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Aerobic oxidation of β-isophorone catalyzed by N-hydroxyphthalimide: the key features and mechanism elucidated

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PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS
Volume 14, Issue 35, Pages 12141-12146

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ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/c2cp41617d

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  1. National Natural Science Foundation of China [20990221]
  2. Zhejiang NHU Company Ltd. of China

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Due to the insufficient understanding of the selective oxidation mechanism of alpha/beta-isophorones (alpha/beta-IP) to ketoisophorone (KIP), the key features in the beta-IP oxidation catalyzed by N-hydroxyphthalimide (NHPI) have been explored via theoretical calculations. beta-IP is more favourable to being activated by phthalimide-N-oxyl radical (PINO center dot) and peroxyl radical (ROO center dot) than alpha-IP owing to the different C-H strengths at their reactive sites, thereby exhibiting selective product distributions. It was found that NHPI accelerates beta-IP activation due to the higher reactivity of PINO center dot than ROO center dot and the equilibrium reaction between them, yielding considerable hydroperoxide (ROOH) and ROO center dot. In addition, the ROOH decomposition is more favourable via alpha-H abstraction by radicals than its self-dehydration and thermal dissociation. The strong exothermicity of this alpha-H abstraction, along with that from H-abstraction by co-yielded hot HO center dot, is in favor of the straightforward formation of KIP, simultaneously leading to the isomerization of a few beta-IP to alpha-IP and production of 4-hydroxyisophorone (HIP) and water. The proposed mechanisms, consistent with the experimental observations, allow for the deeper understanding and effective design of oxidation systems involving similar substrates or NHPI analogues that are of industrial importance.

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