A Waste-Free and Highly Effective Catalytic System for the Oxidation of Cysteine to Cystine

作者:Zhao, Xinhua; Kong, Aiguo; Zhang, Xinhua; Shan, Chongchong; Ding, Hanming; Shan, Yongkui*
来源:Catalysis Letters, 2010, 135(3-4): 291-294.
DOI:10.1007/s10562-010-0289-0

摘要

A new three-component catalytic system, water/ionic liquid/metal phthalocyanine complex, was studied for the oxidition of cysteine to prepare cystine. It was found that the water/ 1-n-hexyl-3-methylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate ([hmim][BF4])/iron (II) phthalocyanine ((FePc)-Pc-II) system exhibited an excellent catalytic activity in the oxidition of cysteine. Cystine was obtained with 98% isolated yield in 12 h at the temperature of 80 degrees C. Further more, the catalytic system can be easily recovered and recycled in the following run without apparent reduction in catalytic activity.