Perbenzoates

Perbenzoic acid. Treatment of a cold sodium methoxide solution with a solution of pure benzoyl peroxide in chloroform affords methyl benzoate and a solution of the sodium salt of perbenzoic acid ... 

The methyl benzoate is removed by extraction with chloroform, and upon cautious acidification of the aqueous layer perbenzoic acid is liberated the latter is extracted with chloroform and is usually preserved as a solution in this solvent ... 

To determine the exact perbenzoic acid content of the solution, proceed as follows. Dissolve 1 -5 g. of sodium iodide in 50 ml. of water in a 250 ml. reagent bottle and add about 5 ml. of glacial acetic acid and 5 ml. of chloroform. Introduce a known weight or volume of the chloroform solution of perbenzoic acid and shake vigorously. Titrate the liberated iodine with standard O lA sodium thiosulphate solution in the usual manner. 

To obtain crystalline perbenzoic acid, dry the moist chloroform solution with a little anhydrous sodium or magnesium sulphate for an hour, filter, and wash the desiccant with a little dry chloroform. Remove the chloroform under reduced pressure at the ordinary temperature whilst carbon dioxide is introduced through a capillary tube. Dry the white or pale yellow residue for several hours at 30-35° under 10 mm. pressure. The yield of crystalline perbenzoic acid, m.p. about 42°, which is contaminated with a little benzoic acid, is 22 g. It is moderately stable when kept in the dark in a cold place it is very soluble in chloroform, ethyl acetate and ether, but only shghtly soluble in cold water and in cold hght petroleum. 

Perbenzoic acid is used for the conversion of ethylenic compounds into oxides ... 

The number of ethylenic linkages In a given compound can be established with accuracy by quantitative titration with perbenzoic acid. A solution of the substance ajid excess of perbenzoic acid in chloroform is allowed to stand for several hours at a low temperature and the amount of unreacted perbenzoic acid in solution is determined a blank experiment is run simultaneously. 

Ethylenic compounds when oxidised with perbenzoic acid or perphthalic acid in chloroform solution yield epoxides (or oxiranes). This Is sometimes known as the Prileschajew epoxidation reaction. Thus pyrene affords styrene oxide (or 2-plienyloxirane) ... 

There are two broad classes of organic peroxyacids peroxycarboxyUc acids, R[C(0)00H], where R is an alkyl, aralkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl, or heterocycHc group and n = 1 or 2, and organoperoxysulfonic acids, RSO2—OOH. PeroxycarboxyUc acids are commonly named by adding the prefix peroxy to the parent acid as in peroxypropionic acid. The prefix per- is accepted only for the weU-estabHshed products, ie, performic, peracetic, and perbenzoic acids. 

Some fabrication processes, such as continuous panel processes, are mn at elevated temperatures to improve productivity. Dual-catalyst systems are commonly used to initiate a controlled rapid gel and then a fast cure to complete the cross-linking reaction. Cumene hydroperoxide initiated at 50°C with benzyl trimethyl ammonium hydroxide and copper naphthenate in combination with tert-huty octoate are preferred for panel products. Other heat-initiated catalysts, such as lauroyl peroxide and tert-huty perbenzoate, are optional systems. Eor higher temperature mol ding processes such as pultmsion or matched metal die mol ding at temperatures of 150°C, dual-catalyst systems are usually employed based on /-butyl perbenzoate and 2,5-dimethyl-2,5-di-2-ethyIhexanoylperoxy-hexane (Table 6). 

Owiag to the lower basicity of the parent amines, aromatic amine oxides cannot be formed directiy by hydrogen peroxide oxidation. These compounds may be obtained by oxidation of the corresponding amine with a peracid perbenzoic, monoperphthaUc, and monopermaleic acids have been employed. 

Perbenzoic acid gave a doubly unsaturated triol monobenzoate. Only two hydroxyl groups could be acetylated, and one was tertiary. The saturated triol reacted with lead tetracetate to give an a glycol. When reacted with chromic acid, it gave a hydroxy lactone. From these observations, Windaus and Gmndmann (11) described the correct stmcture for ergosterol (1). 

Calciferol, when hydrogenated catalyticaky, took up 4 moles of hydrogen and gave a compound with the empirical formula C2gH 2D. Sodium in ethanol reduction gave a dihydroproduct that reacted with 3 moles of perbenzoic acid, thus demonstrating the derivative to have three double bonds. 

Silicone rubbers are normally cured with peroxide, benzoyl peroxide, 2,4-dichlorobenzoyl peroxide and t-butyl perbenzoate being used for the dimethyl-silicones in quantities of 0.5-3%. These materials are stable in the compounds for several months at room temperature but will start to cure at about 70°C. 

An example of this reaction is the reaction of cyclohexene with t-butyl perbenzoate, which is mediated by Cu(I). " The initial step is the reductive cleavage of the perester. The t-butoxy radical then abstracts hydrogen from cyclohexene to give an allylic radical. The radical is oxidized by Cu(II) to the carbocation, which captures benzoate ion. The net effect is an allylic oxidation. 

The oxidation of norhomadiene by i-butyl perbenzoate and Cu(I) leads to 1-t-butoxynorbomadiene. Similarly, oxidation with dibenzoyl peroxide and CuBr leads to 7-benzyloxynorbomadiene. In both cases, when a 2-monodeuterated sample of norbomadiene is used, the deuterium is found distributed at all seven carbons in the product. Provide a mechanism which could account for this result. In what w s does this mechanism differ from the general mechanism discussed on pp. 724-725 ... 

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