Catalytic and electrocatalytic oxidation of aniline to nitrobenzene over vanadium silicate molecular sieves: VS-1 usingt-butyl hydroperoxide (TBHP) as oxidant

A comparison of the results of catalytic and electrocatalytic oxidation of aniline using VS-1 in the presence of H₂O₂ and TBHP indicates remarkable differences in conversion and selectivity. VS-1 catalyzes the oxidation of aniline selectively to nitrobenzene (73%) in the presence oft-butyl hydroperoxide (TBHP), while azoxybenzene (95.2%) is formed selectively when H₂O₂ is used. Cyclic voltammetric studies show a three-step oxidation of aniline to nitrobenzene in H₂O₂ but in the presence of TBHP only one step is observed. Electrocatalytic oxidation of aniline to nitrobenzene occurs at a potential 700 mV less than that corresponding to H₂O₂ as oxidant along with a selectivity of 91.8%. The enhancement of electrocatalytic rate is attributed to the stabilization of electron deficient transition state.     

母体苯胺六聚体的一步法合成及紫外光谱研究

作为聚苯胺模型化合物的齐聚物具有规整的分子结构、良好的电活性以及易加工性能 ,使得齐聚物的研究成为导电高分子研究领域的一个研究热点 .结果表明 ,聚苯胺八聚体对有机气体的敏感性是聚苯胺的 1 0 0 0倍 [1] ,并且导电率与之相似 ,而苯封端苯胺三聚体及四聚体在金属防腐方面也显示了优良的抗腐蚀性 [2 ] .因此 ,合成具有不同链段的聚苯胺齐聚物 (母体苯胺齐聚物以及包括苯基封端 /氨基封端在内的苯胺齐聚物及其衍生物 )就变得十分重要 .合成聚苯胺齐聚物已有许多文献报道 ,如Honzl等 [3]的缩聚法、Monkman[4 ]的取代还原法和 Buchwald…     

单分散的还原态和中间氧化态聚苯胺齐聚物的合成与紫外光谱研究

提出了一条合成苯胺齐聚物的新路线:由高氧化态的苯胺四聚体与二苯胺或N-苯基-1,4-对苯二胺反应合成苯基封端的苯胺五聚体和六聚体,用红外、质谱、核磁共振、基底辅助激光解吸质谱(MALDI-MS)进行了表征.提出一条可能的机理,即高氧化态的苯胺四聚体与二苯胺或N-苯基-1,4-对苯二胺在酸性溶液中混合时,四聚体、二苯胺和N-苯基-1,4-对苯二胺的分子中均形成阳离子自由基,四聚体的阳离子自由基与后二者的阳离子自由基耦合形成苯胺五聚体和六聚体.还原态的苯胺齐聚物氧化成中间氧化态的苯胺齐聚物,使用硫酸铵和六水和三氯化铁等氧化剂能打断苯胺五聚体和六聚体的分子链.实验发现,氧化银是将还原态苯胺齐聚物氧化成中间氧化态的齐聚物的最好的氧化剂.用紫外可见光谱对中间氧化态的五聚体和六聚体进行了研究,对其分子中醌环的数目进行了讨论.     

Gas chromatographic separation of isomeric aminophenols,aniline, phenol,benzoquinone and azobenzene on an HP-1 capillary column

A gas Chromatographic method for the determination of isomeric aminophenols, aniline, phenol, azobenzene andp-benzoquinone has been developed. The non-polar HP-1 capillary column has been found to be more suitable for their separation than a polar Carbowax-20M packed column. The detection limits of the compounds lie between 0.15 and 3.3 ng/l. This method has been applied for the determination of oxidation products of aniline in different reactions. It also furnishes a rapid method for the separation and quantitation of mixtures of aniline, phenol and their derivative isomeric aminophenols with linear calibrations up to at least 0.75 mM, with coefficients of variation of about 6%.     

Theoretical study of the oxidative polymerization of aniline with peroxydisulfate: Tetramer formation

Semi‐empirical quantum chemical study of the oxidative polymerization of aniline with ammonium peroxydisulfate, in aqueous solutions without added acid, has been based on the MNDO‐PM3 computations of thermodynamic, redox, and acid–base properties of reactive species and the intermediates, combined with the MM2 molecular mechanics force‐field method and conductor‐like screening model of solvation. The main reaction routes of aniline tetramerization are proposed. The regioselectivity of the formation of aniline tetramers by redox and electrophilic aromatic substitution reactions is analyzed. It was proved that the linear N? C4 coupled tetra‐aniline is formed as a dominant product by three different pathways: comproportionation redox reaction between N‐phenyl‐1,4‐benzoquinonediimine and 4‐aminodiphenylamine, the one‐electron oxidation of aniline with its half‐oxidized N? C4 coupled trimer, and the electrophilic aromatic substitution reaction of aniline with fully oxidized N? C4 coupled trianiline nitrenium cation. The electrophilic aromatic substitution reaction of the N? C4 coupled aniline trimer with aniline nitrenium cation, as well as the oxidation of aniline with half‐oxidized branched trimer, lead to the branched aniline tetramers. The competing character of different tetramerization routes is highlighted. The oxidative intramolecular cyclization of branched oligoanilines and polyaniline, leading to the generation of substituted phenazine units, has been predicted to accompany the classical routes of the polymerization of aniline. Various molecular (branched vs. linear) oligomeric structures produced at different level of acidity during the course of polymerization and their impact on the formation of supramolecular structures of conducting polyaniline (nanorods and nanotubes vs. granular morphology), are discussed. © 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Int J Quantum Chem, 2008     

The Self Oxidation Reduction of N-Arylhydroxylamines

The reactions of N-phenylhydroxylamine in the presence of dry hydrogen chloride to form azoxybenzene, aniline, 2-chloroaniline and 4-chloroaniline were studied. The molar ratio of the azoxybenzene and aniline obtained was very close to one. A similar reaction was also observed for 2-methyl- and 4-methyl-N-phenylhydroxylamine. A reasonable explanation is that N-phenylhydroxylamine undergoes a self oxidation reduction reaction to give aniline and nitrosobenzene, and the latter subsequently reacts with N-phenylhydroxylamine to give azoxybenzene. The reaction of N-phenylhydroxylamine, catalyzed by trifluoroacetic acid to yield azoxybenzene, was previously studied by Okamoto et al. and was suspected to undergo a similar reaction. We repeated the reaction and evidence for the same self oxidation reduction reaction was found. A mechanism involving the anilenium ion is proposed to account for this reaction.     

Kinetic Investigation of Oxidation of Aromatic Anils by Potassium Peroxymonosulfate in Aqueous Acidic Medium

The kinetics of oxidation of aromatic anils to benzaldehyde and azobenzene by potassium peroxymonosulfate has been studied in aqueous acetic acid medium. The low dielectric constant of the medium facilitates the reactivity. It has been found that the variation in the ionic strength of the reaction has a negligible effect on the rate. Similarly, polymerization was not observed when acrylonitrile was added to the reaction mixture. This observation rules out the formation of any free radical in the reaction. The added Mn(II) increases the rate of the reaction, which indicates the involvement of two‐electron transfer. Highly negative ?S^# values indicate a structured transition state. The deviation of the Hammett plot was noted, and a concave downward curve was obtained for the anils with substituents in the aniline moiety. The observed break in the log k_obs versus σ is attributed to the transition state whereas the concave upward curve was observed for the substituents in the benzaldehyde moiety and in the combination of aniline and benzaldehyde moieties, and a suitable mechanism was proposed.     

Theoretical studies of physicochemical properties of aniline oligomers: analysis of counterion influence

We present some semiempirical quantum chemistry calculations, geometric structures, charge distribution, gap energy, and enthalpy of formation (H _f ) for aniline oligomers in the different oxidation states using the AM1 method. A linear relationship between calculated optical transition values and the experimental reported ones was found. The effect of the interaction between the chloride counterion and these molecules was analyzed and indicates a decrease both in H _f of the aniline oligomers in the radical cation state and in E(SOMO-LUMO). The withdrawal of one electron from the reduced aniline tetramer to form a radical cation in the presence of chloride (Cl^–) yields to the radical cation band, similar to the polaron band in the polyaniline case. Contrary to the expected results, our calculations show that Cl^– was able to transfer about 80% of its charge to the oligomers.     

Electrochemistry of conductive polymers 40. Earlier phases of aniline polymerization studied by Fourier transform electrochemical impedance spectroscopy

Earlier stages of aniline polymerization have been studied by Fourier transform electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (FTEIS) experiments. Initial oxidation of aniline leads to the formation of a thin layer passivating the electrode surface, which is depassivated upon a further increase in potential and mediates a further electron transfer from aniline to the electrode. The charge-transfer resistance was first shown to decrease upon increasing the potential, which leads to the inductive behavior upon further increase in the overpotential. The oligomer-polymer film thus formed was shown to undergo a transition from its passive state to neutral oligomer-polymer molecules via a conducting state; its oxidation was then observed during the anodic scan. It is this transition to the conductive states that leads to the propagation of the conductive zone throughout the nonconductive film, leading to further growth of polyaniline, as was clearly shown by the FTEIS measurements.     

The preparation of conducting polyaniline–silver and poly(p-phenylenediamine)–silver nanocomposites in liquid and frozen reaction mixtures

The oxidation of aniline with silver nitrate in 1 mol L⁻¹ acetic acid at 20 °C yielded a composite of two conducting components, polyaniline and silver; the acceleration with 1 mol% of p-phenylenediamine is needed for efficient synthesis. The yield and molecular weight increased when aniline was copolymerized with 10 mol% p-phenylenediamine. Such product displayed metallic conductivity below 180 K and semiconductor type above this temperature. As the result, the conductivity was the same at 100 and 300 K. The oxidation of p-phenylenediamine alone with silver nitrate also produced a conducting composite having the conductivity of 1,750 S cm⁻¹ despite the assumed nonconductivity of poly(p-phenylenediamine). The present study demonstrates that all oxidations proceeded also in frozen reaction mixtures at −24 °C, i.e., in the solid state. In most cases, molecular weights of polymer component increased, the conductivity of composites with silver improved, to 2,990 S cm⁻¹ for poly(p-phenylenediamine)–silver, and remained high after deprotonation with 1 mol L⁻¹ ammonium hydroxide.

     

Absolute molecular weight of polyaniline

The absolute molecular weight of polyaniline in the pernigraniline, emeraldine, and leucoemeraldine oxidation states has been measured by light scattering and the exact number of aniline repeat units determined for the first time. Using potential-time profiling to monitor the chemical oxidative polymerization of aniline using ammonium peroxydisulfate oxidant, all three oxidation states of polyaniline can be synthesized in one step and the evolution of polymer molecular weight monitored. The pernigraniline intermediate formed during the chemical oxidative polymerization of aniline increases by 17-20% when it is converted to emeraldine, which is consistent with a two-step polymerization mechanism. These findings establish a solid experimental framework to chemically synthesize block copolymers of polyaniline by using different monomers to intercept the reaction at the pernigraniline oxidation state.     

Studies on the chemical syntheses and on the characteristics of polyaniline derivatives

Syntheses of parent polyaniline and methyl, methoxy, and ethoxy ortho-substituted polyanilines were performed using the conventional chemical methodology and monitored using the new open-circuit-potential (V_oc) profile technique. The intermediate pernigraniline oxidation state was identified and isolated at the V_oc maximum (A) during the conventional chemical synthesis of poly(o-methoxyaniline) in the emeraldine oxidation state. The introduction of the substituent on the aniline ring leads to longer polymerization times and lower V_oc values. Syntheses in the presence of two different monomers in solution were also investigated and showed preferential polymerization of the monomer with the lowest V_oc potential. All polymers produced were characterized by elemental analysis, gel permeation chromatography, UV-VIS spectroscopy, and cyclic voltammetry. The influence of the substituent on the V_oc profile and on the polymer characteristics are rationalized in terms of steric and electronic effects. © 1995 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.     

Intercalation chemistry of aluminium dihydrogentriphosphate with weak bases and polymerization of aniline between its layers

Weak bases such as 2-aminopyridine, 4-aminopyridine,o-phenylenediamine,p-phenylenediamine and aniline were intercalated into aluminium dihydrogentriphosphate (ADHP) using ultrasonic wave irradiation. The interlayer spacing of ADHP increased from 8.1 Å to 12.4–20.0 Å. From the values of the layer expansions and host/guest ratios, bilayer or monolayer structures were considered. Chemical oxidation of the aniline resulted in the formation of polyaniline in the ADHP layers.Author for correspondence.     

Electrochemically modulated permeability of poly(aniline) and composite poly(aniline)-poly(styrenesulfonate) membranes

The influence of oxidation state on the permeability of several probe molecules through conducting polymer membranes comprising composites of poly(aniline) and poly(styrenesulfonate) was examined in aqueous solution. Pure poly(aniline) membranes displayed a characteristic increase in permeability between reduced and half-oxidized states for neutrally charged phenol and negatively charged 4-hydroxybenzenesulfonate. In contrast, positively charged pyridine experienced decreased permeability through the membrane when poly(aniline) was switched from the reduced to the half-oxidized state. This behavior can be explained by a combination of oxidation-induced film swelling and the anion-exchange character of the positively charged membrane. The membrane composition was modified to include a fixed negative charge by the addition of poly(styrenesulfonate) during synthesis. The incorporation of this negatively charged component introduced cation-exchange character to the film and substantially reduced membrane permeability to 4-hydroxybenzenesulfonate in both oxidation states. In addition, increasing the fraction of poly(styrenesulfonate) in the membrane served to decrease film permeability for all species because of a densification of the membrane. This work demonstrates how both film composition and oxidation state can be used to tune the permeability of conducting polymer membranes.     

Thermal degradation studies of substituted conducting polyanilines

The synthesis of conducting polymers based on m-nitroaniline, m-chloroaniline and m-aminophenol by aniline initiated ammonium peroxydisulfate oxidation, has been attempted. The IR spectra of the polymers have been studied. Thermogravimetric analysis of the conducting polymers has been followed using a computer analysis method LOTUS PACKAGE, developed by us for assigning the degradation mechanism. A number of equations have been used to evaluate the kinetic parameters. The mechanism of degradation of the conducting polymers has been explained on the basis of their kinetic parameters.     

氨基封端苯胺五聚体的合成及紫外光谱研究

对苯胺齐聚物的研究论文始于1907年,其结构和电化学性质与聚苯胺相似,易于加工,可用于金属防腐蚀引、化学传感器及催化氧化等方面,从而成为导电高分子的又一研究热点．在苯基/氨基封端(母体)、双苯基封端和双氨基封端中,前两种齐聚物已有大量研究．后一类齐聚物虽可用作电活性聚合物的单体和环氧防腐蚀涂料的固化剂,     

Oxidation of aniline with solutions of Mo—V-phosphoric heteropolyacids

Mo—V-phosphoric heteropolyacids (HPA) can be used for aniline oxidation to polyaniline or 1,4-benzoquinone. At room temperature and the molar ratio HPA : aniline = 0.67, more than 95% substrate are oxidized to polyaniline. At 90–100 °C and HPA : aniline = 3, the substrate is quantitatively oxidized to 1,4-benzoquinone. Solutions of HPA are regenerated by oxygen in a separate step. Published in Russian in Izvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 6, pp. 1488–1490, June, 2005.     

Photocatalytic Oxidation of Aniline in the Gas Phase Using Porous TiO2 Thin Films

The gas-phase photocatalytic oxidation of aniline on a new kind of porous nano-TiO₂ composite films is investigated. The composite film was prepared on glass fiber with the water glass as binders and dilute H₂SO₄ solution as solidifying reagent. The surface characters were observed by scanning electron microscope. The photocatalytic degradation of aniline on the composite films was carried out in a TiO₂/UV system. Some important factors affecting the photodegradation, such as the concentration of TiO₂, the initial concentration of aniline, and the existing water vapor, are also studied. The product of photocatalytic oxidation was detected by Fourier transform-Infrared. The partial intermediate products were absorbed on TiO₂ surface, which resulted in catalyst deactivation. But when it was irradiated under UV illumination or solar irradiation for some time, the catalyst could be reused without loss of catalytic activity. Translated from the Journal of Wuhan University (Natural Science Edition), 2005, 51(2) (in Chinese)     

FLASH PHOTOLYSIS OF SEVERAL AROMATICS BY ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT AND VISIBLE LIGHT IN THE PRESENCE OF EOSIN Y*

Abstract— A flash photolysis investigation was made of the photo-oxidation of aqueous aniline, resorcinol, βnaphthol, p-sulfanilic acid, and p-bromophenol induced by ultraviolet and visible light irradiation in the presence of eosin Y. The transient spectra show that u.v. irradiation generates the hydrated electron (except in p-bromophenol) and the radical products of one-electron oxidation. The initial products of the eosin-sensitized oxidations are the dye semi-quinone and aromatic radicals which coincide with the u.v. photolysis products in at least several cases. The investigation of the reaction kinetics by rapid spectrophotometry with analog computer analysis shows that the aromatics quench the triplet state of eosin and also react with it in a slower electron-transfer process, in competition with ‘dye-dye’ quenching and electron-transfer reactions. The u.v. and dye-sensitized oxidations are discussed in terms of their energetics.     

Cu-mediated selective bromination of aniline derivatives and preliminary mechanism study

A simple and efficient bromination of aniline, aniline derivatives, and analogs have been developed. Forty three examples were given and the highest yield reached was 98%. Different substrates including substituted aniline, pyridin-amine, N-substituted aniline, N,N-disubstituted aniline, N-phenyl-amide, N-phenyl-sulfonamide, and nitrogen-containing heterocycles were all reactive and selectively generated desired bromo-products. The method can be applied to synthesize drug intermediate and quinoxaline derivatives.