Metal‐Catalyzed Photooxidation of Flavones in Aqueous Media. Issue 23 (29th May 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Abdolahzadeh, Shaghayegh; Boyle, Nicola M.; Hage, Ronald; de Boer, Johannes W.; Browne, Wesley R.
• Is Part Of: European journal of inorganic chemistry. Issue 23(2018)
• Page Start: 2621
• Page End: 2630
• Publication Date: 2018-05-29
• Subjects: Manganese -- Morin -- Chrysin -- Photochemistry -- Bleaching -- Oxidation; Chemistry, Inorganic -- Periodicals; Organometallic chemistry -- Periodicals; Bioinorganic chemistry -- Periodicals; Solid state chemistry -- Periodicals; 546
• DOI: 10.1002/ejic.201800288
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1434-1948

Abstract

Abstract : Soluble model compounds, such as flavones, are frequently employed in initial and mechanistic studies under homogeneous conditions in the search for effective bleaching catalysts for raw cotton. The relevance of model substrates, such as morin and chrysin, and especially their reactivity with manganese catalysts [i.e. in combination with 1, 4, 7‐triazacyclononane (tacn) based ligands] applied in raw cotton bleaching with H2 O2 in alkaline solutions is examined. We show that morin, used frequently as a model, is highly sensitive to oxidation with O2, by processes catalyzed by trace metal ions, that can be accelerated photochemically, although not involve generation of 1 O2 . The structurally related chrysin is not susceptible to such photo‐accelerated oxidation with O2 . Furthermore, chrysin is oxidized by H2 O2 only in the presence of a Mn‐tacn based catalyst, and does not undergo oxidation with O2 as terminal oxidant. Chrysin mimics the behavior of raw cotton's chromophores in their catalyzed oxidation with H2 O2, and is likely a mechanistically relevant model compound for the study of transition metal catalysts for dye bleaching catalysts under homogeneous conditions. Abstract : Model substrates are used in understanding mechanisms for transition metal catalyzed oxidations of biopolymers. The "non‐innocence" of spectroscopic methods is shown in the oxidation of flavone models for the pigments present in raw cotton and wood pulp.