Peroxy acids esters

Ketone Peroxy acid Ester Carboxylic acid... 

The thermal degradation of lubricant base oils is known to occur at high temperature and to result in the formation of several carbonyl and hydroxy species (lactones, peroxy esters, peroxy acids, esters, ketones, etc.), which are formed by a free radical-initiated chain reaction [33]. 

All hydroperoxides, peroxy acids, peroxy acid esters, and diacyl peroxides give a positive reaction with iron pentacarbonyl with the evolution of heat and CO2 and Fe203 separation ... 

The reaction of ketones with peroxy acids is both novel and synthetically useful An oxygen from the peroxy acid is inserted between the carbonyl group and one of the attached car bons of the ketone to give an ester Reactions of this type were first described by Adolf von Baeyer and Victor Vilhger m 1899 and are known as Baeyer—Villiger oxidations... 

The product (6 hexanohde) is a cyclic ester or lactone (Section 19 15) Like the Baeyer-Vilhger oxidation an oxygen atom is inserted between the carbonyl group and a carbon attached to it But peroxy acids are not involved m any way the oxidation of cyclohexanone is catalyzed by an enzyme called cyclohexanone monooxygenase with the aid of certain coenzymes... 

Section 17 16 The oxidation of ketones with peroxy acids is called the Baeyer-Vilhger oxidation and is a useful method for preparing esters... 

Baeyer-Villiger oxidation (Section 17 16) Oxidation of an aldehyde or more commonly a ketone with a peroxy acid The product of Baeyer-Vilhger oxidation of a ketone is an ester... 

Solid Peroxygen Compounds. Hydrogen peroxide reacts with many compounds, such as borates, carbonates, pyrophosphates, sulfates, sihcates, and a variety of organic carboxyHc acids, esters, and anhydrides to give peroxy compounds or peroxyhydrates. A number of these compounds are stable sohds that hydrolyze readily to give hydrogen peroxide in solution. 

Hydroperoxides Organomineral Hydroperoxides a-Oxy and a-Peroxy-Hydroperoxides and Peroxides Ozonides Peroxides Peroxy Acids Diacyl Peroxides Peroxy Esters and Poly Peroxides... 

The preparation of Pans-1,2-cyclohexanediol by oxidation of cyclohexene with peroxyformic acid and subsequent hydrolysis of the diol monoformate has been described, and other methods for the preparation of both cis- and trans-l,2-cyclohexanediols were cited. Subsequently the trans diol has been prepared by oxidation of cyclohexene with various peroxy acids, with hydrogen peroxide and selenium dioxide, and with iodine and silver acetate by the Prevost reaction. Alternative methods for preparing the trans isomer are hydroboration of various enol derivatives of cyclohexanone and reduction of Pans-2-cyclohexen-l-ol epoxide with lithium aluminum hydride. cis-1,2-Cyclohexanediol has been prepared by cis hydroxylation of cyclohexene with various reagents or catalysts derived from osmium tetroxide, by solvolysis of Pans-2-halocyclohexanol esters in a manner similar to the Woodward-Prevost reaction, by reduction of cis-2-cyclohexen-l-ol epoxide with lithium aluminum hydride, and by oxymercuration of 2-cyclohexen-l-ol with mercury(II) trifluoro-acetate in the presence of ehloral and subsequent reduction. ... 

Triethyl- and triphenylphosphine have been used for deoxygenation not only of hydroperoxides to alcohols but also of dialkyl peroxides to ethers, of diacyl peroxides to acid anhydrides, of peroxy acids and their esters to acids or esters, respectively, and of endoperoxides to oxides [290] in good to excellent yields. The deoxygenation of ascaridole to l-methyl-4-isopropyl-l,4-oxido-2-cyclohexene [290] was later challenged the product is claimed to be p-cymene instead [668]). 

Ethyl peracetate was the first ester of a peroxy acid, and was characterized by Baeyer and Villiger in 1901. Kinetic studies of perester decomposition were reported by Blomquist and Ferris in 1951, and in 1958 Bartlett and Hiatt proposed that concerted multiple bond scission of peresters could occur when stabilized radicals were formed (equation 46). As noted below (equation 57), polar effects in perester decomposition are also significant. 

Oxidative hydrolysis transforms the intermediate ozonide into ketone(s) and/or carboxylic acid(s) in good yields. H202 in water, in sodium hydroxide solution, or in formic acid is the best proven oxidant.582,584,592 Peroxy acids and silver oxide are also employed. Rearrangement and overoxidation may be undesirable side-reactions. A simple two-step ozonation in MeOH yields methyl esters without added oxidizing agent.627... 

The reactivity of nitric acid esters and in particular the complicated chemical composition of the products formed by their hydrolysis led some investigators [1, 37] to express the view that nitric esters may have the structure of peroxy-compounds (I) ... 

In 1899 Baeyer and Villiger observed that peroxy acids convert ketones to esters.179 The reaction is first-order each in ketone and in peroxy acid, and it is general acid catalyzed. Criegee first suggested the mechanism shown in Equation 6.69. The role of the acid catalyst is to protonate the leaving group, thereby facilitating its departure.180... 

In 1899, the Germans, A. Baeyer and V. Villiger, found that treating a ketone with a peroxy-acid (RCO3H) can produce an ester. An oxygen atom is inserted next to the carbonyl group. 

On the basis of theoretical studies by Bach and co-workers,17 it was found that the nucleophilic 71-bond of the alkene attacks the 0-0 cr-bond in an Sn2 fashion with displacement of a neutral carboxylic acid. There are, however, some mechanistic anomalies. For example, a protonated peracid should be a much more effective oxygen transfer agent over its neutral counterpart, but experiments have shown only modest rate enhancements for acid catalysed epoxidation. Early attempts to effect acid catalysis in alkene epoxidation where relatively weak acids such as benzoic acid were employed proved unsuccessful.18 The picture is further complicated by contradictory data concerning the influence of addition of acids on epoxidation rates.19 Trichloroacetic acid catalyses the rate of epoxidation of stilbene with perbenzoic acid, but retards the rate of a double bond containing an ester constituent such as ethyl crotonate.20 Recent work has shown that a seven-fold increase in the rate of epoxidation of Z-cyclooctene with m-chloroperbenzoic acid is observed upon addition of the catalyst trifluoroacetic acid.21 Kinetic and theoretical studies suggest that the rate increase is due to complexation of the peroxy acid with the undissociated acid catalyst (HA) rather than protonation of the peroxy acid. Ab initio calculations have shown that the free energy of ethylene with peroxy-formic acid is lowered by about 3 kcal mol-1 upon complexation with the catalyst.21... 

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