A Concise Route to 3-Hydroxy-4-Methoxy-5-Methylbenzaldehyde Derivative

3-Hydroxy-4-methoxy-5-methylbenzaldehyde derivative (1c) has been synthesized in 7 steps from 2,3-dihydroxytoluene (4). An isopropyl derivative has been used to protect a phenol during this transformation. The overall yield of 1c was 37%.     

STUDIES ON PYRAZINE DERIVATIVES. XL. SYNTHESIS,REACTIVITY, AND TUBERCULOSTATIC ACTIVITY OF 4-HYDROXYALKYL-5-PYRAZINYL4H-[1,2,4]-TRIAZOLE-3-THIONES

2,2′-Sulfinyl-bis(4-methyl phenol) 3 and it's thio derivative have been synthesized in this work. The reduction process of sulfoxide 3 to its thio derivative 5 was accomplished in the presence of Zn/AcOH/SiO₂, under microwave irradiation. The structures have been confirmed by spectroscopic (IR, ¹HNMR, ¹³CNMR) and single crystal x-ray diffraction methods. 2,2′-Sulfinyl-bis(4-methyl phenol) 3 crystallizes in the space group Cc of the monoclinic system with four molecules in the unit cell of dimensions a = 11.425(2) Å, b = 13.530(2) Å, c = 9.5215(17) Å, β = 117.289(4) Å, and 2,2′-thio-bis(4-methyl phenol) 5 crystallizes in the space group P 2₁2₁2₁ of the orthorhombic system with four molecules in the unit cell of dimensions a = 9.021(1) Å, b = 10.523(2) Å, c = 13.607(2) Å, α = 90. The structures have been refined to final values for the crystallographic R factor of 0.0189(3) and 0.0248(5) based on 2999 and 3720 observed independent reflections respectively.     

A Spectrophotometric Study Of The Gold (III)-5-(p-Ethoxyanilino)-5,6-Di-Hydrouracil Chelate

Abstract

The optimum pH for the formation of a chelate between Au(III) and 5-(p-ethoxyanilino)-5,6-dihydrouracil was found to be 6.2. The wavelength of maximum absorption was 520 nm. The pKa for the ligand was 4.32 and the molar absorptivity was 1,300. Interference studies were made. The chelate, in a solution of pH 6.0 to 6.5, can be quantitatively extracted by a 1:1 mixture (v/v) of CHCl3 and toluene.     

A new strategy for isoflavone C-glycoside synthesis: The total synthesis of puerarin

Abstract

Given that C-glucosylisoflavones often possess promising biological activities, the development of an efficient synthetic method for this type of molecules is useful for drug discovery. Accordingly, a highly efficient five-step strategy was developed for the total synthesis of puerarin, an isoflavone C-glycoside. An alkyl substituent 4-CH₃OC₆H₄CH₂CH₂ with an electron-donating group on the aromatic ring was used to enhance the reactivity of phenol and the regioselectivity of O-C rearrangement of phenol glycoside. Thus, coupling of the ethylbenzene derivative of a phenol 1c with glycosyl trifluoroacetimidate 2 resulted in C-glycoside 3c in a 46.2% yield, which was easily de-tert-butylated with trifluoroacetic acid and oxidized with 2,3-dicyano-5,6-dichlorobenzoquinone to produce deoxybenzoin 5. The ring closure reaction of 5 followed by deprotection gave puerarin. This new synthetic strategy is also suitable for the total synthesis of other C-glucosylisoflavones.     

Unusual p‐Toluene Sulfonic Acid–Catalyzed Carbon–Carbon Bond Formation

Abstract

Attempts to synthesize the antidepressant drug atomoxetine directly by p-TSA‐catalyzed reaction between o‐cresol and N‐methyl‐3‐phenyl‐3‐hydroxypropyl amine in toluene at reflux temperature surprisingly resulted in the formation of ortho‐substituted phenol derivative. The structure is unambiguously confirmed by single crystal X-ray.     

Chemical Detection Of Selected Hallucinogens In Water

Abstract

A specific and non-destructive test for basic esters of benzilic and α-glycolic acids in water is described. The compounds are collected on a glass fiber filter as water insoluble complexes with sodium tetraphenylboron. The filter is dried and sprayed with a 2-diphenylacetyl-l, 3-indandione-l-imine derivative. A positive test is the visual observation of fluorescence.     

The 4-aminoantipyrine Method Revisited: Determination of Trace Phenols by Micellar Assisted Preconcentration

The traditional method for phenol analysis based on the oxidizing coupling of 4-aminoantipyrine (4-APP) with phenol in alkaline solution is re-evaluated in this study in combination with micellar assisted preconcentration (cloud point extraction). The method employs the conventional reaction pathway while extraction is facilitated by surfactant based precipitation, during which the nonpolar derivative of 4-AAP-phenol is entrapped in the micelles and concentrated into a surfactant-rich phase. The latter is the re-solubilized and the complex is quantified spectrophotometrically in the presence of a surfactant. Compared to the traditional method the modification proposed offers certain analytical advantages like massive analysis of many samples, lower detection limits and shorter time of analysis. The method was applied in various samples of different origin with satisfactory results.     

Influence of Physicochemical Parameters of Some Ring-Substituted Phenol Derivatives on Their Retention on a Porous Graphitized Carbon Column

Abstract

The retention characteristics of 29 phenol derivatives were determined on a porous graphitized carbon column in unbuffered acetonitrile—water and methanol—water eluent mixtures at various organic phase concentrations. Each phenol derivative showed symmetric peaks in each eluent without buffers. Good linear correlations were found between the log k' value and the organic mobile phase concentration in the eluent. Principal component analysis indicated that methanol and acetonitrile expose different selectivities. Stepwise regression analysis proved that the retention of ring—substituted phenol derivatives is mainly governed by the sterical parameters, electron-withdrawing power and hydrogen donor capacity of substituents. According to the results of Free-Wilson analysis, the substituents with large steric parameters, strong electron-withdrawing power and hydrogen donor capacity have the highest impact on the retention. The lipophilicity of phenol derivatives did not affect significantly the retention, although the eluents were typical reversed-phase eluents.     

Dapson in Heterocyclic Chemistry,Part II: Antimicrobial and Antitumor Activities of Some Novel Sulfone Biscompounds Containing Biologically Active Thioureido,Carbamothioate, Quinazoline,Imidazolidine, and Thiazole Moieties

The reaction of 4,4′-diisothiocyanato-1,1-diphenylsulfone 2 with aromatic amines and phenol derivatives afforded the corresponding thioureio derivatives 3–9 , respectively. Also, the reaction of 2 with catechol gave the corresponding carbamothioate derivative 11. Quinazoline derivatives 14 and 15 were obtained in good yield via reaction of 2 with anthranlic acid derivatives. Imidazolidine biscompounds 16 and 17 were readily synthesized from the reaction of 2 with N-(4-substituted-phenyl)cyanothioformanilides. The structure of the products was confirmed from elemental analysis as well as spectral data. Most of the synthesized compounds showed remarkable antimicrobial activity compared with chloramphenicol and Grisofluvine as positive controls. Compound 6 was almost as active an antitumor agent as the reference drug Doxorubicin.     

Synthesis of Poly(Ethylene Glycol)–Supported (R)-BINOL Derivatives and Their First Application in Enantioselective Mukaiyama Aldol Reactions

The Mukaiyama aldol reaction of 2-styryl-oxazole-4-carbaldehyde (1) as model substrate with S-ketene silyl acetal 2 catalyzed by poly(ethylene glycol)-supported binaphthyl-derived chiral titanium(IV) complexes afforded the corresponding aldol product in good to excellent yields and enantioselectivities up to 94% ee. The chemical yields and/or the enantioselectivities are enhanced by generating the active catalyst from Ti(OiPr)₄, polymer-supported ligands (R)-6 or (R)-8, and chiral or achiral promoters. Pyrrolidine derivative (S)-13 and trifluoromethyl-substituted phenol 12 are the most efficient additives found.     

Potentionetric Titrations Of Oxalate With A Fluoride-Selective Electrode

Abstract

Two methods for oxalate determination with a fluorideselective electrode are proposed. For oxalate amounts higher than 0.2 mmol, the joint precipitation of oxalate and standard fluoride with lanthanum(III) can be used. For smaller oxalate amounts, the precipitation of oxalate with excess of lanthanum(III) followed by back-titration with fluoride, is suitable. The end-points are located using the second derivative procedure and by means of the Gran method, respectively.     

Detection Of Amines With Dichloroacetaldehyde And Chloral-Dichoroacetaldehyde Copolymer

Abstract

Methods are described for the detection of amines as vapors and in solution. The lower limit of detection of diethylamine or triethylamine vapors by drawing the vapor through a detector tube containing silica gel impregnated with dichloroacetaldehyde and then heating is 25 μg. As low as 1 μg of the same amines can be detected In aqueous solution by the degradation of a chloral-dichloroacetaldehyde copolymer. Detection signal in the latter case is the appearance of fluorescence when liberated monomer dissolves a 2-diphenylacetyl-1,3-indandione derivative.     

Basicity Measurements On Para-Substituted N-Phenylpiperidines

Abstract

The basicity (pKa) of a series of para-substituted N-phenylpiperidines has been measured using ultraviolet absorption spectroscopy. A very good correlation was obtained for substituents of known Hammett constants ([sgrave]^?) and this has been used to evaluate previously unreported parameters.     

The Influence of the Steric Effect of the Substituents on the Phosphorus Acids Dissociation

Abstract

The dissociation processes of a series of phosphoric, phosphonic, and phosphinic acids have been studied by the modified method of potentiometry in water and water-ethanol media at 25°C. The influence of substituents on the acidic properties of these compounds has been investigated. As a measure of the substituents steric effects the R_s constants, calculated on the basis of frontal steric model (1), nave been used. A good linear relationship between pKa values in different media has been found. For all series of acids a linear relationship between pKa values and R_s constants of substituents at phosphorus has also been established. In the case of dialkylphosphates in water, for example, such a relationship is expressed by equation:

pKa = (-0.717 ± 0.028)-(0.556 ± 0.009) R_s

N = 7, R = 0.9932, S_o = 0.011

pKa value rises with the increase of the steric effect of the substituents at phosphorus which may be conditioned by the steric hindrance to the anion solvatation.     

Synthesis, Metal Complexation and Spectroscopic Characterization of Three New Azo Compounds

The synthesis of azo compounds [4-(N'-2-thiazol-2-ylsulfanyl)-4'-hydroxyazo benzene (1), 4-(N'-2-thiazol-2-ylsulfanyl)-2'-hydroxy-5-tert-butylazobenzene (2), 7-[4-(N'-2-thiazol-2-ylsulfanyl)phenylazo-8-hydroxy quinoline (3)] have been carried out by reacting phenol, 4-tert-butyl phenol and 8-hydroxy quinoline with N'-2-thiazol-2-ylsulfanylamide as coupling component. The resulting ligands (2 and 3) were treated with two transition metal salts (e.g., CuCl₂2H₂O andNiCl₂6H₂O). Cu(II) and Ni(II) complexes of the azo derivative ofphenol were obtained and characterised by IR, UV-Vis, ¹H NMR, spectroscopic and elemental analysis techniques. All the complexes have a metal : ligand ratio of 1 : 2 and are square-planar.     

Dissociation constants of phenols in methanol--water mixtures

A preferential solvation model that relates solute properties with solvent composition in binary mixtures has been applied to the dissociation pKa values of a set of 28 substituted phenols in methanol-water mixtures. The parameters of the model allow estimation of the pKa value of each phenol for any methanol-water composition. Moreover, it is demonstrated that the pKa values of the whole set of phenols at any methanol-water composition are linearly related to the pKa values of the phenols in water. Equations that relate the correlations' slope and intercept values with the solvent composition have been derived and tested with the set of phenols. The general parameters obtained for these equations allow an accurate calculation of the pKa value of any phenol, even of those not included in the original set, at any methanol-water composition solely from the pKa value of the phenol in water. These calculated pKa values can be used for quantitative structure-HPLC retention relationships. The method is tested by comparison of the calculated pKa values with the HPLC determined pKa values of 26 phenols in a polymeric column with a 50% methanol as mobile phase.     

SYNTHESIS AND REACTIONS OF HALO DERIVATIVES OF 4-ISOPROPYL-2H-1,4-THIAZIN-3-ONE

Abstract

Reaction of 4-isopropyl-2H-1,4-thiazin-3-one 1 (R [dbnd] i-Pr) with N-chloro- and N-bromosuccinimide occurred exclusively at the 6-position to give 6-chloro and 6-bromo derivatives of 1 (R [dbnd] i-Pr), respectively, in high yield, in sharp contrast to the 2-aroyloxylation by benzoyl peroxide or m-chloroperbenzoic acid reported earlier.² Reaction of 1 (R [dbnd] i-Pr) with methanesulfonyl chloride in the presence of aluminum chloride afforded an addition compound, 4-isopropyl-5,6-dichloro-1,4-tetrahydrothiazin-3-one. The 2-chloro derivative 6 of 1 (R [dbnd] i-Pr) was successfully prepared by hydrolysis of the 2-m-chloroben-zoyloxy derivative of 1 (R [dbnd] i-Pr) followed by treatment with thionyl chloride. Derivative 6 reacted readily under mild conditions with water, alcohols, thiols, ammonia and amines to give various 2-substituted compounds of 1 (R [dbnd] i-Pr). With phenol as a nucleophile, 1 (R [dbnd] i-Pr) reacted exclusively at the para position. Reaction at carbon atoms also occurred with N,N-dimethylaniline and 2,6-xylidine.     

Flow-Injection Biamperometry of Phenol

ABSTRACT

A simple and rapid method determination of phenol is described, using a bromination reaction and biamperometric detection. The method is based on measurements of the intensity of current passing through two identical inert electrodes giving the concentration of phenol in samples. The sample is injected into a stream of carrier and merged with a stream of acidic bromine solution which brominates phenol in the reaction coil. A linear relationship between peak height and phenol concentration is observed in the range of 0.05 to 8 μg ml^?1 of phenol. The relative standard deviation was 2.8% for analysis of 5μg ml^?1 phenol and the sampling rate was 70 h^?1     

Synthesis of Ether-Linked Di- and Trisaccharide Derivatives Part I- Synthesis Of Disaccharides from 5,6-Anhydro-D-Glucose Derivatives

Abstract

We have synthesized a series of A-O-B disaccharides of the type A(6→n)B obtained by linking the D-glucose derivative (A) with each of the D-fructose, D-galactose, D-glucose, xylitol and glycerol derivatives (B). The key step in each case is the nucleophilic attack of a monosaccharide alkoxide on the C-6 site of 3-O-alkyl-5,6-anhydro-1,2-O-isopropylidene-α-D-glucofuranose; each reaction was performed in toluene-DMSO and using KOH as the base.     

In-Block Derivatization of Herbicidal Carboxylic Acids by Pentafluorobenzyl Bromide

Abstract

Herbicidal carboxylic acids were analyzed via ECD gas chromatography of their pentafluorobenzyl esters. The derivatives were formed by direct injection of a mixture of the acids and pentafluorobenzyl bromide in acetone; yields showed marked dependence on pKa of the acids. Carboxylic acids which have pKa values greater than 4.5 yielded the corresponding derivatives in poor yield unless triethylamine is included in the mixture. The procedure is fast and particularly convenient for low-level screening, identification and analysis of highly acidic chlorobenzoic, chlorophenoxyalkanoic, and arylacetic acids in the presence of less acidic carboxylic acids and phenols.