Superoxide ions with alkenes

Reactions of 02 with Alkanes and Alkenes. When compared with 0, the superoxide ion is a much less reactive species. Since the 02 is thermally stable up to -175°C, stoichiometric reactions must be carried out at 175°C or lower temperatures (12). Methane is essentially unreactive with 02 at 175°C, and the reaction with ethylene and propane is slow. Essentially all of the 02 ions re-... 

Alkanes—Continued reactions—Continued with ozonide ions, 135 with superoxide ions, 134-35 role of oxygen ions in oxidation. 138-41 Alkenes, reactions with oxygen ions, 134 with ozonide ions, 135 with superoxide ions, 134-35 Aluminosilicate gels, alkali cations, 241... 

In 1993, Blatter and Frei [34] extended the Aronovitch and Mazur [28] photo-oxidation into zeolitic media, which resulted in several distinctive advantages as described below. Irradiation in the visible region (633 nm) of zeolite NaY loaded with 2,3-dimethyl-2-butene, 16, and oxygen resulted in formation of allylic hydroperoxide, 17, and a small amount of acetone. The reaction was followed by in situ Fourier-transform infrared (FTlR) spectroscopy and the products were identified by comparison to authentic samples. The allylic hydroperoxide was stable at - 50°C but decomposed when the zeolite sample was warmed to 20°C [35]. In order to rationalize these observations, it was suggested that absorption of light by an alkene/Oi charge-transfer complex resulted in electron transfer to give an alkene radical cation-superoxide ion pair which collapses... 

The carboxyperoxyl radical anion thus produced should be similar in reactivity to the hydroperoxyl radical, HO. The nucleophilic activity of the superoxide ion towards carbonyl groups in acid chlorides, esters and ketones is well documented The reaction between superoxide ion and the Py-Py" cation radical, which leads to destruction of the latter, would seem more likely to mitigate the long-term effects of the Py-Py rather than promote damage to components of the cell d . The occurence of Rh(bipy) -mediated photoreduction of alkenes with NADH models and... 

Epoxy alcohols are the normal products of the [VO(acac)2]+(Me2C(CN)N a -catalysed oxidation of cyclic olefins by dioxygen however, cyclo-octene is oxidized exclusively to cyclo-octene oxide. The oxidation of sulphides and alkenes by peroxides with a [V(0)(acac)2] catalyst have been compared and the nature of the monoperoxovanadium(v) intermediate investigated. Complexation of a Cr(CO)3 unit to aromatic hydrocarbons enhances the benzylic positions towards attack by superoxide ion, e.g., diphenylmethane is readily converted into benzophenone. Metal porphyrin complexes ML4 continue to attract attention both as reversible oxygen-carriers (M = Fe) and oxidation catalysts (M = Mn, Fe, or Co ). For example [Mn (=0 IPh)(TPP)Cl] is believed to be involved in the oxidation of cyclohexene to cyclohexanol by PhIO in the presence of [Mn(TPP)]+ and a ferryl intermediate [Fe (0)L4] has been proposed in the oxygenation of triphenylphosphine with iron(ii) porphyrin. [M(TPP)]X (M=Mn, X = OAc M=Fe, X=C1 M = Co, X=Br) catalyses the epoxidation of styrene and cyclohexene with NaOCl under phase-transfer conditions. ... 

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