Abstract

A metal-free reaction system of air, NH4NO3(cat), 2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidine-1-oxyl (TEMPO)(cat), and H+(cat) is introduced as a simple, safe, inexpensive, efficient and chemoselective mediator for aerobic oxidation of various primary and secondary benzyl and alkyl alcohols, including those bearing oxidizable heteroatoms (N, S, O) to the corresponding aldehydes or ketones. Air oxygen under slight overpressure plays the role of the terminal oxidant, which is catalytically activated by redox cycles of nitrogen oxides released from a catalytic amount of NH4NO3 and cocatalyzed by TEMPO (nitroxyl radical compound), under acidic conditions, which are essential for an overall activation of the reaction system. The synthetic value of this reaction system and its green chemical profile was illustrated by a 10 g scale-up experiment, performed in an open-air system by using a renewable and reusable polymer-supported form of TEMPO (OXYNITROX®S100). The reaction solvent was recovered by distillation under atmospheric pressure, and the pure final product was isolated under reduced pressure; the acid activators (HCl or H2SO4) were recovered as ammonium salts.

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