579-74-8Relevant articles and documents
-OH-Induced shift from carbon to oxygen acidity in the side-chain deprotonation of 2-, 3- and 4-methoxybenzyl alcohol radical cations in aqueous solution: Results from pulse radiolysis and DFT calculations
Baciocchi, Enrico,Bietti, Massimo,Ercolani, Gianfranco,Steenken, Steen
, p. 613 - 618 (2003)
DFT calculations have been carried out for 2-, 3- and 4-methoxybenzyl alcohol radical cations (1·+, 3·+ and 4·+, respectively) and the α-methyl derivatives 2·+ and 5·+ using the UB3LYP/6-31G(d) method. The theoretical results have been compared with the experimental rate constants for deprotonation of 1·+-5·+ under acidic and basic conditions. In acidic solution, the decay of 1·+-5·+ proceeds by cleavage of the C-H bond, while in the presence of -OH all the radical cations undergo deprotonation from the α-OH group. This pH-dependent change in mechanism has been interpreted qualitatively in terms of simple frontier molecular orbital theory. The -OH induced α-O-H deprotonation is consistent with a charge controlled reaction, whereas the C-H deprotonation, observed when the base is H2O, appears to be affected by frontier orbital interactions.
Visible-Light-Driven Selective Air-Oxygenation of C?H Bond via CeCl3 Catalysis in Water
Xie, Pan,Xue, Cheng,Shi, Sanshan,Du, Dongdong
, p. 2689 - 2693 (2021/05/07)
Visible-light-induced C?H aerobic oxidation is an important chemical transformation that can be applied for the synthesis of aromatic ketones. High-cost catalysts and toxic solvents were generally needed in the present methodologies. Here, an efficient aqueous C?H aerobic oxidation protocol was reported. Through CeCl3-mediated photocatalysis, a series of aromatic ketones were produced in moderate to excellent yields. With air as the oxidant, this reaction could be performed under mild conditions in water and demonstrated high activity and functional group tolerance. This method is economical, highly efficient, and environmentally friendly, and it will provide inspiration for the development of aqueous photochemical synthesis reactions.
Selective Electrochemical Oxygenation of Alkylarenes to Carbonyls
Li, Xue,Bai, Fang,Liu, Chaogan,Ma, Xiaowei,Gu, Chengzhi,Dai, Bin
supporting information, p. 7445 - 7449 (2021/10/02)
An efficient electrochemical method for benzylic C(sp3)-H bond oxidation has been developed. A variety of methylarenes, methylheteroarenes, and benzylic (hetero)methylenes could be converted into the desired aryl aldehydes and aryl ketones in moderate to excellent yields in an undivided cell, using O2 as the oxygen source and lutidinium perchlorate as an electrolyte. On the basis of cyclic voltammetry studies, 18O labeling experiments, and radical trapping experiments, a possible single-electron transfer mechanism has been proposed for the electrooxidation reaction.
