Oxygen → Benzoic Acid

HRID 890845Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 890845 reaction equation
C1(C)C=CC=CC=1.C([O:20][C:21]([C:23]1[CH:24]=[C:25]2C(=O)N(O)C(=O)[C:26]2=[CH:33][CH:34]=1)=[O:22])CCCCCCCCCCC.O=O>>[C:21]([OH:22])(=[O:20])[C:23]1[CH:24]=[CH:25][CH:26]=[CH:33][CH:34]=1

Participants

4

Reactant 3

HCID 977OxygenHCID 1140TolueneHCID 109157654-dodecyloxycarbonyl-N-hydroxyphthalimide

Product 1

HCID 243Benzoic AcidYield 1,440%

Procedure

A mixture of 47 mmol of toluene, 0.1 mmol of 4-dodecyloxycarbonyl-N-hydroxyphthalimide and 0.01 mmol of acetylacetonatocobalt(II) was stirred at 100° C. in an atmosphere of oxygen gas (1 atm=0.1 MPa) for 65 hours and thereby yielded 1.44 mmol of benzoic acid.

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-a03e29788f6246d9a582292e29bdf2a4
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2006_02
Patent number
US06998491B2

Reaction notes

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