Photothermal Reactions of Nitrosobenzene and Halonitrosobenzenes in Solid-state
摘要:
Photothermal reactions of the dimers of nitrosobenzene, m-chloronitrosobenzene, and p-chloronitrosobenzene were studied in solid-state by IR spectroscopy at low temperatures and by X-ray powder diffraction. It was found for the first time that photothermal cycle (photolytic dissociation followed by thermal dimerization) could successively be performed also with Z-configured dimeric nitrosobenzene.Halonitrosobenzenes dimers with E-configuration afforded different photo behavior depending on the position of halogen atom on the benzene ring: while m-halonitrosobenzenes do not dissociate under UV irradiation, p-chloronitrosobenzene, as well as previously studied p-bromonitrosobenzene photolyses very efficiently with recovering of the original crystal phase. Kinetics of thermal dimerization was measured in solid-state, and it was found that the reaction phase transformation occurs as a two-dimensional growth through the crystal. (doi: 10.5562/cca1714)
Various substituted anilines 1 were selectively converted into the corresponding nitrosobenzenes 2 or nitrobenzenes 3 by oxidation with aqueous hydrogen peroxide catalyzed by heteropolyoxometalates. The oxidations of anilines 1 with 35% H2O2 catalyzed by peroxotungstophosphate (PCWP) at room temperature in chloroform under two-phase conditions afforded nitrosobenzenes 2 with high selectivity. When the same reactions were carried out at higher temperature (e.g., refluxing chloroform), nitrobenzenes 3 were obtained in good yields. The oxidation of aniline (1a) with dilute H2O2 catalyzed by PCWP (2 wt %) in an aqueous medium produced azoxybenzene (4a) with high selectivity. Phenylazoxyalkanes 7 were prepared by the first direct cooxidation of la in the presence of primary aliphatic amines 6. For example, the oxidation of a 1:2 mixture of 1a and hexylamine (6b) with 35 % H2O2 (6 equiv) in the presence of PCWP produced phenylazoxyhexane (7b) (51 %) along with a small amount of 4a (8 %). The reaction path for the conversion of anilines to azoxy-, nitroso-, and nitrobenzenes is described.