Singlet oxygen-mediated selective C–H bond hydroperoxidation of ethereal hydrocarbons

Arunachalam Sagadevan, Kuo Chu Hwang () and Ming- Der Su ()
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Arunachalam Sagadevan: National Tsing Hua University
Kuo Chu Hwang: National Tsing Hua University
Ming- Der Su: National Chiayi University

Nature Communications, 2017, vol. 8, issue 1, 1-8

Abstract: Abstract Singlet O2 is a key reactive oxygen species responsible for photodynamic therapy and is generally recognized to be chemically reactive towards C=C double bonds. Herein, we report the hydroperoxidation/lactonization of α-ethereal C–H bonds by singlet O2 (1Δg) under exceptionally mild conditions, i.e., room temperature and ambient pressure, with modest to high yields (38~90%) and excellent site selectivity. Singlet O2 has been known for > 90 years, but was never reported to be able to react with weakly activated C–H bonds in saturated hydrocarbons. Theoretical calculations indicate that singlet O2 directly inserts into the α-ethereal C–H bond in one step with conservation of steric configuration in products. The current discovery of chemical reaction of singlet oxygen with weakly activated solvent C–H bonds, in addition to physical relaxation pathway, provides an important clue to a 35-year-old unresolved mystery regarding huge variations of solvent dependent lifetime of singlet O2.

Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1038/s41467-017-01906-5

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