Catalytic reactions oxidation state

The evidence is in accord with an addition-elimination mechanism (addition of ArPdX followed by elimination of HPdX) in most cases." In the conventionally accepted reaction mechanism," a four-coordinate aryl-Pd(II) intermediate is formed by oxidative addition of the aryl halide to a Pd(0) complex prior to olefin addition. This suggests that cleavage of the dimeric precursor complex, reduction of Pd , and ligand dissociation combine to give a viable catalytic species." If these processes occur on a time scale comparable to that of the catalytic reaction, nonsteady-state catalysis could occur while the active catalyst is forming, and an... 

EPR spectroscopy in combination with stopped-flow absorption and rapid freeze-quench techniques has been employed (i) to probe flie catalytically relevant oxidation state(s) of MIOX and (ii) to investigate the reaction between MIOX, substrate, and O2. While most other oxygen-activating binuclear non-heme iron enzymes are catalytically active in their fully reduced form, MIOX exhibits a raflier different behavior. In single-turnover reactions of the diferrous recombinant Mus... 

Palladation of aromatic compounds with Pd(OAc)2 gives the arylpalladium acetate 25 as an unstable intermediate (see Chapter 3, Section 5). A similar complex 26 is formed by the transmetallation of PdX2 with arylmetal compounds of main group metals such as Hg Those intermediates which have the Pd—C cr-bonds react with nucleophiles or undergo alkene insertion to give oxidized products and Pd(0) as shown below. Hence, these reactions proceed by consuming stoichiometric amounts of Pd(II) compounds, which are reduced to the Pd(0) state. Sometimes, but not always, the reduced Pd(0) is reoxidized in situ to the Pd(II) state. In such a case, the whole oxidation process becomes a catalytic cycle with regard to the Pd(II) compounds. This catalytic reaction is different mechanistically, however, from the Pd(0)-catalyzed reactions described in the next section. These stoichiometric and catalytic reactions are treated in Chapter 3. 

Oxidation can also occur at the central metal atom of the phthalocyanine system (2). Mn phthalocyanine, for example, can be produced ia these different oxidation states, depending on the solvent (2,31,32). The carbon atom of the ring system and the central metal atom can be reduced (33), some reversibly, eg, ia vattiag (34—41). Phthalocyanine compounds exhibit favorable catalytic properties which makes them interesting for appHcations ia dehydrogenation, oxidation, electrocatalysis, gas-phase reactions, and fuel cells (qv) (1,2,42—49). 

Many inorganic compounds and all organic compounds also react directly with O2 under appropriate conditions. Reaction may be spontaneous, or may require initiation by heat, light, electric discharge, chemisorption or various catalytic means. Oxygen is normally considered to be divalent, though the oxidation state can vary widely and includes the values of - -i, 0, —j, —j, —I and —2 in isolable compounds of such species as 02", O3, 03 , 02 , 02 and respectively. The coor-... 

The symmetric series provides functional cyclohexadienes, whereas the non-symmetric one serves to build deuterated and/or functional arenes and tentacled compounds. In both series, several oxidation states can be used as precursors and provide different types of activation. The complexes bearing a number of valence, electrons over 18 react primarily by electron-transfer (ET). The ability of the sandwich structure to stabilize several oxidation states [21] also allows us to use them as ET reagents in stoichiometric and catalytic ET processes [18, 21, 22]. The last well-developed type of reactions is the nucleophilic substitution of one or two chlorine atoms in the FeCp+ complexes of mono- and o-dichlorobenzene. This chemistry is at least as rich as with the Cr(CO)3 activating group and more facile since FeCp+ activator is stronger than Cr(CO) 3. 

Conclusion when using ionic conductors where the conducting, i.e. backspillover ion participates in the catalytic reaction under study (e.g. O2 ions in the case of catalytic oxidations) then both galvanostatic and potentiostatic operation lead to a steady-state and allow one to obtain steady-state r vs Uwr plots. 

Until now examples for catalytic reactions involving ferrates with iron in the oxidation state of -l-3 are very rare. One example is the hexacyanoferrate 8-catalyzed oxidation of trimethoxybenzenes 7 to dimethoxy-p-benzoquinones 9/10 by means of hydrogen peroxide which was published by Matsumoto and Kobayashi in 1985 [2]. Using hexacyanoferrate 8 product 9 was favored while other catalysts like Fe(acac)3 or Fe2(S04)3 favored product 10 (Scheme 2). The oxidation is supposed to proceed via the corresponding phenols which are formed by the attack of OH radicals generated in the Fe/H202 system. 

The presence of V V on the surface before catalysis is unessential for catalytic activity. We cannot however rule out an SCR redox mechanism involving VV-V V. ESR and IR results show that the oxidation state of surface vanadium at the reaction temperature is controlled mainly by the composition of the reactant mixture. 

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