TEMPO-mediated oxidations secondary oxidant

Nevertheless, Celia et al. have proved that employing MCPBA as secondary oxidant in TEMPO-mediated oxidations may have a number of advantages when a one-pot oxidation of an alcohol with a concurrent alkene epoxidation or a Baeyer-Villiger oxidation is desired.6 The use of MCPBA as a secondary oxidant in TEMPO-mediated alcohol oxidations was recently reviewed.7... 

Anelli s TEMPO-mediated oxidation can be accelerated by the addition of a quaternary ammonium salt, like Aliquat 336, acting as a phase transfer catalyst. This can be advisable in the oxidation of hindered secondary alcohols but can encourage the over-oxidation of primary alcohols to carboxylic acids.16... 

One important limitation of TEMPO-mediated oxidations, under Anelli s conditions, originates from competing reactions produced by HOC1, generated in situ from NaOCl. This problem can be solved by the use of [bis(acetoxy)iodo]benzene (BAIB) as a secondary oxidant following the protocol of Piancatelli and Margarita27 which has proved to be particularly efficient in difficult substrates,34 and it is a highly recommended alternative to Anelli s procedure when oxidations with oxoammonium salts are desired. 

The use of [bis(acetoxy)iodo]benzene as secondary oxidant in TEMPO-mediated oxidations was first reported in 1997 by Piancatelli, Margarita el al.21 In the foundational paper, it was stated that the reaction ... can be performed in an open flask without any particular precautions, e.g. inert atmosphere or dry solvents. .. . In fact, not following these particular precautions could be mandatory, as Mickel et al.35 found that, in the oxidation of a difficult substrate on a big scale, results were not reproducible unless 0.1 equivalents of water are added to the reaction mixture. One advantage of the employment of [bis(acetoxy)iodo]benzene is that, iodobenzene, a rather inert side compound, is generated, which needs not be removed before performing many subsequent reactions. 

The most serious limitation of TEMPO-mediated oxidations under Anelli s conditions is posed by the presence of HOC1—generated in situ— as a secondary oxidant, a quite reactive chemical that adds to olefins and produces electrophilic chlorination in many electron-rich substrates. 

Among common alcohol oxidants, TEMPO-mediated oxidations have been the subject of a close scrutiny, aimed at finding optimum conditions for the selective oxidation of primary alcohols. In fact, TEMPO-mediated oxidations, that is oxidations in which an oxoammonium salt acts as a primary oxidant, have a great tendency to operate quicker with primary alcohols, regardless of the secondary oxidant employed and the exact experimental conditions. 

A scant look at the facts might suggest that the selective oxidation of primary alcohols in TEMPO-mediated oxidations can be explained solely on steric grounds. Things are not so simple, as it was found8 that the primary oxidants, that is oxoammonium salts, when used stoichiometrically, react quicker with primary alcohols when present as oxoammonium chlorides, while the reverse selectivity, that is selective oxidation of secondary alcohols, is observed when oxoammonium bromides are employed. 

Other TEMPO-mediated oxidations reported to possess selectivity for the oxidation of primary alcohols versus secondary ones, include oxidations involving Q1CI2/O2,15 NaBr02,16 NCS17 and trichloroisocyanuric acid18 as secondary oxidants. 

If the anomeric centre is not protected, TEMPO-mediated oxidations of monosaccharides with CI2 or Br2 yield aldaric acids, i.e. co-diacids in which the all secondary hydroxyl groups are preserved the use of the 4-acetamido derivative of TEMPO is to be preferred because of its greater stability and lower volatility. This method of making aldaric (saccharic) acids supersedes the use of nitric acid, used in Emil Fischer s classical work to make both ends of... 

Apart from sodium hypochlorite, a number of alternative secondary oxidants for TEMPO-mediated alcohol oxidations can be employed. These include cerium (IV) ammonium nitrate (CAN),24 trichloroisocyanuric acid (TCCA),25 oxone ,26 MCPBA,2,3,7 PhI(OAc)2,27 W-chlorosuccinimide,28 sodium bromite,29 electrooxidation,8,21 H5IO626 and a polymer-attached diacetoxybromide (I) complex.30... 

The very common TEMPO-mediated Anelli s protocol for the oxidation of alcohols, involving a biphasic CH2Cl2-water mixture containing catalytic TEMPO, or an analogue thereof, and sodium hypochlorite as a secondary oxidant, shows a great selectivity for the oxidation of primary alcohols in the presence of secondary ones9 and has found some use in Synthetic Organic Chemistry.10... 

Other recent examples of electrochemical synthesis in continuous flow systems include the TEMPO-mediated electrooxidation of primary and secondary alcohols in a microfluidic electrolytic cell [30]. Under the optimized reaction conditions, the authors report that primary alcohols could be oxidized to aldehydes in yields of up to 81% and that the secondary alcohols were oxidized to ketones in up to 85% yield. Using the same experimental approach, the group have also reported the methox-ylation of N-formylpyrrolidine in very high conversion [31]. 

More recently, a series of sol-gel hydrophobized nanostructured silica matrices doped with the organocatalyst TEMPO (SiliaCat TEMPO) entered the market as suitable oxidation catalysts for the rapid and selective production of carbonyls and carboxylic acids. In the former case, SiliaCat TEMPO selectively mediates the oxidation of delicate primary and secondary alcohol substrates into valued carbonyl derivatives (Scheme 5.2), retaining its potent activity throughout several reaction cycles (Table 5.2).33 Using this catalyst, for example, enables the synthesis of extremely valuable a-hydroxy acids with relevant selectivity enhancement by coupling of SiliaCat TEMPO with rapid Ru04-mediated olefin dihydroxylation (Scheme 5.3).34... 

TEMPO 2,2,6,6-Tetramethylpiperidinyl-1-oxy (20 TEMPO) works as a mediator for the oxidation of primary alcohols to aldehydes. The oxidation of secondary alcohols is much slower than that of primary alcohols as exemplified by the oxidation of (19) to (21) (Scheme 7) [48]. Active species is the oxo-ammonium generated from TEMPO. 

Other organic mediators act as hydride atom-abstracting agents. This is true, for example, with 2,2-dichloro-5,6-dicyano-p-benzoquinone (DDQ) and the oxoammonium ion which is anodically accessible from 2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidyl oxide (TEMPO). DDQ has been electrochemically regenerated either externally or internally The in situ electrochemical oxidation, of TEMPO to the active oxoammonium ion is performed in lutidine-containing acetonitrile. Thus, primary alcohols can be oxidized to the aldehydes, while secondary ones are stable Primary amines are transformed to nitriles. If water is present, the amines are cleaved via the Schiff bases to the corresponding carbonyl compounds... 

Oxidations Metal-catalyzed aerobic oxidation of organic compounds has been reviewed. Aerial oxidation of primary and secondary alcohols is mediated by TEMPO in the presence of HCl and NaN02- Secondary benzylic alcohols undergo aerial oxidation (or with r-BuOOH) based on catalysis by AuCl - neocuproine," but another report describes the oxidation of both primary and secondary alcohols (to acids and ketones, respectively) using nanoclusters of gold that are stabilized by poly(A-vinyl-2-pyrtolidone). ... 

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