OXIDATION OF 3,5-DITERT-BUTYLCATECHOL CATALYZED BY COPPER(II) COMPLEXES - A KINETIC-STUDY

Authors
MANZUR J GARCIA AM RIVAS V ATRIA AM VALENZUELA J SPODINE E
Citation
J. Manzur et al., OXIDATION OF 3,5-DITERT-BUTYLCATECHOL CATALYZED BY COPPER(II) COMPLEXES - A KINETIC-STUDY, Polyhedron, 16(13), 1997, pp. 2299-2305
Citations number
25
Categorie Soggetti
Chemistry Inorganic & Nuclear",Crystallography
Journal title
Polyhedron → ACNP
ISSN journal
02775387
Volume
16
Issue
13
Year of publication
1997
Pages
2299 - 2305
Database
ISI
SICI code
0277-5387(1997)16:13<2299:OO3CBC>2.0.ZU;2-A
Abstract
Copper(II) complexes of the ligands (6-methyl-2,2'-dipyridyl)methane ( MeDPM) and (6,6'-dimethyl-2,2'-dipyridyl)methane (diMeDPM) were prepar ed and used as catalysts for the oxidation of 3,5-ditertbutylcatechol to 3,5-ditert-butyl-o-benzoquinone. The rate of reaction was determine d in the presence and absence of base (KOH) in methanol. The kinetic d ata are interpretated, postulating two reactive species towards molecu lar oxygen: a copper(I) complex and a species described as a ternary c opper(II) catecholate complex. (C) 1997 Elsevier Science Ltd.