Manganese(III) acetate

Abstract

(A) Catalytic amount of manganese acetate in glacial acetic acid oxidizes 3-alkyl-substituted 2,4-pyrrolidinediones to their corresponding 3-hydroperoxy derivatives. This procedure leads to a new type of heterocyclic hydroperoxides.9 (B) Manganese acetate-mediated oxidative cyclisation of alkyl substituted 2-[2-(N-arylamino)-2-oxoethyl]malonates yields the corresponding substituted 4,4-bis(ethoxycarbonyl)-3,4-dihydro-2(1H)- quinolinones in good to excellent yield (46-97%).4c (C) Manganese acetate generates aryl radicals or cations when reacted with aryl boronic acids10a,b or aryl hydrazines10c preferentially in aromatic solvents (benzene, thiophene) and subsequently leads to the formation of biaryls under microwave,10a room temperature,10b and reflux10c conditions. (D) When a catalytic amount of manganese acetate is added to a stirred solution of alkyl- or aryl-substituted alcohol and acetic acid, acetylation occurs quantitatively (99% yield) within two hours at reflux. 11 (E) Manganese acetate can be used as an effective and mild oxidizing agent for the regeneration of carbonyl compounds from their corresponding oximes in good yield (86-96%). This reaction condition can tolerate many functional groups, e.g. alkyl and aryl oximes.12 (F) Oxidative ring expansion of substituted 9H-xanthene 1 in the presence of manganese acetate gives 9- or 10-dibenz[b,f]oxepincarboxylates 2 in good yield. When R1 = Me and R2 = 1-OMe, this reaction gives two regioisomers. Otherwise the reaction is highly regioselective. It was proposed that the process for the formation of the product must include a 1,2-aryl radical rearrangement followed by an oxidative decarboxylation.4b (G) Under manganese acetate-catalyzed aerobic oxidation conditions in glacial acetic acid, tetronic acid 1 reacts with 1,1-disubstituted alkenes 2 (R1, R2 = Alk, Ar) to yield hydroperoxyethyl peroxylactones 3, while a similar reaction using 3-alkyl-substituted tetronic acid gives stable, crystalline peroxylactone 4 in good to excellent yield.13 (H) Manganese acetate can be employed as an oxidant for the regeneration of 2,3-dichloro-5,6-dicyanoquinone (DDQ) from the corresponding hydroquinone (HDDQ). This DDQ-regeneration technique using manganese acetate (3 equiv) and DDQ (10 mol%), can be applied to the deprotection of p-methoxy benzyl (PMB) ethers.14 (I) Manganese acetate-promoted oxidative free-radical condensation reaction of phosphate ester(dialkylphosphate) with alkynes15 yields the corresponding indenones 1 and direct phosphonylation of arenes6 yields regioselectively dialkylphosphonates 2. © Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart · New York.