OXIDATIONS INDUCED BY SUGARS

Oxidations by Acetobacter Suboxydans

Acetobacter suboxydans is known to bring about oxidation of polyhydroxy compounds. The action of the bacterial enzyme is limited, however, to substances with specific configurations. According to the generalization of Bertrand,’ only those hydroxyl groups are oxidized which are situated between a primary hydroxyl group and a secondary one in a cis position. Hann, Tilden, and Hudson,2 in a compa...

Catalytic oxidations by vanadium complexes

Vanadium haloperoxidases catalyse the oxidation of halides leading to halogenation of substrates or, in the absence of suitable substrates, to oxidation of hydrogen peroxide into singlet oxygen and water. Furthermore, V-haloperoxidases are capable to give enantioselective sulfoxidation under the appropriate conditions. The most interesting model compounds that have been synthesised and studied ...

Aerobic alcohol oxidations mediated by nitric acid.

Green oxidations: Titanium dioxide induced tandem oxidation coupling reactions

The application of titanium dioxide as an oxidant in tandem oxidation type processes is described. Under microwave irradiation, quinoxalines have been synthesized in good yields from the corresponding alpha-hydroxyketones.

Reactions Related to Oxidations

OF THESIS Vame of Candidate Warren Edgar Falconer. 3.Go. (Hons. ). H.5c. Address 3', Place G-eneral Helser, Brussels 3 , Belgium. z)gg/-ge Doctor of Philosophy Date May* 1961 Title of Thesis Reactions Related to Oxidations Mixtures of methane, ethane, propane, cyclopropane, isobutane, and neopentane have been reacted with molecular oxygen in a static system between 325° and C. The residual alka...