An Efficient Method for the Catalytic Aerobic Oxidation of Cycloalkanes using 3,4,5,6-Tetrafluoro-N-Hydroxyphthalimide (F4-NHPI)

GUHA, SAMAR KUMAR; ISHII, Yasutaka

doi:10.21608/ejchem.2021.86550.4189

An Efficient Method for the Catalytic Aerobic Oxidation of Cycloalkanes using 3,4,5,6-Tetrafluoro-N-Hydroxyphthalimide (F4-NHPI)

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

SAMAR KUMAR GUHA ¹
Yasutaka ISHII ²

¹ Department of Arts and Sciences, Faculty of Engineering, Ahsanullah University of Science and Technology, Dhaka-1208, Bangladesh

² Kansai University, Department of Chemistry and Material Engineering, Faculty of Chemistry, Materials and Bioengineering, Suita, Osaka, 564-8680 Japan

10.21608/ejchem.2021.86550.4189

Abstract

N-Hydroxyphthalimide (NHPI) is known to be an effective catalyst for the oxidation of hydrocarbons. The catalytic activity of NHPI derivatives is generally increased by introducing an electron-withdrawing group on the benzene ring. In a previous report, two NHPI derivatives containing fluorinated alkyl chain were prepared and their catalytic activity was investigated in the oxidation of cycloalkanes. It was found that the fluorinated NHPI derivatives showed better yields for the oxidation reaction. As a continuation of our work with fluorinated NHPI derivatives, our next aim was to investigate the catalytic activity of the NHPI derivatives by introducing fluorine atoms in the benzene ring of NHPI. In the present research, 3,4,5,6-Tetrafluoro-N-Hydroxyphthalimide (F4-NHPI) is prepared and its catalytic activity has been investigated in the oxidation of two different cycloalkanes for the first time. It has been found that F4-NHPI showed higher catalytic efficiency compared with that of the parent NHPI catalyst in the present reactions. The presence of a fluorinated solvent and an additive was also found to accelerate the oxidation.

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