl2 [236]. This reagent oxidizes primary alcohols to aldehydes (in preference to the oxidation of secondary alcohols to ketones [236]), ketones to esters or lactones Baeyer-Villiger reaction) [238], and nucleoside phosphites to phosphates [228]. All these oxidations require anhydrous conditions. 

The most important applications of peroxyacetic acid are the epoxi-dation [250, 251, 252, 254, 257, 258] and anti hydroxylation of double bonds [241, 252, the Dakin reaction of aldehydes [259, the Baeyer-Villiger reaction of ketones [148, 254, 258, 260, 261, 262] the oxidation of primary amines to nitroso [iJi] or nitrocompounds [253], of tertiary amines to amine oxides [i58, 263], of sulfides to sulfoxides and sulfones [264, 265], and of iodo compounds to iodoso or iodoxy compounds [266, 267] the degradation of alkynes [268] and diketones [269, 270, 271] to carboxylic acids and the oxidative opening of aromatic rings to aromatic dicarboxylic acids [256, 272, 271, 272,273, 274]. Occasionally, peroxyacetic acid is used for the dehydrogenation [275] and oxidation of aromatic compounds to quinones [249], of alcohols to ketones [276], of aldehyde acetals to carboxylic acids [277], and of lactams to imides [225,255]. The last two reactions are carried out in the presence of manganese salts. The oxidation of alcohols to ketones is catalyzed by chromium trioxide, and the role of peroxyacetic acid is to reoxidize the trivalent chromium [276]. 

A single enzyme is sometimes capable of many various oxidations. In the presence of NADH (reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide), cyclohexanone oxygenase from Acinetobacter NCIB9871 converts aldehydes into acids, formates of alcohols, and alcohols ketones into esters (Baeyer-Villiger reaction), phenylboronic acids into phenols sulfides into optically active sulfoxides and selenides into selenoxides [1034], Horse liver alcohol dehydrogenase oxidizes primary alcohols to acids (esters) [1035] and secondary alcohols to ketones [1036]. Horseradish peroxidase accomplishes the dehydrogenative coupling [1037] and oxidation of phenols to quinones [1038]. Mushroom polyphenol oxidase hydroxylates phenols and oxidizes them to quinones [1039]. 

An important addition to the arsenal of oxidants for the Baeyer-Villiger reaction is peroxytrifluoroacetic add [282, 283, 284]. Although this reagent is less easily accessible than peroxyacetic acid and aromatic peroxy acids, it is more reactive. The yields of esters obtained by oxidation of ketones with peroxytrifluoroacetic acid are high enough to justify the use of this oxidant for the quantitative determination of aldehydes and... 

Ethers are most prone to autoxidation because O can stabilize an adjacent alkyl radical, but aldehydes are also quite prone to autoxidation. In the latter case, the immediate products, carboxylic peracids, react with the starting aldehydes to give carboxylic acids by a Baeyer-Villiger reaction (Chapter 2). 

Together with enantioselective hydrolysis/acylation reactions, enantioselective ketone reductions dominate biocatalytic reactions in the pharma industry [10], In addition, oxidases [11] have found synthetic applications, such as in enantioselective Baeyer-Villiger reactions [12] catalyzed by, for example, cyclohexanone monooxygenase (EC 1.14.13) or in the TEMPO-mediated oxidation of primary alcohols to aldehydes, catalyzed by laccases [13]. Hence, the class of oxidoreductases is receiving increased attention in the field of biocatalysis. Traditionally they have been perceived as difficult due to cofactor requirements etc, but recent examples with immobilization and cofactor regeneration seem to prove the opposite. 

Functional groups that stabilize radicals are expected to increase susceptibility to autoxidation. This is illustrated by two cases that have been relatively well studied. Aldehydes, in which abstraction of the formyl hydrogen is facile, are easily autoxidized. The autoxidation initially forms a peroxycarboxylic acid, but usually the corresponding carboxylic acid is isolated because the peroxy acid oxidizes additional aldehyde in a parallel heterolytic reaction. The final step is an example of the Baeyer-Villiger reaction, which is discussed in Section 12.5.2.1 of Part B. 

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