Electrochemical Reduction of Benzaldehyde as its Girard-P Derivative at the Mercury Electrode and Differential-Pulse Polarographic Determination of Benzaldehyde

 The polarographic behaviour of benzaldehyde as its Girard-P derivative was studied using various electrochemical techniques and a method for the determination of benzaldehyde (10⁻⁶ − 8 × 10⁻⁵ M) by differential-pulse polarography, based on the in situ formation of its Girard-P derivative in aqueous solution at pH 2.5, is proposed. The relative standard deviation was 1.7% (ten determinations at the 5 × 10⁻⁵ M level). The applicability of this method is checked in benzyl alcohol and synthetic samples containing, o-aminophenol, 2-amino pyridine, o-cresol, amylic alcohol, salicylic acid, 4-aminobenzoic acid and naphthalene sulfonic acid. Received April 6, 2000. Revision February 13, 2001.     

Effect of the Cationic Surfactant Moiety on the Structure of Water Entrapped in Two Catanionic Reverse Micelles Created from Ionic Liquid‐Like Surfactants

The behavior of water entrapped in reverse micelles (RMs) formed by two catanionic ionic liquid‐like surfactants, benzyl‐n‐hexadecyldimethylammonium 1,4‐bis‐2‐ethylhexylsulfosuccinate (AOT‐BHD) and cetyltrimethylammonium 1,4‐bis‐2‐ethylhexylsulfosuccinate (AOT‐CTA), was investigated by using dynamic (DLS) and static (SLS) light scattering, FTIR, and ¹H NMR spectroscopy techniques. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report in which AOT‐CTA has been used to create RMs and encapsulate water. DLS and SLS results revealed the formation of RMs in benzene and the interaction of water with the RM interface. From FTIR and ¹H NMR spectroscopy data, a difference in the magnitude of the water–catanionic surfactant interaction at the interface is observed. For the AOT‐BHD RMs, a strong water–surfactant interaction can be invoked whereas for AOT‐CTA this interaction seems to be weaker. Consequently, more water molecules interact with the interface in AOT‐BHD RMs with a completely disrupted hydrogen‐bond network, than in AOT‐CTA RMs in which the water structure is partially preserved. We suggest that the benzyl group present in the BHD⁺ moiety in AOT‐BHD is responsible for the behavior of the catanionic interface in comparison with the interface created in AOT‐CTA. These results show that a simple change in the cationic component in the catanionic surfactant promotes remarkable changes in the RMs interface with interesting consequences, in particular when using the systems as nanoreactors.     

Specifics of the formation of J-aggregates of cyanine dyes in solutions of AOT/water/hexane reverse micelles

The behavior of a cyanine dye (3,3′-di-(gamma-sulfopropyl)-4,5,4′,5′-dibenzo-9-ethylthiacarbocyanine betaine pyridinium salt) was studied in AOT/water/hexane reverse micelles over a wide range of W at various concentrations of the dye, AOT, and reverse micelles. The processes occurring during the formation of the AOT/water/hexane micellar solution were studied in detail. It has been shown that, before the formation of the stable microemulsion, the dye aggregation processes occur by virtue of the interaction of the dye with the AOT anion. The amount of J-aggregates is proportional to the logarithm of the ratio of the amount of AOT molecules to the amount of dye molecules. The time behavior of J-aggregates after the formation of a micellar structure depends on the concentration of reverse micelles, thereby indicating an important role of intermicellar exchange.     

Intermicellar material exchange in reverse micelles formed by ionic AOT and nonionic Igepal surfactants studied by means of pulse radiolysis. Influence of the temperature

The recombination of thiocyanate anion radicals, (SCN) ₂ ⁻ , formed pulse radiolytically within the water pools of reverse micelles stabilized with anionic AOT and nonionic Igepal surfactants, was proved as an indicator reaction to study intermicellar exchange. It was found that the exchange process is slower inIgepal than in AOT reverse micelles with the same water to surfactant ratio. The apparent activation enthalpy and entropy of the exchange process were determined in different alkanes. For the AOT and Igepal reverse micelles the activation parameters increase with the droplet size, but for the AOT systems they do not significantly change with the increase of droplet concentration. For non-percolated systems the activation parameters for Igepal reverse micelles approach those for AOT reverse micelles. This result supports existing suggestions that the mechanism of intermicellar exchange does not differ in principle between reverse micelles stabilized with ionic and nonionic surfactants.     

Effects of Nonpolar Solvents on the Solubilization of Pepsin into Bis(2-Ethylhexyl) Sodium Sulfosuccinate and Cetyltrimethylammonium Bromide Reverse Micelles

Solubilization of pepsin by bis(2-ethylhexyl) sodium sulfosuccinate (AOT) and cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) reverse micelles has been studied at 20C. Isooctane, cyclohexane and hexane were used as solvents, and n-butanol, amyl alcohol and hexanol were used as cosurfactants for CTAB. AOT concentrations were varied from 50 to 500 mM and pepsin concentrations were varied from 2 to 10 mg-mL^–1. At 250 mM, AOT can solubilize more than 85% of the Pepsin in each solvent. The effect of aqueous-phase pH on the solubilization of Pepsin has been studied from pH 1 to 8. The maximum solubilization of pepsin was observed below the isoelectric point (pI = 1.5) of the protein at pH 1.0 with 300 mM of AOT. The CTAB solutions were prepared by dissolving CTAB in isooctane with varying concentrations (0–100% v/v) of n-butanol, amyl alcohol or hexanol cosurfactants. It was found that 5% cosurfactant with 100 mM of CTAB was sufficient to solubilize more than 90% of the total pepsin. Pepsin solubilization by AOT reverse micelles increases with increasing polarizability and molar volume of the solvents.     

Physicochemical investigation of the solubilization of ytterbium nitrate in AOT reverse micelles and liquid crystals

A wide investigation of the solubilization of the water-soluble salt Yb(NO₃)₃ in sodium bis(2-ethylhexyl)sulfosuccinate (AOT) reverse micelles and AOT liquid crystals has been carried out. After saturation of water/AOT/organic solvent w/o microemulsions with pure Yb(NO₃)₃, the Yb(NO₃)₃/AOT composites were prepared by complete evaporation under vacuum of the volatile components (water and organic solvent) of the salt-containing microemulsions. It was observed that these composites can be totally dissolved in pure n-heptane or CCl₄, allowing the solubilization of a noticeable amount of Yb(NO₃)₃ in quite dry apolar media. By UV–vis–NIR, FT-IR, and ¹H NMR spectroscopies, some information on the state of Yb(NO₃)₃ within AOT reverse micelles were acquired, whereas by small angle X-ray scattering (SAXS), it has been ascertained that Yb(NO₃)₃ is quite homogeneously distributed as very small clusters among the reverse micelles. An analysis of SAXS and wide-angle X-ray scattering spectra of Yb(NO₃)₃/AOT composites leads to the hypothesis that, also in these systems, Yb(NO₃)₃ is dispersed in the surfactant matrix as very small clusters.     

Ag/SBA-15低温气相选择性催化氧化苯甲醇合成苯甲醛

以SBA-15为载体,采用浸渍法制备了不同Ag含量的Ag/SBA-15,通过N₂吸附-脱附、X射线衍射、扫描电子显微镜、高分辨透射电子显微镜、X射线光电子能谱和电感耦合等离子体质谱对催化剂进行了表征。将Ag/SBA-15用于苯甲醇气相选择性催化氧化合成苯甲醛,研究了反应条件对转化率和选择性的影响。结果表明,Ag/SBA-15具有均一的一维孔道结构、较厚的孔壁（3-5 nm）及较大的比表面积（411-541 m²/g）,其规整纳米空间的限域作用使一定负载量的Ag以纳米尺寸均匀分散于介孔SBA-15孔道内,增加了活性组分的比表面积。亲核性氧物种从Ag到SBA-15表面的氧溢流,提高了低温下Ag/SBA-15对苯甲醇气相选择性氧化合成苯甲醛的催化性能。5.3% Ag/SBA-15中的Ag粒径为5-6 nm,且均匀分散于载体孔道中,反应温度为220℃时,苯甲醇转化率为87%,苯甲醛选择性为95%;240℃时,苯甲醇转化率和苯甲醛选择性分别高达94%和97%;并在240-300℃范围内,其催化活性和选择性保持不变,表现出了良好的温度耐受能力。催化剂经活化再生可以连续使用40 h,选择性基本保持不变。     

Activity and kinetics studies of yeast alcohol dehydrogenase in a reverse micelle formulated from functional surfactants

Yeast alcohol dehydrogenase (YADH) showed substantial decrease in its catalytic activity due to the strong electrostatic interaction between the head groups of sodium bis(2-ethylhexyl) sulfosuccinate (AOT) and YADH in AOT reverse micelles. However, the catalytic activity of YADH in a nonionic reverse micellar interface (GGDE/TX-100) obtained from a functional nonionic surfactant N-gluconyl glutamic acid didecyl ester (GGDE) and Triton X-100 (TX-100) was higher than that in AOT reverse micelle under the respective optimum conditions. A comparison of the kinetic parameters showed that the turnover number k_cat in GGDE/TX-100 reverse micelle was 1.4 times as large as that in AOT reverse micelle, but the Michaelis constants in AOT reverse micelle for ethanol K_m^B was twice and for coenzyme NAD⁺ K_m^A was 5 times higher than their counterparts in GGDE/TX-100 reverse micelle. For the conversion of ethanol, the smaller K_m^B and larger k_cat in GGDE/TX-100 reverse micelle resulted in higher catalytic efficiency k_cat/K_m^B. The stability of YADH in GGDE/TX-100 reverse micelle was also found to be better than that in AOT reverse micelle. They were mainly attributed to the absence of electric charge on the head groups of GGDE and TX-100 in the GGDE/TX-100 reverse micelle.      

Micropolarity of sodium bis(2-ethylhexyl) sulfosuccinate reverse micelles prepared in supercritical ethane and near-critical propane

The micropolarity of sodium bis(2-ethylhexyl) sulfosuccinate (AOT) reverse micelles prepared in supercritical ethane and near-critical propane has been determined in terms of a solvent polarity parameter, E _T(30) values, by using absorption probes, 1-ethyl-4-methoxycarbonyl pyridinium iodide and 2,6-diphenyl-4-(2,4,6-triphenylpyridinio)-phenolate as a functions of pressure and the molar ratio of water to AOT, W ₀, at a constant temperature of 310 K. The micropolarity comparable to that of ethanol was observed for reverse micelles containing water of W ₀ = 2. The micropolarity increased with the water content and became independent of pressure after the system changed to a one-phase reverse micelle solution. For a given W ₀ value, no difference in the micropolarity was noticed in the micelles prepared in ethane and propane. Phase behaviour investigations have revealed that complete dissolution of 50 mM AOT occurred at 20 MPa in supercritical ethane, while a much lower pressure of 1 MPa was required in near-critical propane. The amount of water solubilized in reverse micelles formed in supercritical ethane was relatively low, reaching a W ₀ value of 7 at 36 MPa. In contrast, the amount of water solubilized in near-critical propane reverse micelles was W ₀ = 11 at a much lower pressure of 6 MPa. A higher pressure was required to solubilize larger amount of water in reverse micelles prepared in both ethane and propane. Received: 9 October 1998 Accepted in revised form: 12 February 1999     

Pd/PMO-SBA-15 催化剂催化苯甲醇选择氧化反应性能

 研究了 PMO-SBA-15 材料负载的金属钯纳米粒子 (Pd/PMO-SBA-15) 在水相中催化苯甲醇选择氧化制苯甲醛的反应. 考察了纳米粒子种类、氧化剂用量、反应时间和反应温度等对苯甲醇转化率及苯甲醛选择性的影响. 结果表明, 以水为溶剂, 以 H2O2 (30%) 为氧化剂时, 可得到较高的苯甲醇转化率和苯甲醛选择性. 当以 0.05 g 的 2%Pd/PMO-SBA-15 为催化剂, H2O2 用量为 1.5 ml, 反应温度为 80 oC, 反应 4 h 时, 苯甲醇转化率和苯甲醛选择性分别达到 97.1% 和 100.0%. 对该催化体系的重复使用性能进行了考察. 结果发现, 随着使用次数的增加, 苯甲醇转化率有所下降, 但苯甲醛选择性保持不变.     

New chiral hypervalent iodine(V) compounds as stoichiometric oxidants

The synthesis and application of some new hypervalent iodine compounds bearing chiral and achiral ester motives derived from easily accessible starting materials is presented. The oxidation is carried out using dimethyldioxirane as an oxidant providing the desired compounds in moderate to high yields. A crystal structure analysis for one iodine(V) derivative is investigated. The λ⁵-iodanes are applied as stoichiometric reagents in the oxidation of thioanisole to phenylmethyl sulfoxide, benzyl alcohol to benzaldehyde, and meso-hydrobenzoine to benzaldehyde, benzyl, and benzoin.     

Reactions of dioxygen with benzylnickel complexes

The benzyl complexes Ni(X)(CH₂C₆H₅)(PCy₃) (X = Cl, CN; Cy = cyclohexyl) react with molecular oxygen to give benzaldehyde and benzyl alcohol as main oxidation products. The ratio of the two products is strongly dependent on the nature of X and is also influenced by the solvent and the temperature. Isotopic labelling and mass spectra show that the hydrogen atoms necessary for the formation of the benzyl alcohol are supplied by the phosphine ligands. Isolation and characterization of the chloride complex by conventional spectroscopic techniques (IR, ¹H ³¹P NMR, visible spectra) provide evidence in favour of a η³-τ-benzyl structure for the compound.     

疏水性Cosalen/SBA-15的制备及在甲苯选择性氧化中的应用

以介孔分子筛SBA-15为载体, 先采用γ-氨丙基三乙氧基硅烷(APTES)进行氨基硅烷化修饰, 然后经甲基三乙氧基硅烷(MTES)疏水修饰后固载双水杨醛缩乙二胺合钴配合物(Cosalen). 采用傅里叶变换红外光谱、 紫外-可见漫反射光谱、 X射线光电子能谱、 元素分析、 等离子体发射光谱、 X射线衍射和氮气物理吸附等手段对制备的固载型催化剂Cosalen/SBA-15进行了物相结构和修饰程度的表征, 并考察了样品对甲苯、 苯甲醛和苯甲醇的吸附性能及在甲苯液相氧化反应中的催化性能. 结果表明, 固载型催化剂Cosalen/SBA-15的介孔结构和孔道有序性保持良好, Cosalen通过与氨基配位固载在修饰后的载体SBA-15上, 且高度分散, 氨基硅烷化和甲基修饰明显增强了其表面疏水性能, 对苯甲醛和苯甲醇的吸附量降低. 疏水性Cosalen/SBA-15协同N-羟基邻苯二甲酰亚胺(NHPI)催化甲苯液相分子氧氧化反应, 无溶剂体系在130 ℃下反应2 h, 甲苯转化率达到16.0%, 产物中苯甲醛和苯甲醇的总选择性为32.0%, 在一定程度上抑制了极性产物深度氧化为苯甲酸. 高温不利于苯甲醛和苯甲醇选择性的提高, 降低温度至110 ℃, 甲苯转化率达到12.9%时, 苯甲醛和苯甲醇的总选择性提高到43.9%.     

In alkaline media,Fremy’s salt oxidizes alkanols by a hydrogen atom transfer mechanism

In aqueous alkali, Fremy’s salt (potassium nitrosodisulfonate dimer), homolyses nearly exclusively to the monomer radical anion, nitrosodisulfonate (NDS). In this media, NDS almost quantitatively oxidizes benzyl alcohol (PhCH₂OH) to benzaldehyde (PhCHO), itself being reduced to hydroxylamine disulfonate (HNDS). The reaction is very nearly first-order in [NDS], [alkanol] and in [OH⁻]. However, with progressive addition of HNDS, decay kinetics of NDS gradually deviates from first-order. Ultimately, with sufficient excess of HNDS, the reaction becomes second-order in [NDS]. The consumption ratio, (ΔPhCH₂OH]/Δ[NDS]), is ∼2. PhCD₂OH manifests a large primary kinetic isotope effect (k_H/k_D = 11.6). Substituted benzyl alcohols (RBzCH₂OH) with R-groups withdrawing electron density from the O–H bond accelerated the reaction; those with R-groups donating electron density to the O–H bond retarded the reaction. The conversion of 2-propanol to 2-propanone is much slower compared to that of benzyl alcohol to benzaldehyde. An alpha-H atom transfer mechanism seems logical.     

（TEAH）nH3-nPW12O40催化苯甲醇选择氧化及其反应机理

以Keggin结构的磷钨酸和三乙胺（TEA）为原料,通过简单的酸碱反应合成了磷钨酸的TEA盐.并以它们为催化剂,考察了以H₂O₂为氧化剂、以水为溶剂的体系中苯甲醇选择氧化制备苯甲醛的反应性能.结果表明,（TEAH）_nH_3-nPW₁₂O₄₀（n=1,2,3）系列催化剂对苯甲醇的选择氧化反应有很高的活性和选择性,且可被分离和循环使用.在适宜的反应条件下,最佳催化剂（TEAH）H₂PW₁₂O₄₀上,苯甲醇的转化率可达99.6%,苯甲醛的选择性为100%.还采用IR,³¹PNMR谱和元素分析技术,对催化剂和反应过程中催化剂物种的转化和分布进行了考察,进而导出了反应机理.在这个水--油两相反应中,（PW₁₂O₄₀）^3-首先在H₂O₂的作用下,氧化降解为溶于水的小分子过氧物种（PO₄（WO（O₂）₂）₄）^3-和自由W物种.（PO₄（WO（O₂）₂）₄）^3-是真正的活性物种,可将部份溶于水层的苯甲醇氧化为苯甲醛,自身转变为失去活性氧的反应后物种（SAR）.而SAR又可与自由W物种一起聚合为前驱体状态的（PW₁₂O₄₀）^3-,完成催化循环.     

Real‐Time Detection of Traces of Benzaldehyde in Benzyl Alcohol as a Solvent by a Flexible Lanthanide Microporous Metal–Organic Framework

Luminescent 3D lanthanide metal–organic framework (Ln‐MOF) {[Tb₂(TATAB)₂] ? 4 H₂O ? 6 DMF}_n ( 1 ) was synthesized under solvothermal conditions by using flexible ligand 4,4′,4′′‐s‐triazine‐1,3,5‐triyltri‐p‐aminobenzoate (TATAB). A phase transition was observed between low temperature and room temperature. The luminescence of 1 could be enhanced by formaldehyde and quenched efficiently by trace amounts of benzaldehyde in solvents such as benzyl alcohol (0.01–2.0 vol %) and ethanol (0.01–2.5 vol %). This is the first use of a Ln‐MOF as chemical sensor for both formaldehyde and benzaldehyde. The high sensitivity and selectivity of the luminescence response of 1 to benzaldehyde allows it to be used as an excellent sensor for identifying benzaldehyde and provides a simple and convenient method for detecting traces of benzaldehyde in benzyl alcohol based injections. This work establishes a new strategy for detection of benzaldehyde in benzyl alcohol by luminescent MOFs.     

Cu-BTC及其衍生物在苯甲醇选择氧化反应中的催化活性

以硝酸铜和均苯三甲酸(BTC)为原料,水热合成了一种金属有机骨架化合物Cu-BTC,在水相中催化苯甲醇选择氧化反应,H2O2氧化剂,优化了Cu-BTC的晶化条件.70℃反应1 h,Cu-BTC(110C/24 h)上的苯甲醇转化率为75.4%、苯甲醛选择性83.5%,但反应后Cu-BTC骨架完全塌陷.在氮气中高温焙烧Cu-BTC,制得衍生物Cu@C,也用于催化苯甲醇氧化反应.结果表明:Cu@C催化剂重复使用5次,可维持较高的苯甲醇转化率,但苯甲醛选择性有所下降.用X射线衍射(XRD)、N2物理吸附(BET)、热分析(TG-DSC)、红外光谱(FTIR)、能量色散X射线光谱分析(EDX)等技术对催化剂进行了结构表征,发现:Cu@C在反应中生成的Cu2O促进了苯甲醛的深度氧化.     

Chromium-catalyzed pinacol coupling of benzaldehyde in water

The pinacol coupling of benzaldehyde (0.25 M or 1.25 M) in water was catalyzed by 5-25 mol % CrCl₂ in the presence of Zn-dust or Al-dust at 20 °C or 60 °C. In all cases at most 50% of the pinacol coupling product, 1,2-diphenyl-1,2-ethanediol, was obtained with the major product, benzyl alcohol, being formed by a competitive 2e⁻ reduction of the carbonyl. The dl- to meso-diastereoselectivity of the pinacol products ranged from 0.6:1 to nearly 1:1.     

Application of Solid-Phase Extraction Coupled with Dispersive Liquid–Liquid Microextraction for the Determination of Benzaldehyde in Injectable Formulation Solutions

Solid-phase extraction followed by dispersive liquid–liquid microextraction (SPE-DLLME) technique has been developed as a new analytical approach for extracting, cleaning up and preconcentrating benzaldehyde, a toxic oxidation product of the widely used preservative and co-solvent benzyl alcohol, in injectable formulation solutions. SPE of benzaldehyde from samples was carried out using C₁₈ sorbent. After the elution of benzaldehyde from the sorbent by using acetonitrile, DLLME technique was performed on the obtained solution. Benzaldehyde was preconcentrated by using DLLME technique. Thus, 1.5 mL acetonitrile extract (disperser solvent) and 55.0 µL 1,2-dichloroethane (extraction solvent) were added to 5 mL ultra pure water and a DLLME technique was applied. Several variables that govern the proposed technique were studied and optimized. Under optimum conditions, the method detection limit (LOD) of benzaldehyde calculated as three times the signal-to-noise ratio (S/N) was 0.08 µg L^?1. The relative standard deviation (RSD) for four replicates was 5.8 %. The calibration graph was linear within the concentration range of 0.5–500 µg L^?1 for benzaldehyde. The proposed method has been successfully applied to the analysis of the benzaldehyde in injectable formulation solutions (diclofenac, vitamin B-complex and voltaren) and the relative recoveries were between 88 and 92 % and show that matrix has a negligible effect on the performance of the proposed method.     

Pyrolytic Chemistry of Benzyl Benzoate

Flash vacuum pyrolysis of benzyl benzoate ( 3 ) at temperatures in the range 750–900 °C and at 10² torr gave diphcnylmethane ( 5 ) as the major product with toluene ( 6 ) and eight other trace products, namely bipbenyl ( 7 ), dibenzyl ( 8 ), 2-, 3-, 4-phenyltoluenes ( 9,10,11 , respectively), fluorcne ( 12 ), benzyl alcohol ( 4 ) and benzaldehyde ( 13 ). The mechanism of formation of these products is proposed to involve benzyl and phenyl radicals.