Citation: Alireza Asghari, Mohsen Ameri, Ali Akbar Ziarati, Sepideh Radmannia, Ali Amoozadeh, Behruz Barfi, Leila Boutorabi. Electro-oxidation of paracetamol in the presence of malononitrile: Application for green, efficient, none-catalyst, simple and one-pot electro-synthesis of new paracetamols[J]. Chinese Chemical Letters, ;2015, 26(6): 681-684. doi: 10.1016/j.cclet.2015.03.036 shu

Electro-oxidation of paracetamol in the presence of malononitrile: Application for green, efficient, none-catalyst, simple and one-pot electro-synthesis of new paracetamols

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Department of Chemistry, Semnan University, Semnan 35195-363, Iran

Corresponding author: Alireza Asghari,
Received Date: 25 December 2014
Available Online: 11 March 2015

Electrochemical oxidation of paracetamol has been studied in the presence of malononitrile as a nucleophile in a phosphate buffer solution (0.15 mol/L, pH 7), using cyclic voltammetric techniques. The results indicated that the N-acetyl-p-benzoquinone-imine derived from paracetamol participates in a 1,4-Michael-type addition reaction with the malononitrile to form the corresponding paracetamol derivatives (6a, 7a). The present study has led to the development of a simple, green, non-catalyst and one-pot electrochemical method with high atom economy under mild conditions.
- Electro-oxidation,
- Cyclic voltammetry,
- Malononitrile,
- Michael addition type,
- Paracetamol
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