Oxidation amine, ruthenium tetroxide

Oxidation of tat-amines. Ruthenium tetroxide oxidizes N-benzyl derivatives of piperidines (1, n = 2) and pyrrolidines (I, n = 1) to imides (2). The products can be correlated with known dicarboxylic acids (3) by hydrolysis. ... 

The ruthenium tetroxide dioxide catalytic system is effective for the oxidation of alkanols, although it will also react with any alkene groups or amine substituents that are present. The catalyst can be used in aqueous acetonitrile containing tetra-butylammonium hydroxide with platinum electrodes in an undivided cell Primary alcohols are oxidised to the aldehyde and secondary alcohols to the ketone [30]. Anodic oxidation of ruthenium dioxide generates the tetroxide, which is the effective oxidising agent. 

Ethers in which at least one group is primary alkyl can be oxidized to the corresponding carboxylic esters in high yields with ruthenium tetroxide.297 Cyclic ethers give lactones. The reaction, a special case of 9-16, has also been accomplished with CrO, in sulfuric acid.39" with benzyltriethylammonium permanganate,299 and with trichloroisocyanuric acid in the presence of an excess of water.300 In a similar reaction, cyclic tertiary amines (e.g., 28) can... 

Oxidation of organic compounds by ruthenium tetraoxide has been reviewed. The oxidation of various types of organic compounds such as alkanes, alkenes, allenes, aromatic rings, alcohols, amines, and sulfides has been discussed The cyclic oxoruthe-nium(VI) diesters that are formed in the initial step of the oxidation of alkenes are considered to be intermediates in the formation of 1,2-diols.70 The development of new and selective oxidative transformations under ruthenium tetroxide catalysis during the past 10 years has been reviewed. The state of research in this field is summarized and a systematic overview of the reactivity and the reaction mode of ruthenium tetroxide is given.71... 

RCH2NH2 —> RCONH2The transformation of primary amines to amides can be effected by oxidation of N-Boc alkylamines with ruthenium tetroxide, generated in situ from Ru02 (catalytic) and NaI04 (excess) in aqueous ethyl acetate. Deprotection is effected with TFA in CH2C12. 

Sodium hypochlorite is used for the epoxidation of double bonds [659, 691] for the oxidation of primary alcohols to aldehydes [692], of secondary alcohols to ketones [693], and of primary amines to carbonyl compounds [692] for the conversion of benzylic halides into acids or ketones [690] for the oxidation of aromatic rings to quinones [694] and of sulfides to sulfones [695] and, especially, for the degradation of methyl ketones to carboxylic acids with one less carbon atom [655, 696, 697, 695, 699] and of a-amino acids to aldehydes with one less carbon [700]. Sodium hypochlorite is also used for the reoxidation of low-valence ruthenium compounds to ruthenium tetroxide in oxidations by ruthenium trichloride [701]. 

Nickel peroxide. Oxoperoxobis(N-phenylbenzohydroxamato) molyb-denum(VI). Palladium(II) acetate-Tri-phenylphosphine. Palladium /-butyl peroxide trifluoroacetate. Periodic acid. Permonophosphoric acid. Potassium dichromate. Potassium hydrogen persulfate. Pyridinium dichromate. Ruthenium tetroxide. Selenium dioxide. Sodium hypochlorite. Titanium(IlI) chlo-ride-Hydrogen peroxide. Potassium nitrodisulfonate. Potassium peroxodi-sulfate. Pyridinium chlorochromate. Pyridinium chlorochromate-Hydrogen peroxide. Sodium permanganate monohydrate. Tetra-n-Butylammonium periodate. Thailium(III) acetate. Trimethyl-amine N-oxide. Triphenylmethylphos-phonium permanganate. 

Oxidation of cyclic amines. Sheehan and Tulis have examined the oxidation of acylated cychc amines with ruthenium tetroxide in a chlorinated solvent (single-phase system) or with ruthenium dioxide—sodium metaperiodate in CHCI3-H2O (two-phase system). Lactams can be obtained in good yield by oxidation of 1-methyloxalylpiperidine or l-methyloxalylpyrroUdine (1) with RUO4. Tlih, protective group is cleaved with sodium methoxide in methanol. The N-carboethoxy derivative of azetidine (n = 0) is oxidized in low yield... 

Amino acids. Oxidation of aliphatic primary amines with ruthenium tetroxide leads to complex products. However, oxidation of aralkylamines at pH 3.0 with periodate (12 eq.) and RuCls 3H2O (0.02 eq.) converts the aromatic ring into a carboxyl group to give amino acids. Cleavage is facilitated by a 4-methoxy or hydroxy substituent in the ring. ... 

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