Hydroxyl groups, separators

Displacement involving hydroxyl groups separated by three carbon atoms leads to the oxetane ring. Recently the anhydro sugar belonging to this class was polymerized by a cationic mechanism 10). 

Alumina is generally hydrated by a layer of hydroxyl groups separated far enough from each other to act independently (22). The OH stretch mode peak for the control sample (Figure 2) at 3620 cm is fairly sharp, indicating that little hydrogen bonding occurs between... 

It must be pointed out that transformations of this type do not take place stepwise, as indicated above the ultimate change is equivalent to the simultaneous separation of the hydroxyl group and attachment of the migrating... 

Functional class names of alcohols are derived by naming the alkyl group that bears the hydroxyl substituent (—OH) and then adding alcohol as a separate word The chain IS always numbered beginning at the carbon to which the hydroxyl group is attached... 

We 11 Start by discussing m more detail a class of compounds already familiar to us alcohols Alcohols were introduced m Chapter 4 and have appeared regularly since then With this chapter we extend our knowledge of alcohols particularly with respect to their relationship to carbonyl containing compounds In the course of studying alco hols we shall also look at some relatives Diols are alcohols m which two hydroxyl groups (—OH) are present thiols are compounds that contain an —SH group Phenols, compounds of the type ArOH share many properties m common with alcohols but are sufficiently different from them to warrant separate discussion m Chapter 24... 

Both hydroxyl groups can be esterified normally (44). The monoesters are readily prepared as mixtures with diesters and unesterified butynediol, but care must be taken in separating them because the monoesters disproportionate easily (45). 

The significance of phenoxy anions is well recognized in the isolation of kraft and other water-insoluble technical lignins by acid precipitation. The ioniza tion of phenoHc hydroxyl groups coupled with the reduction of molecular size renders native lignin soluble in the aqueous pulping solution, thus enabling its separation from the polysaccharide components of wood. 

Decarboxylation of sahcyhc acid takes place with slow heating because of the presence of the electronic configuration of the carboxyl group ortho to the hydroxyl group, but does not occur in the other isomers of hydroxyben2oic acid. On rapid heating, sahcyhc acid sublimes because of its low vapor pressure. This property allows commercial separation from the other isomers as a means of purification analogous to distillation. The differences ia the vapor pressures are shown ia Table 4. 

This process has the advantage that, under the reaction conditions, the glyoxyl radical enters the aromatic guaiacol ring almost exclusively para to the phenoHc hydroxyl group. Tedious separation procedures are thus avoided. 

The Diacel columns can be used for the separation of a wide variety of compounds, including aromatic hydrocarbons having hydroxyl groups, carbonyls and sulfoxides, barbiturates, and P-blockers (35,36). There are presendy nine different cellulose derivative-based columns produced by Diacel Chemical Industries. The different columns each demonstrate unique selectivities so that a choice of stationary phases is available to accomplish a separation. 

The p-phenylbenzoate ester was prepared to protect the hydroxyl group of a prostaglandin intermediate by reaction with the benzoyl chloride (Pyr, 25°, 1 h, 97% yield). It was a more ciystalline, more readily separated derivative than 15 other esters that were investigated. It can be cleaved with K2CO3 in MeOH in the presence of a lactone. ... 

Synthetic chiral adsorbents are usually prepared by tethering a chiral molecule to a silica surface. The attachment to the silica is through alkylsiloxy bonds. A study which demonstrates the technique reports the resolution of a number of aromatic compoimds on a 1- to 8-g scale. The adsorbent is a silica that has been derivatized with a chiral reagent. Specifically, hydroxyl groups on the silica surface are covalently boimd to a derivative of f -phenylglycine. A medium-pressure chromatography apparatus is used. The racemic mixture is passed through the column, and, when resolution is successful, the separated enantiomers are isolated as completely resolved fiactions. Scheme 2.5 shows some other examples of chiral stationary phases. 

Fumaric acid is converted to L-malic acid by hydration in the presence of the enzyme fumamse. From the structure of the substrate and the configuration of the product, it is apparent that the hydroxyl group has been added to the si fiice of one of the carbon atoms of the double bond. Each of the trigonal carbon atoms of an alkene has its fiice specified separately. The molecule of fumaric acid shown below is viewed fixjm the re-re fiice. 

Alternatively, using a polyethylene glycol stationary phase, aromatic hydrocarbons can also be retained and separated primarily by dipole-induced dipole interactions combined with some dispersive interactions. Molecules can exhibit multiple interactive properties. For example, phenyl ethanol possesses both a dipole as a result of the hydroxyl group and is polarizable due to the aromatic ring. Complex molecules such as biopolymers can contain many different interactive groups. 

The second general approach outlined by Pedersen is the so-called method W in which the two hydroxyl groups are separated by a portion of the crown chain. A good example of this is the assembly of 18-crown-6 from triethylene glycol and triethylene glycol dichloride. 

Floripavidine, CjjHjgOjN. This occurs in the crude mixture of non-phenolic bases, and is separated from fioribundine by repeated crystallisation of the mixed hydrochlorides from water. The base crystallises from alcohol in prisms, has m.p. 241-2°, and [a]n — 156-25° (MeOH) the hydrochloride, m.p. 209-10°, hydriodide, and methiodide, m.p. 228-30°, were prepared. The alkaloid contains no hydroxyl group (Zerewitinoff), but a methoxyl, a dioxymethylene, and a methylimino group are present. 

The use of dimethyl sulfoxide-acetic anhydride as a reagent for the oxidation of unhindered steroidal alcohols does not appear to be as promising due to extensive formation of by-products. However, the reagent is sufficiently reactive to oxidize the hindered 11 j -hydroxyl group to the 11-ketone in moderate yield. The use of sulfur trioxide-pyridine complex in dimethyl sulfoxide has also been reported. The results parallel those using DCC-DMSO but reaction times are much shorter and the work-up is more facile since the separation of dicyclohexylurea is not necessary. Allylic alcohols can be oxidized by this procedure without significant side reactions. 

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