Hydroxyl groups, and hydrolysis

Addition of l,3-bis(methylthio)allyllithium to aldehydes, ketones, and epoxides followed by mercuric ion-promoted hydrolysis furnishes hydroxyalkyl derivatives of acrolein5 that are otherwise available in lower yield by multistep procedures. For example, addition of 1,3-bis-(methylthio)allyllithium to acetone proceeds in 97% yield to give a tertiary alcohol that is hydrolyzed with mercuric chloride and calcium carbonate to saturated aldehyde.8 Similarly, addition of l,3-bis(methylthio)allyl-lithium to an epoxide, acetylation of the hydroxyl group, and hydrolysis with mercuric chloride and calcium carbonate provides a 5-acetoxy-a,/ -unsaturatcd aldehyde,6 as indicated in Table I. Cyclic cis-epoxides give aldehydes in which the acetoxy group is trans to the 3-oxopropenyl group. 

Decomposition of ketosamines starts, like most other reactions of monosaccharides, by 1,2-enoKsation that yields an amino analogue of l-ene-l,2-diol, which is l-ene-l-amino-2-ol (Figure 4.86). The reaction proceeds by elimination of the C-3 hydroxyl group and hydrolysis of the bound amino compound provides 3-deoxy-o-erythro-hexos-2-ulose and, further, 3,4-dideoxy-D-g/ycero-hex-3-enos-2-ulose, 5-hydroxymethylfuran-2-carbaldehyde in addition to other products that are formed by degradation of glucose by... 

Sulfated Natural Oils and Fats. Sulfated natural triglycerides were the first nonsoap commercial surfactants introduced in the middle of the nineteenth century. Since then sulfates of many vegetable, animal, and fish oils have been investigated (see also Fats AND FATTY oils). With its hydroxyl group and a double bond, ricinoleic acid (12-hydroxy-9,10-octadecenoic acid) is an oil constituent particularly suited for sulfation. Its sulfate is known as turkey-red oil. Oleic acid is also suited for sulfation. Esters of these acids can be sulfated with a minimum of hydrolysis of the glyceride group. Polyunsaturated acids, with several double bonds, lead to dark-colored sulfation products. The reaction with sulfuric acid proceeds through either the hydroxyl or the double bond. The sulfuric acid half ester thus formed is neutralized with caustic soda ... 

Heliotrine, CigH2,05N, m.p. 125-6°, [ajn — 75° (CHCI3), yields a methiodide, m.p. 108-111°, and contains one methoxyl group, two hydroxyl groups and a tertiary nitrogen atom. On alkaline hydrolysis it forms heliotridine (p. 607) and heliotric acid (p. 613). In presence of platinic oxide it absorbs two molecules of hydrogen and affords, as scission products, heliotric acid and hydroxyheliotridane (p. 607). 

Staphylococcal nuclease (SNase) is a single-peptide chain enzyme consisting of 149 amino acid residues. It catalyzes the hydrolysis of both DNA and RNA at the 5 position of the phosphodiester bond, yielding a free 5 -hydroxyl group and a 3 -phosphate monoester... 

The one exception to this observation is the hydrolysis of bis( p-nitrophenyl) methylphosphonate which, in the presence of cycloheptaamylose, produces only 1.7 moles of phenol. Probably two competitive pathways are available for the hydrolysis of the included substrate (1) nucleophilic attack by an ionized cycloheptaamylose hydroxyl group, and (2) nucleophilic attack by a water molecule or a hydroxide ion from the bulk solution. Whereas the former process produces two moles of phenol and yields a phos-phonylated cycloheptaamylose, the latter process produces only one mole of phenol and a relatively stable p-nitrophenyl methylphosphonate anion. The appearance of less than two moles of phenol may be explained by a combination of these two pathways. Since the amount of p-nitrophenyl methylphosphonate produced in this reaction is considerably larger than expected from an uncatalyzed pathway, attack of water may be catalyzed by the cycloheptaamylose alkoxide ions, acting as general bases (Brass and Bender, 1972). 

Although there are other convenient procedures for the conversion of sulphides into sulphoxides and sulphones, the phase-transfer catalysed reaction using Oxone has the advantage that the oxidation can be conducted in the presence of other readily oxidized groups, such as amines, alkenes, and hydroxyl groups, and acid-labile groups, such as esters and carbamates [6, 7], Hydrolysis of very acid-labile groups, such as ketals, can result in production of the keto sulphone. 

Lewis, D.G. Cardde, C.M. (1989) Hydrolysis of Fe(III) solution to hydrous iron oxides. Aust. J. Soil Res. 27 103-115 Lewis, D.G. Farmer,V.C. (1986) Infrared absorption of surface hydroxyl groups and lattice vibrations in lepidocrodte (y-FeOOH) and boehmite (y-Al-OOH). Clay Min. 21 93-100... 

Cycloalkylation (7, 148).2 Cycloalkylation of 2 with (Z)-l was used as one step in a total synthesis of (+ )-sesbanine (6), a constituent of Seshania drummondii seeds with antileukemic activity. The hydroxyl group was introduced into the cyclopentene ring of 4 by iodolactonization followed by reduction to give 5. Final steps included aminolysis of the lactone ring, intramolecular addition of the amide anion to the CN group, and hydrolysis to give 6. 

This interesting transformation from a readily available 6-deoxyhexose forms the basis for the synthesis231 of 6-deoxy-2,3-di-0-methyl-D-allose (mycinose),168 one of the carbohydrate moieties of the antibiotic chalco-mycin. The synthesis merely involves the protection of the C-5 hydroxyl group in (41) by benzylation, followed by partial hydrolysis with acid, methylation of the product at the C-2 and C-3 hydroxyl groups, and debenzylation. 

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