Issue 4, 1998

Low temperature selective catalytic oxidation and nitration using environmentally friendly reagents

Abstract

The selective oxidation of benzyl, phenylethyl and phenoxybenzyl alcohols can be performed using metallic nitrates supported on clays. It is shown here that similar or better yields can be achieved by simple addition of iron, bismuth or copper nitrates and a dealuminated or a natural clay to the reaction mixture, instead of their supported equivalent. The acid catalytic role of the clay is suggested by its concentration effect on the reaction rate. These observations open up new opportunities for easy scale-up of selective oxidation of fragile organic compounds such as phenoxybenzyl alcohol. The selective nitration of 4-hydroxybenzaldehyde also gives good yields with the same catalytic system. Oxydation et nitration catalytiques se′lectives et à basse tempe′rature avec re′actifs respectueux de l'environnement. L'oxydation se′lective d'alcools benzylique, phe′nyle′thylique et phe′noxybenzylique par des nitrates me′talliques catalyse′e par des argiles acides est compare′e à la re′action obtenue avec des re′actifs supporte′s. Des rendements similaires ou supe′rieurs, voisins de 100%, sont obtenus avec des nitrates de fer, bismuth ou cuivre. Des argiles naturelles peuvent aussi être utilise′es comme catalyseur dans ce proce′de′. Ces systèmes catalytiques peuvent être utilise′s avec des compose′s fragiles comme l'alcool phe′noxybenzylique et sont faciles à extrapoler à grande e′chelle. La nitration très se′lective du 4-hydroxybenzalde′hyde donne aussi d'excellents rendements avec ce système catalytique.

Article information

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New J. Chem., 1998,22, 339-342

Low temperature selective catalytic oxidation and nitration using environmentally friendly reagents

S. Be′kássy, T. Cseri, M. Horváth, J. Farkas and F. Figueras, New J. Chem., 1998, 22, 339 DOI: 10.1039/A708741A

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