Alkenes permanganate

The intermediate formed in the oxidation of alkenes by permanganate ion is considered a cycHc manganate(V) ester (92). Investigations have suggested that manganate(V) intermediates play a significant role in virtually all permanganate oxidation reactions. It is therefore the further reactions of the... 

The use of sofid supports in conjunction with permanganate reactions leads to modification of the reactivity and selectivity of the oxidant. The use of an inert support, such as bentonite (see Clays), copper sulfate pentahydrate, molecular sieves (qv) (151), or sifica, results in an oxidant that does not react with alkenes, but can be used, for example, to convert alcohols to ketones (152). A sofid supported permanganate reagent, composed of copper sulfate pentahydrate and potassium permanganate (153), has been shown to readily convert secondary alcohols into ketones under mild conditions, and in contrast to traditional permanganate reactivity, the reagent does not react with double bonds (154). 

Analysis. Butenes are best characterized by their property of decolorizing both a solution of bromine in carbon tetrachloride and a cold, dilute, neutral permanganate solution (the Baeyer test). A solution of bromine in carbon tetrachloride is red the dihaUde, like the butenes, are colorless. Decoloration of the bromine solution is rapid. In the Baeyer test, a purple color is replaced by brown manganese oxide (a precipitate) and a colorless diol. These tests apply to all alkenes. 

When compound (443), which contains alkene and alkyne moieties, was reacted with benzonitrile oxide, both an isoxazoline (444) and isoxazole (445) were produced, with the former predominating. Oxidation of (444) with permanganate produced 3-phenyl-2-isoxazoline-5-carboxylic acid (446) (67ZOR82i). The reaction of 1-trimethylsilylbut-l-yne-3-ene produced only a compound which reacted at the alkenic unit. Oxidation of the adduct also produced (446) (68ZOB1820). These reactions are shown in Scheme 102. 

Fluonnated alkenes with one fluonne atom attached to the double bond are converted to a-hydroxyketones by potassium permanganate [30] (equation 22) a-Diketones are formed by permanganate hydroxylation of double bonds flanked by fluonne atoms [31] (equation 23)... 

The oxidative cleavage of alkenes is a common reaction usually achieved by ozonolysis or the use of potassium permanganate. An example of NHC-coordina(ed Ru complex (31) capable of catalysing the oxidative cleavage of alkenes was reported by Peris and co-workers (Table 10.9) [44]. Despite a relatively limited substrate scope, this reaction reveals an intriguing reactivity of ruthenium and will surely see further elaboration. 

Ketols are also observed as products of permanganate oxidation of alkenes. The ketols are believed to be formed as a result of oxidation of the cyclic intermediate.35... 

Potassium permanganate, usually in alkaline conditions, using aqueous or aqueous-organic solvents, is a widely used oxidant for effecting syn-vicinal hydroxylation of alkenes (Eq. 3.13). However, overoxidation or alternative oxidation pathways may pose a problem, and the conditions must be carefully controlled.62... 

Potassium permanganate or osmium tetroxide oxidize alkenes to furnish 1,2-diols (glycols). 

The terminal CH2 group of a 1-alkene is completely oxidized to carbon dioxide and water by hot permanganate. 

Oxidation of alkenes dissolved in benzene can be accomplished in excellent yield using potassium permanganate (in water) when a quaternary ammonium salt is present. 

Using dicyclohexyl-18-crown-6 it is possible to dissolve potassium hydroxide in benzene at a concentration which exceeds 0.15 mol dm-3 (Pedersen, 1967). The free OH- has been shown to be an excellent reagent for ester hydrolysis under such conditions. The related solubilization of potassium permanganate in benzene, to yield purple benzene , enables oxidations to be performed in this solvent (Hiraoka, 1982). Thus, it is possible to oxidize a range of alkenes, alcohols, aldehydes, and alkylbenzenes under mild conditions using this solubilized reagent. For example, purple benzene will oxidize many alkenes or alcohols virtually instantaneously at room temperature to yield the corresponding carboxylic acids in near-quantitative yields (Sam Simmons, 1972). 

Some of the earliest work in the oxidation of alkenes was performed by oxidation with potassium permanganate. Under acidic and neutral conditions the intermediately formed glycols are oxidized, generally leading to cleavage of the carbon-carbon bond. Thus, such procedures have seldom been synthetically applied to diene oxidation. One notable... 

Oxidation of alkenes with osmium tetraoxide is much more moderate than similar oxidations with permanganate. This makes OSO4 a very reliable reagent for cis dihydroxylation. 

It was generally accepted that the oxidation of alkenes by permanganate proceeds via a concerted mechanism with a cyclic ester intermediate, until the suggestion was made of a stepwise mechanism involving a metallaoxetane intermediate which is supposed to rearrange to a cyclic ester... 

Aluminium tetrahydroborate, Alkenes, Oxygen Benzeneseleninic acid, Hydrazine derivatives Benzyltriethylammonium permanganate Bis(4-hydroxyphenyl) sulfone... 

Alkenes have been oxidized to 1,2-diols (>90%) by catalytic amounts of the ammonium periodate in the presence of osmium, and stoichiometric amounts of the periodate cleave the diols to produce the dicarbonyl derivatives (>80%) [23,30]. The procedure appears, however, to be less effective than with the quaternary ammonium permanganate. 

The oxidation of alkenes with potassium permanganate in the presence of chiral menthylammonium salts has been reported to produce chiral 1,2-diols with low optical purity. It is possible that the products are contaminated with the catalysts or their decomposition products, as no asymmetric induction was observed with (+)-l-phenylethylammonium salts [30]. 

Further variations on the epoxyketone intermediate theme have been reported. In the first (Scheme 9A) [78], limonene oxide was prepared by Sharpless asymmetric epoxidation of commercial (S)-(-)- perillyl alcohol 65 followed by conversion of the alcohol 66 to the crystalline mesylate, recrystallization to remove stereoisomeric impurities, and reduction with LiAlH4 to give (-)-limonene oxide 59. This was converted to the key epoxyketone 60 by phase transfer catalyzed permanganate oxidation. Control of the trisubstituted alkene stereochemistry was achieved by reaction of the ketone with the anion from (4-methyl-3-pentenyl)diphenylphosphine oxide, yielding the isolable erythro adduct 67, and the trisubstituted E-alkene 52a from spontaneous elimination by the threo adduct. Treatment of the erythro adduct with NaH in DMF resulted... 

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