Methyl dioxiran

Recently, Mello et al. have disclosed a simple and robust protocol for the generation of methyl(trifluoromethyl)-dioxirane from an aqueous solution of 1,1,1-trifluoroacetone hydrate, sodium bicarbonate, and peroxomonosulfate on a preparative scale (typically <2 g the authors suggest multiple iterations for larger scales). The methyl(trifluoro-methyl)dioxirane is removed from the reaction mixture by the evolved gases (O2, CO2) and has been applied to the oxidation of substrates in a second reaction zone (e.g., the epoxidation of cyclohexenone Scheme 33) <2007S47>. 

Only a few new reports of ring oxidations have appeared. One method uses dimethyldioxirane or methyl(trifluoro-methyl)dioxirane to convert 2,2-dimethyl-l,3-dioxolanes into 2-hydroxyketones under mild conditions (Equation 29) <1996TL115>. Ozonolysis of 1,3-dioxolanes has also been examined, and the primary reaction product of 2-alkyl-1,3-dioxolanes with ozone was identified as the 2-alkyl-l,3-dioxolan-2-ol <2002JA11260, 2004JA16093>. 

The N(l) atom of 3-aryl-l,2,4,5-tetrazines is oxidized regioselectively by methyl(trifluoro-methyl)dioxirane to give the hitherto unknown iV(l)-oxides (96T2377). 

Ketones and Other Oxygen Functions. Various ketones can be converted to the corresponding dioxiranes by treatment with buffered aqueous solutions of Oxone (eq 1). Of particular interest are dimethyldioxirane (R = R = Me) and methyl(trifluoro-methyl)dioxirane (R = Me, R = CF3) derived from acetone and l,l,l-trifluoro-2-propanone, respectively. The discovery of a method for the isolation of dilute solutions of these volatile dioxiranes in the parent ketone by codistillation from the reaction mixture has opened an exciting new area of oxidation chemistry. Solutions of dioxiranes derived from higher molecular weight ketones have also been prepared. ... 

This was also accomplished with BaRu(0)2(OH)3. The same type of conversion, with lower yields (20-30%), has been achieved with the Gif system There are several variations. One consists of pyridine-acetic acid, with H2O2 as oxidizing agent and tris(picolinato)iron(III) as catalyst. Other Gif systems use O2 as oxidizing agent and zinc as a reductant. The selectivity of the Gif systems toward alkyl carbons is CH2 > CH > CH3, which is unusual, and shows that a simple free-radical mechanism (see p. 899) is not involved. ° Another reagent that can oxidize the CH2 of an alkane is methyl(trifluoromethyl)dioxirane, but this produces CH—OH more often than C=0 (see 14-4). ... 

Aryl-l,2,4,5-tetrazines are oxidised by methyl(trifluoromethyl)dioxirane to their previously unknown iV-oxides 96. NMR studies have shown that N-l is oxidised regioselectively <96X2377 >. 

Other ketones besides acetone can be used for in situ generation of dioxi-ranes by reaction with peroxysulfate or another suitable peroxide. More electrophilic ketones give more reactive dioxiranes. 3-Methyl-3-trifluoromethyldioxirane is a more reactive analog of DMDO.99 This reagent, which is generated in situ from 1,1,1-trifluoroacetone, can oxidize less reactive compounds such as methyl cinnamate. 

This synthesis is shown in Scheme 13.59. Two enantiomerically pure starting materials were brought together by a Wittig reaction in Step C. The aldol addition in Step D was diastereoselective for the anti configuration, but gave a 1 1 mixture with the 6S, 1R-diastereomer. The stereoisomers were separated after Step E-2. The macrolactonization (Step E-4) was accomplished by a mixed anhydride (see Section 3.4.1). The final epoxidation was done using 3-methyl-3-trifluoromethyl dioxirane. 

Efficient oxidation of imines into nitrones can be achieved by using methyl (trilluoromethyl)dioxirane as an oxidant. This method provides enantiopure nitrones derived from 2H -pyrrole 1-oxide (23, 24). 

CgoO (1) can also be prepared by allowing toluene solutions of CgQ to react with dimethyldioxirane (Scheme 8.3) [28], The so-obtained product is identical to that prepared by photochemical epoxidation [15], Upon treatment of CgQ with dimethyldioxirane, a second product is formed simultaneously (Scheme 8.3), which was identified to be the 1,3-dioxolane 6. Upon heating 6 in toluene for 24 h at 110 °C, no decomposition could be observed by HPLC, implying that 1 and 6 are formed by different pathways. Replacement of dimethyldioxirane with the more reactive methyl(trifluoromethyl)dioxirane allows much milder reaction conditions [29]. At 0 °C and a reaction time of only some minutes this reaction renders a CgQ conversion rate of more than 90% and higher yields for CgoO as well as for the higher oxides. 

FIGURE 13. B3LYP/6-311- -G(3df,2p)-optimized stractures of dioxirane (DO), dimethyldioxirane (DMDO) and methyl(trifluoromethyl)dioxirane (TFDO). Bold numbers for DO are experimental microwave-stractural data. ... 

In contrast to dioxirane oxidation, the transition states for carbonyl oxide oxidation are not affected as much by RHF-UHF wave function instability problems, and there is good agreement between the MP2, MP4 and QCISD(T) barrier heights. Methyl substitution on the carbonyl oxide has very little effect on the barrier heights, but it can be anticipated that methyl substitution of the aUtene would lower the barriers significantly . The calculated changes in the barriers due to solvation are much smaller than for dioxirane oxidation, primarily because the differences between the reactant and transition state dipoles are smaller. 

A typical closed-shell transition structure for DMDO epoxidation is exemplified by the epoxidation of E- and Z-2-butene. Baumstark and Vasquez have reported experimental studies that demonstrate the greater reactivity of Z-alkenes in the DMDO epoxidation of E/Z-pairs of alkenes . As anticipated, approach of the dioxirane ring to the Z-double bond in the less hindered manner, away from the methyl groups of DMDO,... 

Part of the mystique surrounding the often assumed high reactivity of dioxiranes stems from the observation that dioxiranes such as methyl(trifluoromethyl)dioxirane (TFDO) are capable of oxidizing saturated hydrocarbons to their alcohols at relatively low temperatures in high yields and with impressive stereoselectivities (equation 8). 

The NMR data of dimethyldioxirane 36 have already been reviewed, but the closely related spectrum of methyl(trifluoromethyl)dioxirane 37 was not reviewed and a comparison of its experimental data with the computed values for the parent dioxirane 38 and of difluorodioxirane 39 can be of interest. Experimental and computed data are gathered in Table 9. 

The synthetically most useful method for the preparation of dioxiranes is the reaction of appropriate ketones (acetone, trill uoroacetone, 2-butanone, cyclohexanone etc.) with Caroate, commercially available as the triple salt of potassium monoperoxysul-fate (KHSOs). The catalytic cycle of the dioxirane formation and oxidation is shown in Scheme 1 in general form. For acetone as the ketone, by simple distillation at a slightly reduced pressure ca 100 torr) at room temperature ca 20 °C), Jeyaraman and Murray successfully isolated dimethyldioxirane (DMD) as a pale yellow solution in acetone (maximally ca 0.1 M). This pivotal achievement in 1985 fomented the subsequent intensive research activity in dioxirane chemistry, mainly the synthetic applications but also the mechanistic and theoretical aspects. The more reactive (up to a thousandfold ) fluorinated dioxirane, methyl(trifluoromethyl)dioxirane (TFD), was later isolated in a similar manner by Curd, Mello and coworkers". For dioxirane derived from less volatile ketones, e.g. cyclohexanone, the salting-out technique has been developed by Murray and coworkers to obtain the corresponding dioxirane solution. 

Methyl(trifluoromethyl)dioxirane (TFD) was isolated by Curd and coworkers . 

Also, potassium superoxide (KO2) decomposes DMD in acetone solution to release singlet oxygen, as has been detected by the characteristic infrared chemiluminescence . Furthermore, a catalytic amount of n-Bu4NI decomposes TFD into oxygen gas and triflu-oroacetone in high yield . Analogous to the Caroate decomposition by ketones, also the catalytic decomposition of peroxynitrite by ketones, e.g. methyl pyruvate, is rationahzed in terms of peroxynitrite oxidation by in-situ-generated dioxirane. ... 

The enantioselective oxidation of prochiral sulfides with DMD has been achieved by using bovine serum albumin (BSA) as the chiral inductor Moderate to good enan-tioselectivities have been reported in the presence of this protein, for which a typical example is shown in equation 22 . As yet, however, no enantioselective oxidation of a prochiral sulfide has been documented by employing an optically active dioxirane. We have tried the enantioselective oxidation of methyl phenyl sulfide with the dioxirane generated from the ketone 7 (Shi s ketone), but an ee value of only ca 5% was obtained. One major hurdle that needs to be overcome with such enantioselective dioxirane oxidations is the suppression of the background oxidation of the sulfide substrate by Caroate, an unavoidable feature of the in-situ mode. 

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