Activation of peroxyl and molecular oxygen using bis -benzimidazole diamide copper (II) compounds |
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Authors: | Pavan Mathur |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Chemistry, University of Delhi, 110 007 Delhi |
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Abstract: | New tetradentatebis-benzimidazole ligands have been synthesized and utilized to prepare copper (II) complexes. Some of these copper (II) complexes
have been characterized structurally. The copper (II) in these complexes is found to possess varying geometries. A distorted
octahedral geometry is found with a highly unsymmetrical bidentate nitrate group. An unusual polymeric one-dimensional structure
is observed where copper (II) is in a distorted square pyramidal geometry with a monodentate nitrate ion, having long Cu-O
bond, while a distorted triagonal bipyramidal geometry is found with two carbonyl O atoms and a Cl atom in the equatorial
plane, and two benzimidazole imine N atoms occupy the axial position. These compounds are found to activate the cumylperoxyl
group, and this has been utilized in the facile oxidation of aromatic alcohols to aldehydes, where they act as catalysts with
large turnovers. The yields of the respective products vary from 32 to 65%. The role of molecular oxygen has been studied
and an attempt has been made to identify the “active copper species”. Activation of molecular oxygen has also been observed
and has been used for oxidative dealkylation of a hindered phenol, producing di-butyl quinones with yields of 20–25% and 10–12
fold catalytic turnover. Dihydroxybenzenes and substituted catechols are also readily oxidized to the corresponding quinones,
in oxygen-saturated solvents. Yields of 84% have been observed with 34-fold catalyst turnover, with di-t-butylcatechol. The activity of these copper (II) —bis-benzmidazolediamide compounds is reminiscent of the functioning of copper centres in galactose oxidase, tyrosinase and catechol
oxidase. |
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Keywords: | Copper(II) bis-benzimidazolediamide galactose oxidase catechol oxidase tyrosinase |
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