4-Hydroxyacetophenone, reaction

The ester and catalj st are usually employed in equimoleciilar amounts. With R =CjHs (phenyl propionate), the products are o- and p-propiophenol with R = CH3 (phenyl acetate), o- and p-hydroxyacetophenone are formed. The nature of the product is influenced by the structure of the ester, by the temperature, the solvent and the amount of aluminium chloride used generally, low reaction temperatures favour the formation of p-hydroxy ketones. It is usually possible to separate the two hydroxy ketones by fractional distillation under diminished pressure through an efficient fractionating column or by steam distillation the ortho compounds, being chelated, are more volatile in steam It may be mentioned that Clemmensen reduction (compare Section IV,6) of the hj droxy ketones affords an excellent route to the substituted phenols. 

Phenyl-3,6-dihydro-l,3,4-oxadiazin-2-one (50) is a high temperature blowing agent used primarily for polycarbonates (qv). It is prepared by the reaction of a-hydroxyacetophenone and methyl carbazate (52), made from hydrazine and dimethyl carbonate (175) ... 

The Eries rearrangement of phenol esters gives a mixture of 2- and 4-acylphenols (56). The reaction is cataly2ed by Lewis acids such as aluminum chloride or by Brmnsted acids like hydrogen fluoride. This reaction is used in the production of 4-hydroxyacetophenone [99-93-4] a raw material for... 

The AFO reaction has seen very few variations since it was first reported in 1934. However, the most significant modification was reported in 1958 by Ozawa and further elaborated by Smith and others. Prior to this modification the intermediate chalcones were purified and then subjected to hydrogen peroxide in a basic medium. With the modification, the chalcone was generated in situ, from an aldehyde and a hydroxyacetophenone, and then allowed to react with aqueous hydrogen peroxide in the presence of sodium hydroxide to deliver the flavonol. Smith and coworkers conducted a limited study to examine the scope and limitations of this modification.Flavonols were delivered in 51-67% however, no flavonols were isolated with highly reactive aldehydes such as p-nitrobenzaldehyde and when 2-hydroxy-4-methoxyacetophenone was used. 

The mechanism of the K-R reaction has been studied by several groups. " However, the mechanism proposed by Baker and Szell appears to be the most likely pathway. Szell and coworkers agreed with the original mechanism postulated by Baker based on product isolation, spectroscopy and kinetic studies. The o-hydroxyacetophenone 4 is first acylated... 

A modification of the K-R reaction was introduced by Mozingo. This method involved reacting an o-hydroxyacetophenone with an ester in the presence of metallic sodium to form a 1,3-diketone. Treatment of the diketone with an acid then delivered the chromone via an intramolecular cyclization reaction. This method was applied to the preparation of 2-ethylchromone (21). 0-hydroxyarylketone 22 was allowed to react with ethyl propionate (23) in the presence of sodium metal.The resulting sodium enolate was then quenched with acetic acid to deliver the 1,3-diketone 24. Upon heating 24 in glacial acetic acid and hydrochloric acid, 2-ethylchromone (21) was delivered in 70-75% overall yield. 

Further work in this area showed that only one of the cou-marin rings was needed for biologic activity. Condensation of the hydroxyacetophenone, 4, with diethyl carbonate affords 4-hydroxycoumarin (2). The reaction may involve the 3-ketoester (5) cyclization of this would afford 2. Alternately, the reagent may first give the 0-acyl derivative cyclization as above will give the same product. Michael condensation of the coumarin with benzalacetone (6) affords the anticoagulant warfarin (named after its place of origin Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation,... 

In semiindustrial synthesis, to achieve better yields, it is possible to omit (A), by directly preparing the ester (B) by reaction of p-hydroxy acetophenone on ethyl 2-bromoacetate in the presence of potassium carbonate in butanone. The yield of ester is 90%, and elimination of excess of p-hydroxyacetophenone is effected by washing with sodium hydroxide. 

How would you prepare /n-hydroxyacetophenone from benzene, using a diazonium replacement reaction in your scheme ... 

The phenol ArOH is always a side product, resulting from some ArO that leaks from the solvent cage and abstracts a hydrogen atom from a neighboring molecule. When the reaction was performed on phenyl acetate in the gas phase, where there are no solvent molecules to form a cage (but in the presence of isobutane as a source of abstractable hydrogens), phenol was the chief product and virtually no o- or p-hydroxyacetophenone was found." Other evidence" for the mechanism is that... 

The Knoevenagel reaction between o-hydroxyaryl aldehydes and ketones and substituted acetonitriles affords high yields of 3-substituted coumarins in aqueous alkaline media <96H(43)1257>, whilst 4-hydroxycoumarins have been elaborated to pyrano [3,2-c]benzopyran-5-ones by reaction with aromatic aldehydes and malononitiile <96P148>. The imine (10) resulting from the complex reaction of o-hydroxyacetophenone with malononitrile undergoes a 1,5-tautomeric shift in solution <96JCS(P1)1067>. 

A formally comparable pathway is used by a strain of Alcaligenes sp. that degrades 4-hydroxyacetophenone to 4-hydroxybenzoyl methanol, which is oxidized in an unusual reaction to 4-hydroxybenzoate and formate. The 4-hydroxybenzoate is then metabolized to 3-ketoadipate via 3,4-dihydroxybenzoate (Figure 8.35b) (Hopper et al. 1985). 

The ammoximation reaction involves the in situ formation of hydroxylamine via TS-1 catalysed oxidation of NH3 with H2O2. Hence, there are no size restrictions with regard to the ketone substrate, because the reaction of NH2OH with the latter occurs in the bulk solution. For example, TS-1 catalyses the ammoximation of / -hydroxyacetophenone (Le Bars et al., 1996). Beckmann rearrangement of the oxime product (see Fig. 2.18) affords the analgesic paracetamol (4-acetaminophenol). 

The Claisen-Schmidt condensation of 2 -hydroxyacetophenone and different chlorinated benzaldehydes over MgO has been investigated through kinetic and FTIR spectroscopic studies. The results indicate that the position of the chlorine atom on the aromatic ring of the benzaldehyde substantially affects the rate of this reaction. In particular, the rate increases in the following order p-chlorobenzaldehyde < m-chlorobenzaldehyde < o-chlorobenzaldehyde. The difference between the meta and para-substituted benzaldehyde can be attributed to electronic effects due to the difference in the Hammett constants for these two positions. Steric effects were found to be responsible for the higher rate observed with the o-chlorobenzaldehyde. 

Figure 1 Normalized 2 -hydroxyacetophenone concentration versus time data obtained during the reaction of 2-hydroxyacetophenone with different chlorobenzaldehydes over MgO para-chlorobenzaldehyde, meta-chlorobenzaldehyde, ortho-chlorobenzaldehydes and 2,3-...

The use of mesitoic acid esters has again been successfully employed by Burrows and Topping (1975) in the elucidation of intramolecular carbon acid participation. Under basic aqueous conditions, 2-acetylphenyl mesitoate [41] hydrolyses to yield mesitoic acid and 2-hydroxyacetophenone, reacting with intramolecular catalysis via the monoanion of the ketonic hydrate (see p. 192). However, in 47.5% aqueous ethanol containing potassium hydroxide, the reaction products from l-acetyl-2-naphthyl mesitoate [45] were found... 

Reaction of 2-hydroxyacetophenones in the Hurd-Mori reaction led to a range of 4-(o-hydroxyaryl)-l,2,3-thiadia-zoles 56. Subsequent treatment of these derivatives with base and an alkyl halide led to the formation of 2-benzofuransulfanyl derivatives 57 (Scheme 6) <2000T3933>. 

The use of dinitrogen pentoxide in the Ponzio reaction for the oxidation-iutration of oximes to em-dinitro groups has been reported by Russian chemists. Millar and co-workers extensively investigated these reactions and reported the synthesis of 2,4,5,7,9,9-hexanitrofluorene (2), a thermally stable explosive with an oxygen balance better than TNT. Other energetic materials containing gem-dinitro functionality were synthesized from the oximes of acetophenone, 4-nitroacetophenone, a-nitroacetophenone and 2-hydroxyacetophenone. 

The reaction of Zr(OPr ) with the Schiff bases acetylacetone-2-hydroxy-alkylimine, N-[(3-hydroxy-2-naphthyl)methylene]-2-hydroxyalkylamine, and o-hydroxyacetophenone-2-hydroxyalkylimine (HL) affords the polymeric Zr(OPr )2L and ZrL2 compounds. N.m.r. and i.r. spectral studies indicated that the N atom of the Schiff base is co-ordinated in these compounds. 

Upon oxidation with IBD, a series of o-hydroxyacetophenones and related compounds 57 give the corresponding 2-methoxycoumaran-3-ones 59 [84JCS(CC)1342] (Scheme 19). These reactions probably occur via intramolecular participation of the ortho hydroxy group, which attacks the a-carbon of the intermediate 58 to yield the intermediate product 58a. A similar reaction occurs when /3-diketones 60 are oxidized with IBD-KOH/MeOH,... 

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