Aromatic rings oxidative cleavage

Ultraviolet radiation causes cleavage of the aryl ether linkage (23). DMPPO undergoes oxidation when exposed to ultraviolet light and oxygen by direct attack on the aromatic ring to produce a variety of ring-cleaved and quinoidal stmctures (24). 

Tetracyanoethylene oxide [3189-43-3] (8), oxiranetetracarbonitnle, is the most notable member of the class of oxacyanocarbons (57). It is made by treating TCNE with hydrogen peroxide in acetonitrile. In reactions unprecedented for olefin oxides, it adds to olefins to form 2,2,5,5-tetracyanotetrahydrofuran [3041-31-4] in the case of ethylene, acetylenes, and aromatic hydrocarbons via cleavage of the ring C—C bond. The benzene adduct (9) is 3t ,7t -dihydro-l,l,3,3-phthalantetracarbonitrile [3041-36-9], C22HgN O. 

Hydroxyl elimination is necessary for the formation of benzaldehyde and benzoic acid derivatives and, ultimately, benzene and toluene (Fig. 7.46).2 It is proposed that a cleavage between the hydroxyl group and aromatic ring leads to benzenoid species which undergo further cleavage coupled with oxidation to give various decomposition products. 

Oxidative cleavage of alkenes, terminal alkynes, or aromatic rings... 

Scheme 4.1 Oxidative cleavage of an electron-rich aromatic ring was a key component of Woodward s proposal for a biogenesis of the Strychnos alkaloids and a key step in his subsequent synthesis of strychnine...

On the basis of the obtained results and the literature[17-18], we assume that during the oxidative decomposition of p-coumaric acid 1, three kind of reaction can happen before the opening of the aromatic ring (Scheme 1) cleavage of the very reactive exocyclic double bond to give p-hydroxybenzaldehyde 2, hydroxylation of the aromatic ring to yield 3,4-dihydroxycinnamic acid 3 and oxidation of aldehydes to carboxylic acids such as oxidation of 2 to p-hydroxybenzoic acid 4. Compound 2 can be hydroxylated to yield 3,4- dihydroxybenzaldehyde 6. and Compound 4 can also be hydroxylated to yield 3,4-dihydroxybenzoic acid 5. 

LiP catalyze several oxidations in the side chains of lignin and related compounds [26] by one-electron abstraction to form reactive radicals [27]. Also the cleavage of aromatic ring structures has been reported [28]. The role of LiP in ligninolysis could be the further transformation of lignin fragments, which are initially released by MnP. 

The typical metabolic reactions of pyrethroids are hydrolysis of an ester linkage and oxidation of an alkyl group or an aromatic ring in either acid or alcohol moiety, as shown in Fig. 6. The oxidative cleavage of the C=C bond of the prop-l-enyl... 

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