Electrochemical Synthesis of Acetylpyrazine

Authors

Lin Mao, State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China;
Dong-Fang Niu, State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China;
Shuo-Zhen Hu, State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China;
Xin-Sheng Zhang, State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China;Follow

Corresponding Author

Xin-Sheng Zhang(xszhang@ecust.edu.cn)

Abstract

Acetylpyrazine is naturally presented in hazelnuts, peanuts, and sesame seeds. As an important food additive, it is widely used in baked foods, meat, sesame and tobacco. At the same time, acetylpyrazine is also an important pharmaceutical intermediate, which is used in the syntheses of anti-tuberculosis drugs, anti-tumor, anti-malaria, anti-viral, antibacterial and treatments of epilepsy, pain and Parkinson’s drugs. At present, the synthesis methods of acetylpyrazine include oxidation method, multi-step method and Grignard reagent method, which have the disadvantages of low yield, cumbersome process, severe reaction conditions and high cost. In this study, acetylation of pyrazine was used to synthesize acetylpyrazine by electrochemical method for the first time. In this reaction, ammonium persulfate was electrolyzed on lead electrode to generate sulfate radicals, which react with pyruvic acid to generate acetyl groups, and followed by reacting with protonated pyrazines to synthesize acetylpyrazines under acidic conditions. Firstly, the effects of various electrolysis conditions on the yield of acetylpyrazine were investigated, and the optimal electrolysis conditions were obtained. A volume ration of 1:1 between ammonium persulfate saturated aqueous solution and methylene chloride solution containing 1 mol·L^-1 of pyrazine and 0.33 mol·L^-1 of pyruvic acid were used as the catholyte. A lead plate was used as the cathode. The electrolysis was carried out at the current density of 100 A·m^-2 under normal temperature and pressure. When the charge was 2.5 F·mol^-1, the yield of acetylpyrazine reached 44.12%. In addition, iron electrodes and added ferrous sulfate were used to investigate the influence of electrochemical-transition metal composite activation method on the yield of acetylpyrazine. However, the composite activation method has little effect on the improvement of the yield of acetylpyrazine. In general, the electrochemical synthesis of acetylpyrazine is simple and easy to control. Moreover, the reaction is gentler, the product purity is high, thus, the separation steps are simplified, and the production cost is reduced. The use of “clean energy” electrons instead of transition metal salts as the reducing agent is an environmentally friendly preparation method with broad prospects. At the same time, ammonium sulfate can be oxidized at the anode to generate ammonium persulfate, while acetylpyrazine is synthesized at the cathode. Therefore, pyrazine acetylation is a direct and effective method for preparing acetylpyrazine and electrochemical synthesis of acetylpyrazine has broad industrial application prospects.

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Keywords

minisci acylation reaction, acetylpyrazine, electrochemical reduction, ammonium persulfate, sulfate radical

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.13208/j.electrochem.210706

Publication Date

2022-05-28

Online Available Date

2021-08-17

Revised Date

2021-08-06

Received Date

2021-07-05

Recommended Citation

Lin Mao, Dong-Fang Niu, Shuo-Zhen Hu, Xin-Sheng Zhang. Electrochemical Synthesis of Acetylpyrazine[J]. Journal of Electrochemistry, 2022 , 28(5): 2107061.
DOI: 10.13208/j.electrochem.210706
Available at: https://jelectrochem.xmu.edu.cn/journal/vol28/iss5/6

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