Oxidation of N-benzylidene-2-hydroxyaniline by dioxygen catalysed by a dicobalt complex †
作者:Shian Yuh Chang、Yee Hsing Cheng、Bing-Jium Uang、Cheu Pyeng Cheng
DOI:10.1039/a903699g
日期:——
The oxidation of N-benzylidene-2-hydroxyaniline and its related derivatives by O2 catalysed by [Co2L(µ-OH)] H3L = 2,6-bis[(2-hydroxyphenyl)iminomethyl]-4-methylphenol} in DMF at 363 K was investigated. The oxidation products were the corresponding 2-substituted benzoxazoles. However, a side reaction leading to 2-aminophenoxazine-3-one via hydrolysis of the starting compound with water produced in the oxidation, followed by the oxidation of aminophenol, was established. If a dehydrating agent such as anhydrous Na2SO4 or 4 Ã
molecular sieves was present in the reaction mixture the isolated product yields were above 87%. The fact that the reaction rate of the oxidation process in the presence of a radical scavenger was similar to that without suggests that it was a non-radical process. The initial oxidation rates depended linearly on the concentration of catalyst. The rates also depended linearly on the concentration of the organic substrate N-benzylidene-2-hydroxyaniline and O2 pressure when these variables were small ([substrate] < 0.2 M, O2 pressure < 70 kPa). At high concentration of substrate and O2 pressure the rate showed saturation behavior. These kinetic data could be satisfactorily accounted for by a mechanism with initial co-ordination of substrate to [Co2L(µ-OH)], followed by the co-ordination of O2 to the catalyst, then the rate limiting step of oxidation of substrate. The formation of the adduct between N-benzylidene-2-hydroxyaniline and catalyst at 298 K was characterized by UV-Vis spectroscopy. The variation of the initial rates among the organic substrates could be explained by stereoelectronic effects. Moreover, the influence of acetic acid which slowed the initial rate of oxidation and weak base (2,6-di-tert-butylpyridine) which had little effect on the rate could also be satisfactorily accounted for based on the acidâbase properties of the proposed reaction intermediates.
研究了 N-亚苄基-2-羟基苯胺及其相关衍生物在 [Co2L(µ-OH)] H3L = 2,6-双[(2-羟基苯基)亚氨基甲基]-4-甲基苯酚}催化下于 DMF 中于 363 K 发生的 O2 氧化反应。氧化产物是相应的 2-取代苯并恶唑。不过,通过起始化合物与氧化过程中产生的水发生水解,然后氨基苯酚发生氧化,最终生成 2-氨基苯并恶嗪-3-酮的副反应已经确定。如果在反应混合物中加入脱水剂(如无水 Na2SO4 或 4 à 分子筛),分离产物的产率可达 87%以上。在有自由基清除剂存在的情况下,氧化过程的反应速率与没有自由基清除剂的情况相似,这表明这是一个非自由基过程。初始氧化速率与催化剂浓度成线性关系。当有机底物 N-亚苄基-2-羟基苯胺的浓度和氧气压力较小时([底物] < 0.2 M,氧气压力 < 70 kPa),速率也与这些变量成线性关系。当底物浓度和氧气压力较高时,速率呈现饱和状态。这些动力学数据可以用以下机制圆满地解释:底物与[Co2L(µ-OH)]最初配位,然后 O2 与催化剂配位,接着是底物氧化的限速步骤。在 298 K 下,N-亚苄基-2-羟基苯胺与催化剂之间形成的加合物用紫外可见光谱进行了表征。有机底物之间初始速率的变化可以用立体电子效应来解释。此外,醋酸会减慢初始氧化速率,弱碱(2,6-二叔丁基吡啶)对速率的影响很小,根据所提出的反应中间体的酸碱性质,这些影响也可以得到满意的解释。