Synthesis and crystal structure of 5-(3,5-di-<Emphasis Type="Italic">tert</Emphasis>-butyl-4-hydroxyphenyl)-1,2,3,5-tetrahydrophenazine

5-(3,5-Di-tert-butyl-4-hydroxyphenyl)-1,2,3,5-tetrahydrophenazine was synthesized by the reaction of 2,6-di-tert-butyl-1,4-benzoquinone-4-(o-aminophenyl)imine with cyclohexanone. The structure of the reaction product was established by X-ray diffraction.     

Synthesis,structure and antioxidant activity of sulfur-containing tetrakisphenol

3-[2-(3,5-Di-tert-butyl-4-hydroxyphenylsulfanyl)acetoxy]2,2-bis[2-(3,5-di-tert-butyl-4-hydroxyphenylsulfanyl) acetoxymethyl]propyl 3,5-di-tert-butyl-4-hydroxyphenylsulfanylacetate was synthesized. Its structure was determined by means of ¹H and ¹³C NMR spectroscopy and X-ray-diffraction analysis. This compound was found to possess high antioxidant activity in the conditions of auto-oxidation of low-pressure polyethylene.     

Oxidative dimerization of 2,6-Di-tert-butyl-4-(2-hydroxyethyl)phenol

2,6-Di-tert-butyl-4-(2-hydroxyethyl)phenol undergoes oxidative self-coupling by the action of K₃Fe(CN)₆ in alkaline medium at room temperature to give 7,9-di-tert-butyl-4-(3,5-di-tert-butyl-4-hydroxyphenyl)-1-hydroxymethyl-2-oxaspiro[4.5]deca-6,9-dien-8-one. The composition of the reaction products has been determined, and the mechanism of their formation is discussed.     

Synthesis of new ordered aromatic polyester copolymers

Aromatic polyesters of 3,5-di-tert-butyl-4-hydroxybenzoic acid and 3,5-diisopropyl-4-hydroxybenzoic acid were prepared. The polymers were found to be high-melting but largely insoluble in organic solvents. The polymer based on 3,5-di-tert-butyl-4-hydroxy-benzoic acid was not degraded to monomer by sulfuric acid. A number of new aromatic polyesters were also prepared. Several new monomers for aromatic polyesters were synthesized, including bis(2,5-di-tert-butyl-4-carbophenoxyphenyl)terephthalate, m- and p-phenylene bis(3,5-di-tert-butyl-4-hydroxybenzoate), bis(2,6-di-tert-butyl-4-chlorocarboxyphenyl)terephthalate, and m-phenylene bis(3,5-diisopropyl-4-hydroxybenzoate). An aromatic polyester prepared from bis(2,6-di-tert-butyl-4-chlorocarboxyphenyl) terephthalate and resorcinol had a η_inh (trichloroethylene) of 1.05 (0.5%, 30°C) and a possible melting point of 330°C (DSC). Tough, creasable films could be cast from trichloroethylene solution of this polymer. Attempts to observe or to trap the keto-ketene that might result when 3,5-di-tert-butyl-4-hydroxybenzoyl chloride is treated with base were unsuccessful.     

Redox properties of novel pyrrolidine derivatives containing sterically hindered phenol fragment

The method of cyclic voltammetry on a platinum electrode in acetonitrile is used to study the redox properties of a number of novel pyrrolidine derivatives containing a sterically hindered phenol fragment. It is found that the obtained derivatives of (3,5-di-tert-butyl-4-hydroxyphenyl)pyrrolidine-2-carboxylic acid are irreversibly oxidized in two stages with formation of a phenoxy radical. The structural analogue containing no phenyl fragment is irreversibly oxidized under similar conditions in a single stage. Formation of a stable phenoxy radical from synthesized (3,5-di-tert-butyl-4-hydroxyphenyl)pyrrolidines under PbO₂ oxidation is confirmed by ESR spectroscopy. Application of the synthesized compounds as antioxidant agents has been suggested.     

Synthesis and redox properties of novel ferrocenes with redox active 2,6-di-tert-butylphenol fragments: The first example of 2,6-di-tert-butylphenoxyl radicals in ferrocene system

Novel Schiff bases of ferrocenecarboxaldehyde bearing 2,6-di-tert-butyphenol fragments N-(3,5-di-tert-butyl-4-hydroxyphenyl)iminomethylferrocene (1) and N-(3,5-di-tert-butyl-4-hydroxybenzyl)iminomethylferrocene (2) have been synthesized and characterized. The oxidation of the compounds 1 and 2 by PbO₂ in solution leads to the formation of stable phenoxyl radicals 1′ and 2′ studied by EPR spectroscopy. The redox properties of ferrocenes 1 and 2 were studied using cyclic voltammetry.     

Oxidation of substituted phenols with chlorine dioxide

Chlorine dioxide was used to oxidize sterically hindered phenols and their derivatives (2,6-di-tertbutylphenol, 2,6-diisobornylphenol, 2,6-di-tert-butyl-4-methylphenol, 2,6-diisobornyl-4-methylphenol, and 3,5-diisobornyl-4-hydroxybenzaldehyde) in organic solvent.     

Effects of Aminophenol Derivatives on Radiation-Induced Reactions Involving Various Organic Radicals

The effects of some aminophenol derivatives, diphenylamine, and ionol on the formation of ethanol and hexane radiolysis products in aerated and deaerated solutions were studied. The results allowed conclusions to be made about the effect of the structure of test compounds on their reactivity to oxygen- and carbon-centered radicals. It was found that 4,6-di-tert-butyl-2-(N-acetylamino)phenol, 4,6-di-tert-butyl-2-(N-benzoylamino)phenol, 2-hydroxydiphenylamine, and 4-hydroxydiphenylamine were highly competitive with commercial antioxidants in the efficiency of inhibition of radiation-induced processes of hexane oxidation. N-(2-Hydroxy-3,5-di-tert-butylphenyl)aniline, 4,6-di-tert-butyl-2-cyclohexylaminophenol, 2-hydroxydiphenylamine, 4-hydroxydiphenylamine, and N-phenyl-1,4-benzoquinonemonoimine were superior to ionol and diphenylamine in the inhibition of reactions of alkyl and -hydroxyalkyl radicals.     

The production of artifacts during preparation of fatty acid methyl esters from fish oils,food products and pathological samples

Methyl esters were synthesized from lipid extracted by a modified Bligh and Dyer technique. The lipid was saponified and the free fatty acids methylated using boron trifluoride in methanol. Butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT; 2,6-di-tert-butyl-4-methylphenol) was added to the initial sample and to the extracted lipid prior to methyl ester synthesis. Under these conditions, the BHT was derivatized to a range of compounds, some of which can result in misinterpretation of the GC trace. Three components have been characterized by mass spectroscopy. Two of these, which eluted slightly before 16:0 on a polar column, were shown to be 2,6-di-tert-butyl-4-methoxyphenol and 2,6-di-tert-butyl-4-methoxy-methylphenol. The third component, which coeluted with 15:0 on the same column, is 2,6-di-tert-butyl-4-methoxy-5-hydroxyphenol.     

Synthesis, structure, and antioxidant activity of hybrid N-substituted salicylic acid amides

Sterically hindered phenols, 3-tert-butyl-N-(3,5-di-tert-butyl-4-hydroxyphenyl)-5-ethyl-2-hydroxybenzamide and N-[3-(3,5-di-tert-butyl-4-hydroxyphenyl)propyl]-2-hydroxybenzamide, were synthesized as potential antioxidants, and the formation of hydrogen bonds by their molecules was shown by UV and IR spectroscopy.     

Solvolysis of 3,5-Di-tert-butyl-4-hydroxybenzyl Acetate in Alcohol Solutions

Solvolysis of 3,5-di-tert-butyl-4-hydroxybenzyl acetate in alcohol solutions involves intermediate formation of 2,6-di-tert-butyl-4-methylene-1-benzoquinone that further takes up a molecule of the alcohol.     

Synthesis and Chemical Transformations of β-(3,5-DI-tert-butyl-4-hydroxyphenyl)propionic Hydrazide

A method for synthesis of -(3,5-di-tert-butyl-4-hydroxyphenyl)propionic hydrazide. Certain chemical properties of the product were studied. It was found that -(3,5-di-tert-butyl-4-hydroxyphenyl) -(3,5-di-tert-butyl-4-hydroxyphenyl)hydrazide is highly susceptible to oxidation.     

Interaction of functionally-substituted 4-alkyl-2,6-di-<Emphasis Type="Italic">tert</Emphasis>-butylphenols with hydrohalic acids

Reactions of 4-alkyl-2,6-di-tert-butylphenols containing OH, SH, COOH, and COOMe groups in their para substituents with hydrogen chloride and hydrohalic acids were studied. One-step transformations of 2,6-di-tert-butyl-4-(ω-hydroxyalkyl)phenols to the corresponding 4-(ω-halogenoalkyl)phenols, as well as of 3-(3,5-di-tert-butyl-4-hydroxyphenyl)propionic acid and its esters to phloretic acid were proposed. 4-(3-Mercaptopropyl)phenol upon heating with conc. HBr undergoes condensation to 3-(4-hydroxyphenyl)propyl 4-(3-mercaptopropyl)phenyl sulfide as the main product. Dedicated to the memory of Academician N. N. Vorozhtsov on the 100th anniversary of his birth. Published in Russian in Izvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 6, pp. 1078–1083, June, 2007.     

2,6-Bis(3,5-di-tert-butyl-4-hydroxybenzyl)cycloalkanone: Synthesis and prospects for use as stabilizer for ethylene-propylene rubber

A phenolic antioxidant was synthesized by the reaction of N,N-dimethyl(3,5-di-tert-butyl-4-hydroxybenzyl) amine with cyclohexanone. The infl uence of temperature, reactant ratio, pressure, and time on the yield of the product, 2,6-bis(3,5-di-tert-butyl-4-hydroxybenzyl)cyclohexanone, was examined. The antioxidant obtained, taken both separately and in synergistic mixtures with alkylphenol and phosphites, showed high performance in inhibition of the thermal aging of ethylene-propylene rubber.     

New Data on the Reaction of Diethyl Hydrogen Phosphite with 3,5-Di-tert-butyl-4-hydroxybenzaldehyde

3,3',5,5'-Tetra-tert-butylstilbene quinone and 1,2-bis(3,5-di-tert-butyl-4-hydroxyphenyl)-1,2-bis-(diethoxyphosphinoyl)-ethane were isolated from a mixture of products of the reaction of equivalent amounts of diethyl hydrogen phosphite and 3,5-di-tert-butyl-4-hydroxybenzaldehyde. A scheme of chemical transformations in this reaction system was offered.     

The reaction of 3,6-di-tert-butyl-1,2-benzoquinone and 3,6-di-tert-butylcatechol withtert-butyl hydroperoxide

Reaction of 3,6-di-tert-butyl-1,2-benzoquinone and 3,6-di-tert-butylcatechol withtert-butyl hydroperoxide in aprotic solvents leads to the generation of semiquinone (SQ^.H), alkylperoxy (ROO^.), and alkyloxy radicals. The reaction of SQ^.H and ROO^. produces 2,5-di-tert-butyl-6-hydroxy-1,4-benzoquinone, 3,6-di-tert-butyl-1-oxacyclohepta-3,5-diene-2,7-dione, and 2,5-di-tert-butyl-3,6-dihydroxy-1,4-benzoquinone. The radical generated from solvent attacks SQ^.H at position 4 with C−C bond formation. 4-Benzyl-2,5-di-tert-butyl-6-hydroxycyclohexa-2,5-diene-1-dione produced in this way is transformed into 4-benzyl-3,6-di-tert-butyl-1,2-benzoquinone under the reaction conditions. Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 5, pp. 943–946, May, 1999.     

Macromolecular antioxidants based on polysaccharides and 2,6-diisobornyl-4-methylphenol derivatives

New macromolecular antioxidants that were conjugates of dextran or hydroxyethylated starch with functionalized derivatives synthesized from 2,6-diisobornyl-4-methylphenol were prepared. Their antiradical activity compared with derivatives of 2,6-di-tert-butyl-4-methylphenol was studied in a model reaction with 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl. The studied conjugates exhibited greater activity than sterically hindered phenols not bonded to a polymer chain. The synthesized isobornyl derivatives were more active than previously studied tert-butyl analogs.     

Hydroxylation of substituted diatomic phenols and their derivatives

Oxidation of 3,6-di-tert-butylpyrocatechol in protic media is accompanied by the formation of 3,6-di-tert-butyl-2-hydroxy-para-benzoquinone. Hydroxylation of the 3,5-isomer results in dealkylation and isomerization with the formation of 6-tert-butyl-2-hydroxy-para-benzoquinone and the quinone mentioned above, respectively. Their ratio depends on the nature of the solvent. Analogous processes accompany redox transformations of 2,6-di-tert-butylhydroquinone, 2,6-diphenyl-para-benzoquinone, and 2,4,6-tri-tert-butylphenol adsorbed on silica gel. Derivatives of 3,5-substituted pyrocatechols formed under conditions of heterophase oxidation in air are capable of transformations to form nitrogen-containing compounds. Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 10, pp. 2007–2010, October, 1998.     

New Opportunities for Duff Reaction

Reaction of 2,4-di-tert-butylphenol with urotropin in conditions of Duff reaction takes an abnormal route and instead of the expected di-tert-butylsalicylaldehyde provides a mixture of N-substituted 3,5-di-tert-butyl-2-hydroxybenzylamines and redox conjugate benzoxazines containing mostly 6,8-di-tert-butyl-3-(3,5-di-tert-butyl-2-hydroxybenzyl)-2H-3,4-dihydrobenz[e][1,3]oxazine. A solvolysis of an individual benzoxazine in the system HO(CH₂)₂OH-H₂O-HCl affords di(3,5-di-tert-butyl-2-hydroxybenzyl)amine, and in AcOH 3,5-di-tert-butylsalicilaldehyde. A mechanism of Duff reaction was suggested involving the formation of a benzoxazine intermediate.__________Translated from Zhurnal Organicheskoi Khimii, Vol. 41, No. 5, 2005, pp. 718–721.Original Russian Text Copyright © 2005 by Belostotskaya, Komissarova, Prokof’eva, Kurkovskaya, Vol’eva.     

Combined inhibitory effect of sulfur-containing phenol SO-4 with natural and synthetic antioxidants in the oxidation of methyl oleate

In a model system of initiated oxidation of methyl oleate, the antioxidant activities of 3-hydroxy-2-ethyl-6-methylpyridinesuccinate (mexidol) and bis[3-(3,5-di-tert-butyl-4-hydroxyphenyl)propyl] disulfide (SO-4) were studied and compared with those of α-tocopherol and 1-hydroxy-2,6-di-tert-butyl-4-methylbenzene (dibunol). A linear pattern of dependence of the inhibitory effect on the concentration of compounds was established. The ability of antioxidants to decompose hydroperoxides and inhibit their accumulation was revealed. The combined inhibitory effects of SO-4 with mexidol, α-tocopherol, and phospholipids were described for the first time. The rate constant for disproportionation of the SO-4 phenoxyl radicals, k ₉ = 0.90·10³ L mol⁻¹ s⁻¹, was determined by steady-state photolysis. The rate constant k ₁₀ ^eff for the reactions of SO-4 phenoxyl radicals with lipids characterized by different unsaturation degrees were determined for methyl oleate, linolic and arachidonic acids containing one, two, and four multiple bonds, and phospholiopids containing polyunsaturated fatty acids. Published in Russian in Izvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 8, pp. 1330–1337, August, 2006.