Aldehydes, formation

Extensive studies on the Wacker process have been carried out in industrial laboratories. Also, many papers on mechanistic and kinetic studies have been published[17-22]. Several interesting observations have been made in the oxidation of ethylene. Most important, it has been established that no incorporation of deuterium takes place by the reaction carried out in D2O, indicating that the hydride shift takes place and vinyl alcohol is not an intermediate[l,17]. The reaction is explained by oxypailadation of ethylene, / -elimination to give the vinyl alcohol 6, which complexes to H-PdCl, reinsertion of the coordinated vinyl alcohol with opposite regiochemistry to give 7, and aldehyde formation by the elimination of Pd—H. 

From these facts, a mechanism of the Rosenmund reduction has been proposed, in which the formation of the acylpalladium species 893 is the first step of the aldehyde formation and also the decarbonylation, although the Rosenmund reduction proceeds under heterogeneous conditions[744]. 

In certain sensitive compounds, such as triphenylacetyl chloride, decar-bonylation may be the major reaction (59). Palladium, the preferred catalyst for the Rosenmund reduction, is also an excellent catalyst for decarbonylation of aldehydes (27,28,65), and decarbonylation may occur after aldehyde formation. 

N-Bromoamino acids form within seconds after mixing aqueous bromine and the amino acid in dilute aqueous solution (ref. 6), but are not stable end products of the reaction. Thus, Friedman and Morgulis (ref. 7) found that the oxidation of amino acids by hypobromite gives aldehydes and nitriles with one carbon atom less than the original amino acid, ammonia and CO2 (Scheme 1). The proportions of aldehyde and nitrile depend on the basicity of the medium, aldehyde formation being favoured by more basic conditions. 

Aldehydes, formates, primary, and secondary alcohols, amines, ethers, alkyl halides, compounds of the type Z—CH2—Z, and a few other compounds add to double bonds in the presence of free-radical initiators/ This is formally the addition of RH to a double bond, but the R is not just any carbon but one connected to an oxygen or a nitrogen, a halogen, or to two Z groups (defined as on p. 548). The addition of aldehydes is illustrated above. Formates and formamides " add similarly ... 

Oxidation of Derivatized Alcohols - Derivatized Aldehyde Formation... 

In 1998, Wakatsuki et al. reported the first anti-Markonikov hydration of 1-alkynes to aldehydes by an Ru(II)/phosphine catalyst. Heating 1-alkynes in the presence of a catalytic amount of [RuCljlCgHs) (phosphine)] phosphine = PPh2(QF5) or P(3-C6H4S03Na)3 in 2-propanol at 60-100°C leads to predominantly anti-Markovnikov addition of water and yields aldehydes with only a small amount of methyl ketones (Eq. 6.47) [95]. They proposed the attack of water on an intermediate ruthenium vinylidene complex. The C-C bond cleavage or decarbonylation is expected to occur as a side reaction together with the main reaction leading to aldehyde formation. Indeed, olefins with one carbon atom less were always detected in the reaction mixtures (Scheme 6-21). 

Both the regiochemistry and stereochemistry of Wacker oxidation can be influenced by substituents that engage in chelation with Pd. Whereas a single y-alkoxy function leads to a mixture of aldehyde and ketone, more highly oxygenated systems such as the acetonide or carbonate of the diol 1 lead to dominant aldehyde formation.107 The diol itself gives only ketone, which perhaps indicates that steric factors are also important. 

Figure 6.33. Relationship between isomerisation and branched aldehyde formation during hydroformylation...

The hydroperoxide group weakens the a-C—H bonds, and the peroxyl radical of the oxidized hydrocarbon attacks this group with aldehyde formation. 

Table 13.3 Complementary synthetic use of galactose oxidase and alcohol oxidase for in situ aldehyde formation for a range of alcohols, expressed in relative rates under identical reaction conditions [30]aL...

Fig. 13.12 In situ aldehyde formation coupled with an aldol condensation as the starting point for further cascade conversions [29, 30].

Figure 8.13. Competition between 2-hexene formation and branched aldehyde formation...

Although Eq. (3) indicates that CO absorption is required for aldehyde formation, it has been shown by Karapinka and Orchin 18) that at 25° and with a moderate excess of olefin the rate of reaction and the yield of aldehyde are similar when either 1 atm of CO or 1 atm of Nj is present. Obviously CO is not essential for the reaction and a CO-deficient intermediate, probably an acylcobalt tricarbonyl, can be formed under these conditions. The relative rates of HCo(CO)4 cleavage of tricarbonyl and tetracarbonyl are not known, and thus the stage at which CO is absorbed in the stoichiometric hydroformylation of olefins under CO is not known with certainty. Heck (19) has shown conclusively that acylcobalt tetracarbonyls are in equilibrium with the acylcobalt tricarbonyl ... 

H2, and CH3CHO were desorbed. This high temperature branch corresponded to aldehyde formation via dehydrogenation of the ethoxide 139) in a fashion similar to CH3O decomposition. The low temperature reaction branch involved another more complex mechanism. 

Several characterized NRPSs utilize alternative methods for chain termination. In some synthetases, the TE domain of the final module is replaced by an NAD(P)H-dependent reductase domain. Reduction of a peptidyl-S-PCP substrate through a two-electron reaction leads to the formation of a transient aldehyde, which is subsequently converted into a cyclic imine or hemiaminal through intramolecular cyclization. This two-electron reaction is utilized in the biosynthesis of nostocyclopeptides, the saframycins, ° and anthramycin. Alternatively, a four-electron reduction to the primary alcohol is observed in the biosynthesis of mycobacterial peptidolipids, linear gramicidin," " the myxalamides, lyngbyatoxin, " and myxochelin A 75,76 alternative four-electron reduction pathway involving aldehyde formation, transamination, and reduction to a primary amine occurs in the biosynthesis of myxochelin B. ... 

A series of water-soluble polyether-substituted triphenyl phosphines (PETPPs) la-c has been successfully employed by Jin et al. [11] in the thermoregulated hydroformylation of 1-dodecene in the biphasic water/toluene system. The catalysts exhibit very good catalytic properties with conversions up to 93% and about 85% selectivity for aldehyde formation. The catalyst derived from rhodium(III) chloride and ligand Ic could be reused in four consecutive cycles without significant loss of activity or chemoselectivity. The n-selectivity of the product aldehydes was not determined. 

Complex 77 has also been reported to catalyze the oxidative dimerization of alcohols to esters when the reactions are performed in the presence of base [76]. The presence of base presumably encourages the reversible attack of the alcohol onto the initially formed aldehyde to give a hemiacetal, which is further oxidized to give the ester product. Alcohols 87 and 15 were converted into esters 88 and 89 with good isolated yields (Scheme 20). Alternative iridium catalysts have been used for related oxidative dimerization reactions, and the addition of base is not always a requirement for the reaction to favor ester formation over aldehyde formation [77, 78]. 

In many manufacturing processes there exists the potential for aldehyde formation. Often these aldehydes occur in low concentrations in the presence of much higher levels of aliphatics, olefinics and aromatic hydrocarbons. Gas chromatography or combined gc/ms methods are often ineffective in determining aldehydes in such a matrix. Several wet chemical techniques have been devised for estimating the total aldehyde concentration in these streams, but quantitation of the individual aldehydes has remained a difficult task. 

The potential participation of an alternative route, involving a binuclear elimination reaction between a metal-acyl and a metal-hydride has also been probed [73]. In Rh-catalysed cydohexene hydroformylation, both [Rh4(CO)i2] and [Rh(C(0)R)(C0)4] are observed by HP IR at steady state, the duster species being a potential source of [HRh(CO)4] by reaction with syn-gas. The kinetic data for aldehyde formation indicated no statistically significant contribution from binudear elimination, with hydrogenolysis of the acyl complex dominant. For a mixed Rh-Mn system. 

Immediately after addition of 1-octene, the strong absorption band indicative of aldehyde formation (1734 cm ) appeared in the IR spectrum, proving that the hy-droformylation reaction had started. The amount of 18b dropped considerably upon addition of 1-octene, but it did not disappear completely during the hydrofor-mylation reaction. Seven new absorptions appeared in the terminal carbonyl region indicating that complex 18b was converted (in part) to several new carbonyl-containing rhodium complexes. 

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