Abstract
A solvent-free and environment-friendly process for the oxidation of 4-ethylnitrobenzene to 4-nitroacetophenone promoted by metalloporphyrins was developed in a pressure reactor using O2 as a clean oxidant. The activities and reaction selectivities of the metalloporphyrins could be significantly affected by their central metal ions as well as the nature and position of the substituted groups, which were systematically investigated by employing more than 60 metalloporphyrins. Generally, the Fe(III)- and Mn(II)-porphyrins exhibited high activities. Moreover, metalloporphyrins with electron-withdrawing substituents on the para-positions of the phenyl rings showed activities in the order T(p-Br)PPM T(m-Cl)PPM > T(p-Cl)PPM and T(o-OMe)PPM < T(m-OMe)PPM < T(p-OMe)PPM were observed. Furthermore, selectivities over 90.0% and a TON of 5370 could be achieved for the desired ketone. Especially, the T(p-Cl)PPMn demonstrated a ...
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