The Oxidation of 2,4,6-Trimethylphenol with Molecular Oxygen Catalyzed by a Copper(II)-Oxime or Copper(II)-Amine System.
作者:Masao Shimizu、Yoshihito Watanabe、Hideo Orita、Takashi Hayakawa、Katsuomi Takehira
DOI:10.1246/bcsj.66.251
日期:——
2,4,6-Trimethylphenol (1a) was selectively oxidized to 3,5-dimethyl-4-hydroxybenzaldehyde (2a) by molecular oxygen in the presence of a copper(II) chloride-oxime or copper(II) chloride-amine catalyst in alcohol at ambient temperature. When an acid was present in the catalyst system, the formation of both 2,6-dimethyl-p-benzoquinone (3) and a formaldehyde dialkyl acetal was accelerated. It is likely that 2a is produced by way of the formation of a quinonemethide intermediate, followed by a repeated 1,6-addition of alcohol on the intermediate to form a 4-(alkoxymethyl)-2,6-dimethylphenol (5a), and then 3,5-dimethyl-4-hydroxybenzaldehyde dialkyl acetal, which would be hydrolyzed to 2a. When the reaction time was shortened, 5a was isolated in good yield. Oxidations of the other p-methyl-substituted phenols were also examined using the present oxidation system.
2,4,6-三甲基苯酚(1a)在铜(II)氯化物-肟或铜(II)氯化物-胺催化剂的存在下,利用分子氧在酒精中于室温下可选择性地氧化为3,5-二甲基-4-羟基苯甲醛(2a)。当催化剂体系中存在酸时,2,6-二甲基对苯醌(3)和甲醛二烷基缩醛的形成会加速。2a很可能是通过形成醌亚甲基中间体,随后在中间体上重复进行1,6-加成反应,生成4-(烷氧基甲基)-2,6-二甲基苯酚(5a),然后形成3,5-二甲基-4-羟基苯甲醛二烷基缩醛,最终水解为2a。当反应时间缩短时,5a可以高收率地分离出来。通过本氧化体系对其他对位甲基取代苯酚的氧化反应进行了研究。