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HKUST-1 as a Heterogeneous Catalyst for the Synthesis of Vanillin
Published on: July 23, 2016
Coordination chemistry and reactivity of a cupric hydroperoxide species featuring a proximal H-bonding substituent
Sunghee Kim1, Claudio Saracini, Maxime A Siegler
1Department of Chemistry, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, United States.
Abstract:
At -90 °C in acetone, a stable hydroperoxo complex [(BA)Cu(II)OOH](+) (2) (BA, a tetradentate N(4) ligand possessing a pendant -N(H)CH(2)C(6)H(5) group) is generated by reacting [(BA)Cu(II)(CH(3)COCH(3))](2+) with only 1 equiv of H(2)O(2)/Et(3)N. The exceptional stability of 2 is ascribed to internal H-bonding. Species 2 is also generated in a manner not previously known in copper chemistry, by adding 1.5 equiv of H(2)O(2) (no base) to the cuprous complex [(BA)Cu(I)](+). The broad implications for this finding are discussed. Species 2 slowly converts to a μ-1,2-peroxodicopper(II) analogue (3) characterized by UV-vis and resonance Raman spectroscopies. Unlike a close analogue not possessing internal H-bonding, 2 affords no oxidative reactivity with internal or external substrates. However, 2 can be protonated to release H(2)O(2), but only with HClO(4), while 1 equiv Et(3)N restores 2.
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