Journal
MOLECULES
Volume 21, Issue 4, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/molecules21040481
Keywords
iron(III)porphyrin synthesis; microwave; green oxidation; catalysis; aromatics
Funding
- Portuguese Research Units [UID/QUI/50006/2013, UID/MULTI/04378/2013]
- FCT/MEC (Fundacao para a Ciencia e a Tecnologia / Ministerio da Educacao e Ciencia) through national funds
- FEDER (Fundo Europeu de Desenvolvimento Regional) [PT2020]
- FCT [SFRH/101281/2014]
- FCT investigator Award [IF/00873/2013]
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Iron(III) fluorinated porphyrins play a central role in the biomimetics of heme enzymes and enable cleaner routes to the oxidation of organic compounds. The present work reports significant improvements in the eco-compatibility of the synthesis of 5,10,15,20-tetrakis-pentafluorophenylporphyrin (H2TPFPP) and the corresponding iron complex [Fe(TPFPP) Cl], and the use of [Fe(TPFPP) Cl] as an oxidation catalyst in green conditions. The preparations of H2TPFPP and [Fe(TPFPP) Cl] typically use toxic solvents and can be made significantly greener and simpler using microwave heating and optimization of the reaction conditions. In the optimized procedure it was possible to eliminate nitrobenzene from the porphyrin synthesis and replace DMF by acetonitrile in the metalation reaction, concomitant with a significant reduction of reaction time and simplification of the purification procedure. The Fe(III) porphyrin is then tested as catalyst in the selective oxidation of aromatics at room temperature using a green oxidant (hydrogen peroxide) and green solvent (ethanol). Efficient epoxidation of indene and selective oxidation of 3,5-dimethylphenol and naphthalene to the corresponding quinones is observed.
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