화학공학소재연구정보센터
Electrochimica Acta, Vol.43, No.21-22, 3217-3225, 1998
Indirect reduction of carbonyl and dinitro derivatives by an electrogenerated titanium (III) complex in non aqueous medium
Aromatic nitroderivatives or ketones react with low valent titanium reagents to give, respectively, the amines or alcohols and coupling products. We have studied, in a non aqueous medium (DMF), the selectivity of a titanium (III) species electrochemically generated from Cp(2)TiC(l)2 for the reduction of the 4,4'-dinitrodibenzyle and the 9-fluorenone. The cyclic voltammograms of Cp2TiCl2 were registered in the presence of the dinitroderivative or of the ketone. The ESR spectra of the Ti(III) species and of the anion-radicals were monitored under in situ electrolyses. For low values of the ratio [Cp2TiCl2]/[substrate], the macroscale electrolyses performed at the potential of the first step of Cp2TiCl2 yielded selectively the 4-amino-4'-nitrodibenzyle and the pinacol of the fluorenone. For higher ratios or at a more negative fixed potential, the diamine and the fluorenol become the main reaction products.