Acetals from phenols

In 20% dioxan-water (Milsden and Cohen, 1972). The reference reaction is the formation of phenyl acetate from phenol and acetic acid at 25° (rate constant estimated at 1.5 x 10 10 dm3 mol-1 s 1). These authors very high rate constants for the lactonization of compounds B.2.23-25 (data in parentheses) which lead to much quoted EM s in the region of 10 M, appear to be too high by several orders of magnitude (Caswell and Schmir, 1980)... 

The synthesis of chlorarul [118-75-2] (20) has been improved. The old processes starting from phenol or 2,4,6-trichlorophenol have been replaced by new ones involving hydroquinone chlorination. These processes allow the preparation of chlorarul of higher purity, avoiding traces of pentachlorophenol. Different types of chlorination conditions have been disclosed. The reaction can be performed according to the following stoichiometry, operating with chlorine in aqueous acetic acid (86,87), biphasic medium (88), or in the presence of surfactants (89). 

An analogue of the transesterification process has also been demonstrated, in which the diacetate of BPA is transesterified with dimethyl carbonate, producing polycarbonate and methyl acetate (33). Removal of the methyl acetate from the equihbrium drives the reaction to completion. Methanol carbonylation, transesterification using phenol to diphenyl carbonate, and polymerization using BPA is commercially viable. The GE plant is the first to produce polycarbonate via a solventiess and phosgene-free process. 

Riboflavin forms fine yellow to orange-yeUow needles with a bitter taste from 2 N acetic acid, alcohol, water, or pyridine. It melts with decomposition at 278—279°C (darkens at ca 240°C). The solubihty of riboflavin in water is 10—13 mg/100 mL at 25—27.5°C, and in absolute ethanol 4.5 mg/100 mL at 27.5°C it is slightly soluble in amyl alcohol, cyclohexanol, benzyl alcohol, amyl acetate, and phenol, but insoluble in ether, chloroform, acetone, and benzene. It is very soluble in dilute alkah, but these solutions are unstable. Various polymorphic crystalline forms of riboflavin exhibit variations in physical properties. In aqueous nicotinamide solution at pH 5, solubihty increases from 0.1 to 2.5% as the nicotinamide concentration increases from 5 to 50% (9). 

Phenyl acetate [122-79-2] M 136.2, b 78°/10mm, d 1.079, n 1.5039. Freed from phenol and acetic acid by washing (either directly or as a soln in pentane) with aqueous 5% Na2C03, then with saturated aqueous CaCl2, drying with CaS04 or Na2S04, and fractional distn at reduced pressure. 

Important chemicals derived from phenol are salicylic acid acetylsali-cyclic acid (aspirin) 2,4-dichlorophenoxy acetic acid (2,4-D), and 2,4,5-triphenoxy acetic acid (2,4,5-T), which are selective herbicides and pentachlorophenol, a wood preservative ... 

The oxidation of phenol, ortho/meta cresols and tyrosine with Oj over copper acetate-based catalysts at 298 K is shown in Table 3 [7]. In all the cases, the main product was the ortho hydroxylated diphenol product (and the corresponding orthoquinones). Again, the catalytic efficiency (turnover numbers) of the copper atoms are higher in the encapsulated state compared to that in the "neat" copper acetate. From a linear correlation observed [7] between the concentration of the copper acetate dimers in the molecular sieves (from ESR spectroscopic data) and the conversion of various phenols (Fig. 5), we had postulated [8] that dimeric copper atoms are the active sites in the activation of dioxygen in zeolite catalysts containing encapsulated copper acetate complexes. The high substratespecificity (for mono-... 

The reference intermolecular reaction for the aliphatic compounds is the formation of ethyl acetate from ethanol and acetic acid measured under the same conditions (20% ethanol-water, ionic strength 0.4 M) by Storm and Koshland (1972a). The esterification of benzoic acid in methanol at 25° is 290 times slower than that of acetic acid (Kirby, 1972), so this factor is used to correct the EM s, calculated otherwise in the same way, for the hydroxybenzoic acids. For the phenolic acids see notes m and n b Rate constants are in units of dm3 mol-1 s-1 c Storm and Koshland, 1972a d Storm and Koshland, 1972b Bunnett and Hauser, 1965... 

As discussed by Wayner et al. [76], acetonitrile and ethyl acetate are strong Lewis bases, acting as proton acceptors from phenol. The hydrogen bond between PhOH and the solvent makes Aso v//° (PhOH) more negative than ASO V/7°(PhO). The remaining solvents included in figure 5.2 (benzene, carbon tetrachloride, and isooctane) are weaker Lewis bases and their interactions with PhOH and PhO are more similar. 

Figure 1 Flash spectra of phenyl acetate)—) and phenol (...) in hexane. Delay time 15 p.sec. (Adapted from Ref. 18.)...

Numerous methods for the synthesis of salicyl alcohol exist. These involve the reduction of salicylaldehyde or of salicylic acid and its derivatives. The alcohol can be prepared in almost theoretical yield by the reduction of salicylaldehyde with sodium amalgam, sodium borohydride, or lithium aluminum hydride by catalytic hydrogenation over platinum black or Raney nickel or by hydrogenation over platinum and ferrous chloride in alcohol. The electrolytic reduction of salicylaldehyde in sodium bicarbonate solution at a mercury cathode with carbon dioxide passed into the mixture also yields saligenin. It is formed by the electrolytic reduction at lead electrodes of salicylic acids in aqueous alcoholic solution or sodium salicylate in the presence of boric acid and sodium sulfate. Salicylamide in aqueous alcohol solution acidified with acetic acid is reduced to salicyl alcohol by sodium amalgam in 63% yield. Salicyl alcohol forms along with -hydroxybenzyl alcohol by the action of formaldehyde on phenol in the presence of sodium hydroxide or calcium oxide. High yields of salicyl alcohol from phenol and formaldehyde in the presence of a molar equivalent of ether additives have been reported (60). Phenyl metaborate prepared from phenol and boric acid yields salicyl alcohol after treatment with formaldehyde and hydrolysis (61). 

Essentially the same route is followed for the synthesis of the triphenylethylene nitromifene (8-5). The sequence starts with Friedel-Crafts acylation of the alkylation product (8-1) from phenol and 1,2-dibromoethane with the acid chloride from anisic acid (8-2). The displacement of bromine in the product (8-3) with pyrrolidine leads to the formation of the basic ether and thus (8-4). Condensation of that product with benzylmagnesium bromide gives the tertiary alcohol (8-5). This product is then treated with a mixture of nitric and acetic acids. The dehydration products from the first step almost certainly consist of a mixture of the E and Z isomers for the same reasons advanced above. The olefin undergoes nitration under reaction conditions to lead to nitromifene (8-6) as a mixture of isomers [8] the separated compounds are reported to show surprisingly equivalent agonist/antagonist activities. 

Solid esters are easily crystallisable materials. It is important to note that esters of alcohols must be recrystallised either from non-hydroxylic solvents (e.g. toluene) or from the alcohol from which the ester is derived. Thus methyl esters should be crystallised from methanol or methanol/toluene, but not from ethanol, n-butanol or other alcohols, in order to avoid alcohol exchange and contamination of the ester with a second ester. Useful solvents for crystallisation are the corresponding alcohols or aqueous alcohols, toluene, toluene/petroleum ether, and chloroform (ethanol-free)/toluene. Carboxylic acid esters derived from phenols are more difficult to hydrolyse and exchange, hence any alcoholic solvent can be used freely. Sulphonic acid esters of phenols are even more resistant to hydrolysis they can safely be crystallised not only from the above solvents but also from acetic acid, aqueous acetic acid or boiling n-butanol. 

An exemplary investigation of the biosynthesis of multicolic acid by fungi (from acetate via phenolic intermediates) made full use of H NMR spectra with LIS shifts and I3C spectra obtained for substrates enriched by [1-13C]-, [2-13C]- and [l,2-13C]-acetate (79MI31006). The 13C chemical shifts are shown with structure (150) the lJ values for the heavy bonds show intact acetate residues and are 48 Hz for the single bond and 90 Hz for... 

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