Alkenes potassium permanganate-periodate

Exercise 16-37 An elegant modification of the two-step procedure to prepare ketones from alkenes by hydroxylation and oxidative cleavage of the diol formed uses a small amount of potassium permanganate (or osmium tetroxide, 0s04) as the catalyst and sodium periodate as the oxidizing agent ... 

Sodium periodate (sodium metaperiodate), NaI04 (mp 300 °C dec), which is commercially available, is applied mainly in aqueous or aqueous-alcoholic solutions. Like the free periodic acid, sodium periodate cleaves vicinal diols to carbonyl compounds [762], This reaction is especially useful in connection with potassium permanganate [763, 764] or osmium tetroxide [765], Such mixed oxidants oxidize alkenes to carbonyl compounds or carboxylic acids, evidently by way of vicinal diols as intermediates. Sulfides are transformed by sodium periodate into sulfoxides [322, 323, 766, 767, 768, 769, 770, 771, 772], and selenides are converted into selenoxides [773]. Sodium periodate is also a reoxidant of lower valency ruthenium in oxidations with ruthenium tetroxide [567, 774],... 

The results of some oxidations with potassium permanganate differ depending on the pH of the reaction. For example, stearolic acid gives 9,10-diketostearic acid at pH 7-7.5 (achieved with carbon dioxide) and azelaic acid on treatment at pH 12 [864]. In some reactions, potassium permanganate is used as a catalyst for oxidation with other oxidants, such as sodium periodate. Thus alkenes are cleaved to carbonyl compounds or acids via vicinal diols obtained by hydroxylation with potassium permanganate, followed by cleavage by sodium periodate [763, 552]. 

Diols are oxidatively cleaved by reaction with periodic acid (HIO4) to yield carbonyl compounds, a reaction similar to the KMnO cleavage of aJkenes just discussed. The sequence of (1) alkene hydroxylation with OsO< j followed by (2) diol cleavage with HIO4 is often an excellent alternative to direct alkene cleavage with ozone or potassium permanganate. 

We have seen that alkenes are oxidized to 1,2-diols by a basic solution of potassium permanganate at room temperature or below, and the 1,2-diols can subsequently be cleaved by periodic acid to form aldehydes and/or ketones (Sections 20.6 and 20.7). If, however, the basic solution of potassium permanganate is heated or if the solution is acidic, the reaction will not stop at the diol. Instead, the alkene will be cleaved, and the reaction products will be ketones and carboxylic acids. If the reaction is carried out under basic conditions, any carboxylic acid product will be in its basic form (RCOO ) if the reaction is carried out under acidic conditions, any carboxylic acid product will be in its acidic form (RCOOH) (Section 1.20). Terminal alkenes form CO2 as a product. 

Diols are oxidatively cleaved to ketones and/or aldehydes by periodic acid (HIO4). Ozonolysis oxidatively cleaves alkenes to ketones and/or aldehydes when worked up under reducing conditions and to ketones and/or carboxylic acids when worked up under oxidizing conditions. Acidic solutions and hot basic solutions of potassium permanganate also oxidatively cleave alkenes to ketones and/or carboxylic acids. 

Osmium tetroxide can be used in substoichiometric amounts because the periodate oxidizes the osmium back to the tetroxide. The periodate therefore plays two roles, one to cleave the diol and the other to re-oxidize the osmium(VI), although it does not itself react with alkenes or aldehydes. Reaction often occurs at the least-hindered alkene and therefore provides a selective method for the oxidative cleavage of, for example, a vinyl group in the presence of a di- or trisubstituted alkene. If potassium permanganate is used in place of osmium tetroxide, then any aldehyde products are usually oxidized to give the corresponding carboxylic acids. 

Overall, ozone compares favorably with other approaches for oxidative alkene cleavage involving Osmium Tetroxide, Potassium Permanganate, Ruthenium(VIII) Oxide, Sodium Periodate, or chromyl carboxylates which are costly, toxic, involve metal wastes, and may require detailed workup procedures. 

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