Mesoporous Manganese Oxide Catalyzed Aerobic Oxidative Coupling of Anilines To Aromatic Azo Compounds

Biswanath Dutta; Sourav Biswas; Vinit Sharma; Nancy Ortins Savage; S Pamir Alpay; Steven L Suib

doi:10.1002/anie.201508223

Mesoporous Manganese Oxide Catalyzed Aerobic Oxidative Coupling of Anilines To Aromatic Azo Compounds

Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2016 Feb 5;55(6):2171-5. doi: 10.1002/anie.201508223. Epub 2016 Jan 8.

Authors

Biswanath Dutta¹, Sourav Biswas¹, Vinit Sharma², Nancy Ortins Savage³, S Pamir Alpay², Steven L Suib^{4

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Affiliations

¹ Department of Chemistry, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, 06269, USA.
² Institute of Materials Science, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, 06269, USA.
³ Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University of New Haven, West Haven, CT, 06516, USA.
⁴ Department of Chemistry, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, 06269, USA. steven.suib@uconn.edu.
⁵ Institute of Materials Science, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, 06269, USA. steven.suib@uconn.edu.

PMID: 26749298
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201508223

Abstract

Herein we introduce an environmentally friendly approach to the synthesis of symmetrical and asymmetrical aromatic azo compounds by using air as the sole oxidant under mild reaction conditions in the presence of cost-effective and reusable mesoporous manganese oxide materials.

Keywords: aniline oxidation; azo compounds; heterogeneous catalysis; manganese oxide; mesoporous materials.

Publication types

Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.