Dimethyl Sulfoxide → Hydrogen Peroxide

HRID 1885105Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 1885105 reaction equation
[OH-:1].[O:2]=O.[NH2:4][C:5]1[CH:10]=[CH:9][CH:8]=[CH:7][CH:6]=1.CS(C)=O>O>[N:4]([C:5]1[CH:10]=[CH:9][CH:8]=[CH:7][CH:6]=1)=[N:4][C:5]1[CH:10]=[CH:9][CH:8]=[CH:7][CH:6]=1.[OH:1][OH:2]

Participants

7

Reactant 4

HCID 679Dimethyl SulfoxideHCID 961HydroxideHCID 977OxygenHCID 6115Aniline

Product 2

HCID 784Hydrogen PeroxideHCID 2272Azobenzene

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 1

HCID 962WaterSolvent

Procedure

The excess hydroxide ions (OH-), dissolved dioxygen (O2), and aniline (PhNH2) reacted in the dimethyl sulfoxide solution to form superoxide ions (O2-.), azobenzene (PhN=NPh), hydrogen peroxide (HOOH), and water (H2O). The dioxygen was introduced by bubbling gaseous dioxygen through the solution of other reactants for 20 minutes, and then purging with argon. The reaction yielded concentrations of 1.4 mM of superoxide ions and 2.5 mM of azobenzene.

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-b9f04c128e7a4fb692051d725820fc5f
Source dataset
uspto-grants-1992_09
Patent number
US05143710

Reaction notes

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