Peroxo complexes alkyl

While numerous peroxo complexes of Ti, V, Cr/Mo/W and Re have been experimentally isolated and well characterized, there are only few examples of alkyl peroxo complexes whose X-ray structures are known, namely (di(picolinato)VO(OOtBu)(H20) [116] and [((T 2-ter -butylperoxo) titanatrane)2 3 dichloromethane] [117], Evidence for the existence of other... 

It is instructive to compare the properties of metal peroxo and alkyl (or hydro) peroxo groups for the case of Ti because experimental structures of both types are known [117, 119-121] and Ti compounds are catalysts for such important processes as Sharpless epoxidation [22] and epoxidation over Ti-silicalites [122], where alkyl and hydro peroxo intermediates, respectively, are assumed to act as oxygen donors. Actually, the known Ti(t 2-02) complexes are not active in epoxidation. [121-124] However, there is evidence [123] that (TPP)Ti(02) (TPP = tetraphenylporphyrin) becomes active in epoxidation of cyclohexene when transformed to the cis-hydroxo(alkyl peroxo) complex (TPP)Ti(OH)(OOR) although the latter has never been isolated. 

The groups of Philipsborn [84], Heaton [85-88] and Mann [89-91] have used ° Rh NMR extensively to elucidate structural and mechanistic aspects of a wide variety of metal carbonyl and metal cluster complexes. Further, Zamaraevl [92] has shown that NMR studies on several quadrupolar nuclei, e. g. Mo, help with the characterization of the alkyl peroxo-complexes, which are thought to be inter-... 

The workers proposed that alkyl hydroperoxides and aqueous hydrogen peroxide interact with TS-1 in a similar manner, forming titanium alkyl peroxo complexes and titanium peroxo complexes, respectively. However, the titanium alkyl peroxo complexes were not active because the substrate could not enter the void due to steric effects. Consequently, no activity was possible for either alkane hydroxylation or alkene epoxidation. Comparison with Ti02-Si02/alkyl hydroperoxide for alkane and alkene oxidation indicated that this material was active because the oxidation took place on the surface and not in the pores. Figures 4.4 and 4.5 show the possible mechanisms in operation for the oxidation of alkenes and alkanes with a TS-1/hydrogen peroxide system. 

Selective epoxidation of olefins by vanadium(V) alkyl peroxo complexes has also been reported (76). These complexes are very effective stereo-selective reagents for the transformation of olefins into epoxides. The mechanism consists of binding of the olefin to the metal to displace one of the peroxo-oxygen atoms, nucleophilic attack of the bound oxygen atom on the coordinated electron-deficient olefin, dissociation of the epoxide, and reaction of the remaining vanadium intermediate with... 

Although exotic, the structure of the proposed titanium peroxide has been confirmed independently. In 1996, the first X-ray crystal structure of a titanium alkyl peroxide was reported [17]. This structure clearly shows an rf bonding mode for the peroxo ligand. The authors demonstrated the capacity of their titanium alkyl peroxo complex to oxidize nucleophiles, which indicated the electrophilic... 

Diketonate cobalt(III) complexes with alkyl peroxo adducts have been prepared recently and characterized structurally, and their value in hydrocarbon oxidation and olefin epoxidation examined.980 Compounds Co(acac) 2(L) (O O / - B u) with L = py, 4-Mepy and 1-Meim, as well as the analog of the first with dibenzoylmethane as the diketone, were prepared. A distorted octahedral geometry with the monodentates cis is consistently observed, and the Co—O bond distance for the peroxo ligand lies between 1.860(3) A and 1.879(2) A. 

Cobalt(III)-alkylperoxo complexes find use in the oxidation of hydrocarbons.1342,1343 Since they release ROO and RO radicals upon mild heating in solution, they are effective oxidants under mild conditions, and produce catalytic systems in the presence of excess ROOH. Aliphatic C—11 bond oxidation by ConOOR (R = Con, alkyl, H) complexes including a hydrotris(pyrazolyl) borate ligand have also been reported, with homolysis of the peroxo O—O bond believed to be important in oxygenation of the C—H bond.1344... 

Reaction of tris(neopentyl) complexes of titanium, zirconium and hafnium with molecular oxygen furnishes the corresponding tris(neopentoxy) complexes [42, 43, 51]. A peroxo complex is an intermediate in this reaction, being relatively stable in the case of titanium [42]. The alkoxide species can also be formed upon reaction with alcohols under mild conditions [42, 52]. The alcoholysis reaction is fast, with a low dependence on the steric hindrance of the alkyl chain [42]. Hydrolysis leads to ](=SiO)M(OH)3] or ](=SiO)2M(OH)2], depending on the precursor species. Deu-... 

Mimoun proposed a mechanism that is general for both stoichiometric epoxidations with peroxo complexes and for catalytic systems employing alkyl hydroperoxides.292-294 It involves an alkylperoxidic species with the alkene complexed through the metal ... 

The first step consists of the formation of the dioxygen adduct which can have either a superoxo structure (1) if the metal is a potential one-electron donor, or a peroxo structure (2) if the metal is a potential two-electron donor. These superoxo or peroxo complexes can be considered as the formal, but not chemical, analogs of the superoxide 02 and peroxide 022- anions. The superoxo complex (1) can further react with a second reduced metal atom to give the /x-peroxo species (3), which can cleave itself into the oxo species (4), which may be hydrolyzed to give the hydroxo species (6) or react with a second metal atom to give the p.-oxo species (5). The alkylperoxo (7) and hydroperoxo (8) species can result from the alkylation or protonation of the peroxo species (2), or from anion exchange from metal salts by alkyl hydroperoxides or hydrogen peroxide. 

These complexes can exist in a triangular peroxo form (7a) for early d° transition metals, or in a bridged (7b) or linear (7c) form for Group VIII metals. They can be obtained from the reaction of alkyl hydroperoxides with transition metal complexes (equations 9 and 10),42-46 from the insertion of 02 into a cobalt-carbon bond (equation ll),43 from the alkylation of a platinum-peroxo complex (equation 12),44 or from the reaction of a cobalt-superoxo complex with a substituted phenol (equation 13).45 Some well-characterized alkylperoxo complexes are shown (22-24). 

Transition metal peroxides, particularly peroxo (2), alkylperoxo (7) and hydroperoxo (8) complexes, are extremely important reactive intermediates in catalytic oxidations involving molecular oxygen, hydrogen peroxide and alkyl hydroperoxides as the oxygen source. Representative peroxo complexes are listed in Table 3, and alkylperoxo and hydroperoxo complexes are listed in Table 4 together with their reactivities. 

All these data are in favor of a homolytic mode of oxygen transfer from Vv alkyl peroxides to hydrocarbons, and the mechanism suggested in Scheme 4, based on that of oxidation by Vv-peroxo complexes (Scheme 2), was tentatively attributed to a biradical V17 — OR—O species which can add to arenes and abstract hydrogen atoms from alkanes. It is probable that the absence of a releasable coordination site adjacent to the triangular alkyl peroxide group in (22) precludes the possibility of the alkene coordination to the metal and therefore prevents its heterolytic epoxi-dation. 

Titanium(IV)-porphyrin [TiO(TPP)] as well as molybdenum(V)-porphyrin [MoO(OMe)(TPP)] complexes were found to be active for the catalytic epoxidation of alkenes by alkyl hydroperoxides, whereas their peroxo derivatives are inactive.632 Iron(III)-porphyrin-peroxo complexes such as Fe(TPP)02NMe4 did not react with hydrocarbons, but form sulfato complexes upon reaction with S02.632 Manganese(III)-porphyrin-peroxo complexes Mn(02)(TPP) K+ were recently characterized by X-ray crystallography.634... 

The proton magnetic resonance spectrum has a doublet centered at t 27.1 (stretching frequency, in the infrared spectrum (Nujol mull), is at 2079(s) cm.-1. The interaction of the complex with alkenes produces5 stable alkyl complexes of the type [Rh(NH3)5R]S04. In solution the complex reacts with molecular oxygen to give a blue peroxo complex displacement of ammonia by ethylenediamine can also be achieved.6... 

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