Oxidation of aromatic amines with hydrogen peroxide catalyzed by cetylpyridinium heteropolyoxometalates

S Sakaue, T Tsubakino, Y Nishiyama…

Index: Sakaue, Sigeki; Tsubakino, Takashi; Nishiyama, Yutaka; Ishii, Yasutaka Journal of Organic Chemistry, 1993 , vol. 58, # 14 p. 3633 - 3638

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Abstract

Various substituted anilines 1 were selectively converted into the corresponding nitrosobenzenes 2 or nitrobenzenes 3 by oxidation with aqueous hydrogen peroxide catalyzed by heteropolyoxometalatea. The oxidations of anilines 1 with 35% H202 catalyzed by peroxotungstophosphate (PCWP) at room temperature in chloroform under two-phase conditions afforded nitrosobenzenes 2 with high selectivity. When the same reactions ...