Study of the catalytical intermediates of metalloporphyrins supported on imidazole propyl gel

Chloroquine-iron(III) tetra-arylporphyrin interactions and their effect on chloroquine oxidations catalyzed by iron(III) tetra-arylporphyrins

This paper reports a UV-Vis spectroscopic study on the interactions of chloroquine with anionic, cationic and neutral tetra-arylporphyrins and their iron(III) complexes in aqueous buffer and in methanolic solution. This study reveals that in water at pH 6.4 cooperative ion-pair and π-π interactions lead to complex formation between the anionic porphyrin species and chloroquine. In methanolic solution no π-π complexation is observed. The neutral and cationic porphyrins and metalloporphyrins do not form complexes with chloroquine. On the basis of these results, the iron(III) porphyrins have been used as catalysts for the oxidation of chloroquine by iodosylbenzene. The main oxidation product in all systems is monodesethylchloroquine. The anionic iron(III) porphyrins are the most active catalysts; in aqueous solution they are selective for oxidative deethylation whereas in methanol they also give five other oxidation products. The cationic and neutral iron(III) porphyrins are poor or inactive catalysts for chloroquine oxidation by iodosylbenzene. The effect of iron(III) porphyrin/chloroquine interactions on the yields and selectivity of the oxidation is discussed.

Porphyrin-kaolinite as efficient catalyst for oxidation reactions

The preparation, characterization, and application in oxidation reactions of new biomimetic catalysts are reported. Brazilian Sao Simao kaolinite clay has been functionalized with [meso-tetrakis(pentafluorophenyl)porphinato]iron(III), Fe(TPFPP). To obtain the functionalized clay, the natural clay was purified by dispersion-sedimentation, expanded by insertion of dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO), and functionalized with amino groups by substitution of DMSO with ethanolamine. These previous steps allowed clay functionalization with Fe(TPFPP), leading to a layered material with a basal spacing of 10.73 A. Clay functionalization with the porphyrin was confirmed by formation of the secondary amine, as demonstrated by FTIR bands at 3500-3700 cm(-1). UV-vis spectroscopy revealed a red shift in the Soret band of the iron porphyrin in the functionalized material as compared to the parent iron porphyrin catalyst in solution, indicating Fe(III)P --> Fe(II)P reduction. The catalytic performance of the functionalized clay was evaluated in the epoxidation of cyclooctene, with complete selectivity for the epoxide (100% epoxide yield), and ketonization of cyclohexane, cyclohexanone being the major product. The novel catalyst was also evaluated in the Baeyer-Villiger (BV) oxidation of cyclohexanone, with 85% conversion of cyclohexanone in epsilon-caprolactone, with total selectivity to epsilon-caprolactone.