Mechanism of alkene, alkane and alcohol oxidation with H2O2 by an in situ prepared MnII/ pyridine-2-carboxylic acid catalyst
ACS Catal., Just Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.6b00320
Publication Date (Web): April 18, 2016
Copyright © 2016 American Chemical Society
http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acscatal.6b00320
Abstract
The mechanism by which the Mn(II)/pyridine-2-carboxylic acid catalyzed oxidation of alkenes, alkanes and alcohols with H2O2 proceeds is elucidated using a combination of in-line spectroscopic analysis and product analysis. The equilibrium between ketone cocatalysts, in particular butanedione and H2O2 and a the competing formation of acetic acid is studied and it is shown that the formation of acetic acid is essential in triggering the onset of catalytic activity. The reactions are found to be zero order in both substrate and terminal oxidant and the dependence on catalyst concentration indicates that the formation of highly reactive high valent manganese(IV) or (V) oxido species is rate limiting.
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