OXIDATION OF PRIMARY ALIPHATIC AMINES CATALYZED BY AN ELECTROGENERATED QUINONOID SPECIES: A SMALL MOLECULE MIMIC OF AMINE OXIDASES

Martine Largeron (1) , Anne Neudorffer (1) , Mylène Benoît (2, 3) , Maurice-Bernard Fleury (2, 3)

1 CiTCoM - UMR 8038 - Cibles Thérapeutiques et conception de médicaments
2 UPD5 - Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5
3 CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

High catalytic performance of the redox mediator 3,4iminoquinone 1 ox is observed under metal-free conditions in the chemoselective indirect electrochemical oxidation of unactivated primary aliphatic amines to the corresponding alkylimines.

Mots clés: amines; anodic oxidation; chemoselectivity; enzyme mimics

Domaines: Chimie organique; Catalyse; Autre

Martine Largeron, Anne Neudorffer, Mylène Benoît, Maurice-Bernard Fleury. OXIDATION OF PRIMARY ALIPHATIC AMINES CATALYZED BY AN ELECTROGENERATED QUINONOID SPECIES: A SMALL MOLECULE MIMIC OF AMINE OXIDASES. 203rd Electrochemical Society Meeting, The Electrochemical Society (ECS), Apr 2003, Paris, France. pp.185-188. ⟨hal-03118611⟩