Citric Acid Catalyzed Deprotection of Carbonyl Compounds from Phenylhydrazones , Semicarbazones and Oximes Under Microwave Irradiations

Deprotection of phenylhydrazones, semicarbazones and oximes to their corresponding carbonyl compounds have been carried out in good to excellent yields (83-96 %) by using citric acid as organic catalyst in water as a medium of reaction under microwave irradiation.


INTRODUCTION
The protection of the carbon-oxygen double bonds as carbon-nitrogen double bonds has become a useful methodology in the synthesis of complex organic molecules 1 .Semicarbazones, phenylhydrazones and oximes are highly stable and readily prepared compounds, which are used extensively for the protection of carbonyl groups 2 and are also used for the purification and characterization of carbonyl compound 3 .The cleavage of imine derivatives to afford carbonyl compounds continues to be a significant aspect of organic chemical transformations.
Most of the known methods deal for the regeneration of carbonyl compounds from oximes only, few publications were reported for phenylhydrazones and semicarbazones.Therefore search for faster, new protocols for the regeneration of carbonyl compounds from phenylhydr-azones, semicarbazones and oximes has assumed added importance.
Organic chemists are interested in the developing of ecofriendly procedures by using microwave irradiation under solvent free conditions in water as a green solvent.The advantages of these methods are shorter reaction time, excellent yields, besides, formation of cleaner products and minimization of pollutants [26][27][28] .Make use of simply available and biodegradable catalyst for organic conversion is achieving enormous significance in the last few years as a result of both the uniqueness of the concept and, more importantly, the fact that the efficiency and selectivity of these reactions meet the standards of established organic reactions.In this regard, Citric acid works as performing the role of perfect catalyst.Citric acid is widely used because it is nontoxic, cheap, safe to handle, and easily biodegradable.There are reports in the literature on the use of Citric acid as catalyst in organic synthesis 29 .
In continuation of our ongoing programme to develop new synthetic green protocols and our interest in the field of microwave assisted organic reactions [30][31] , in this report we represent a highly efficient route for the regeneration of carbonyl compounds from phenylhydrazones, semicarbazones and oximes from good to excellent yields catalyzed by commercially available inexpensive, mild citric acid as organocatalyst under microwave irradiation in water.(Scheme 1)

MATERIALS AND METHODS
Chemicals were purchased from Fluka, Merck and Aldrich chemicals companies.The purity determination of the substrates and products and reaction monitoring were accompanied by TLC on silica gel Polygram SILG/UV 254 plates.Melting points were determined on Perfit melting point apparatus and are uncorrected. 1HNMR (Avance 300 MHz) spectra were recorded in DMSO using TMS as internal standard.IR was recorded on a Thermo Nicolet Nexus 670 FT-IR Spectrometer and Finnegan MAT 1020.Panasonic co.microwave (2450 MHz frequency at a power output of 1000 W) was used for the microwave irradiation.

General procedure for the deprotection of Carbonylcompounds from phenylhydrazones, semicarbazones, and oximes
A mixture of 0.2 mmol phenylhydrazone, semicarbazones or oximes and citr ic acid (0.2 mmol) were mixed together in water (10 mL) was introduced in a 50 mL Erlenmeyer flask and was placed in a commercial microwave oven operating at a power output of 300 W and irradiated for the appropriate time in 30 seconds intervals each.(Table 3).The reaction was monitored by TLC.The product extracted with Chloroform, dried over anhydrous Na 2 SO 4, filter and was chromatographed Scheme 1: Regeneration of carbonyl compounds from Phenylhydrazones, semicarbazones, and oximes in the presence of Citric acid.

C=N
ii on silica gel (eluted by ethyl acetate: hexane 2:8) to afford the corresponding products in good to excellent yields (Table 3).All the products were characterized by their physical constants, IR, NMR spectra and comparison with authentic samples.The phenylhydrazones, semicarbazones and oximes were prepared by standard procedures 32 .

RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
In the present study we broaden the scope of the citric acid as catalyst for the regeneration of carbonyl compounds from phenylhydrazones, semicarbazones and oximes under microwave irradiations in water.In order to check the role of catalyst we studied the efficiency of regeneration of benzaldehyde from benzaldehyde phenylhydrazone in water as a model reaction in absence of catalyst under microwave irradiation.After 20 minutes of irradiation there is no detection of carbonyl compounds was observed.Subsequently to investigate the suitable catalyst and the best molar quantities we carried out the model reaction of benzaldehyde phenylhydrazone in presence of different molar quantities of various catalysts for example citric acid, glycine, succinic acid, or urea.From the results obtained in Table 1, we found that (0.2 mmol) citric acid is emerged as the best catalyst of choice in terms of reaction kinetics and product yield (entry 6, Table 1).
Then the model reaction has been carried out by stirring a mixture of benzaldehyde phenylhydrazone (0.2 m mol) and 0.2 m mol of the catalyst in 10 mL of water at room temperature as well as microwave irradiation.From the results shown in Table 2 we have found that using citric acid under micro wave irradiation afforded the highest yield ( entry 1 96%, Table 2).Similarly, we run the same reaction condition on benzaldehyde semicarbazone and benzaldehyde oxime in the presence of various catalysts, such as citric acid, succinic acid, glycine, oxalic acid, or urea.The best results were obtained by using citric acid as catalyst comparable with that obtained in the presence of other previously mentioned catalysts (Table 2 ).Then the model reaction has been carried out by stirring a mixture of benzaldehyde phenylhydrazone (0.2 mmol) and 0.2 mmol of the catalyst in 10 mL of water at room temperature as well as microwave irradiation.From the results shown in Table 2 we have found that using citric acid under micro wave irradiation afforded the highest yield ( entry 1 96%, Table 2).Similarly, we run the same reaction condition on benzaldehyde semicarbazone and benzaldehyde oxime in the presence of various catalysts, such as citric acid, succinic acid, glycine, oxalic acid, or urea.The best results were obtained by using citric acid as catalyst comparable with that obtained in the presence of other previously mentioned catalysts( Table 2 ).
Finally a series of experiments were performed by taking different derivatives of phenylhydrazones, semicarbazones and oximes for the regeneration of carbonyl compounds under microwave irradiations (Table 3).Regeneration of aliphatic phenylhydrazones, semicarbazones, and oximes normally requires longer reaction times (entries 6, 9, 11, 14, 21, 24).Therefore this methodology offers a simple, inexpensive and selective route for converting phenylhydrazones, semicarbazones and oximes to the corresponding carbonyl compounds.

CONCLUSION
In conclusion we have developed a clean and environmentally friendly alternative protocol for the regeneration of carbonyl compounds from phenylhydrazones, semicarbazones and oximes in good to excellent yields under microwave irradiations and water as a green solvent by using commercially available inexpensive biodegradable citric acid.The present protocol has several advantages; mild reaction conditions, reduced reaction times operational and experimental simplicity.We believe that the new methodology will be a valuable addition for the regeneration of carbonyl compounds from phenylhydrazones, semicarbazones and oximes.