Oxidation of N,N,N,2,2,6,6‐Heptamethyl‐piperidine‐4‐ammonium Chloride to Water‐Soluble N‐Oxyl Radicals: A Comparative Study

Schröter, Erik; Rohland, Philip; Schreyer, Kristin; Friebe, Christian; Hager, Martin D.; Schubert, Ulrich S.

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“…The direct use of dioxirane allows clean oxidation of secondary amines to the corresponding nitroxides in near quantitative yields. , Further, singlet oxygen was found to be an eligible oxidant in nitroxide synthesis, and with KMnO 4 , nitroxides were prepared from tertiary amines via demethylation and debenzylation . Recently, different procedures for the oxidation of water-soluble amines were studied and H 2 O 2 in the presence of either MgSO 4 or carbonates (Na 2 CO 3 , NaHCO 3 , and (NH 4 ) 2 CO 3 ) is also suitable as oxidant …”

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Organic Synthesis Using Nitroxides

Leifert

Studer

2023

Chem. Rev.

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Nitroxides, also known as nitroxyl radicals, are long-lived or stable radicals with the general structure R 1 R 2 N−O • . The spin distribution over the nitroxide N and O atoms contributes to the thermodynamic stability of these radicals. The presence of bulky N-substituents R 1 and R 2 prevents nitroxide radical dimerization, ensuring their kinetic stability. Despite their reactivity toward various transient C radicals, some nitroxides can be easily stored under air at room temperature. Furthermore, nitroxides can be oxidized to oxoammonium salts (R 1 R 2 N�O + ) or reduced to anions (R 1 R 2 N−O − ), enabling them to act as valuable oxidants or reductants depending on their oxidation state. Therefore, they exhibit interesting reactivity across all three oxidation states. Due to these fascinating properties, nitroxides find extensive applications in diverse fields such as biochemistry, medicinal chemistry, materials science, and organic synthesis. This review focuses on the versatile applications of nitroxides in organic synthesis. For their use in other important fields, we will refer to several review articles. The introductory part provides a brief overview of the history of nitroxide chemistry. Subsequently, the key methods for preparing nitroxides are discussed, followed by an examination of their structural diversity and physical properties. The main portion of this review is dedicated to oxidation reactions, wherein parent nitroxides or their corresponding oxoammonium salts serve as active species. It will be demonstrated that various functional groups (such as alcohols, amines, enolates, and alkanes among others) can be efficiently oxidized. These oxidations can be carried out using nitroxides as catalysts in combination with various stoichiometric terminal oxidants. By reducing nitroxides to their corresponding anions, they become effective reducing reagents with intriguing applications in organic synthesis. Nitroxides possess the ability to selectively react with transient radicals, making them useful for terminating radical cascade reactions by forming alkoxyamines. Depending on their structure, alkoxyamines exhibit weak C−O bonds, allowing for the thermal generation of C radicals through reversible C−O bond cleavage. Such thermally generated C radicals can participate in various radical transformations, as discussed toward the end of this review. Furthermore, the application of this strategy in natural product synthesis will be presented.

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