3-Methoxy-2-methyl-6-nitrophenol

Crich and Rumthao reported a new synthesis of carbazomycin B using a benzeneselenol-catalyzed, stannane-mediated addition of an aryl radical to the functionalized iodocarbamate 835, followed by cyclization and dehydrogenative aromatization (622). The iodocarbamate 835 required for the key radical reaction was obtained from the nitrophenol 784 (609) (see Scheme 5.85). lodination of 784, followed by acetylation, afforded 3,4-dimethyl-6-iodo-2-methoxy-5-nitrophenyl acetate 834. Reduction of 834 with iron and ferric chloride in acetic acid, followed by reaction with methyl chloroformate, led to the iodocarbamate 835. Reaction of 835 and diphenyl diselenide in refluxing benzene with tributyltin hydride and azobisisobutyronitrile (AIBN) gave the adduct 836 in 40% yield, along with 8% of the recovered substrate and 12% of the deiodinated carbamate 837. Treatment of 836 with phenylselenenyl bromide in dichloromethane afforded the phenylselenenyltetrahydrocarbazole 838. Oxidative... 

The above iodides have been used as 1 -labelled building blocks in the preparations of [3-nC]tyrosine, (9-methyl[3-nC]tyrosine, /7-chloro[3-nC]phenylalanine and / -fluoro[3-JlC]phenylalanine by alkylations of glycine derivatives241. The [nC]ethyl ether derivatives (using sodium ethoxide as nucleophile) and 3-nitrophenyl-4-methoxy[(Z-nC]benzyl ether (using sodium 3-nitrophenolate) have been synthesized also, employing 4-methoxy(ar-14C)benzyl iodide 18324. ... 

MeOsalen = N,N/-ethylenebis(5-methoxysalicylideneiminate) Me3tacn = /V,/V/,/V//-trimethyl-1,4,7-triazacyclononane MMAO = modified methylaluminoxane MMTP = l-methoxy-2-methyl-l-trimethylsiloxypropene MOCVD = metal organic chemical vapor deposition Ms = mesityl = 2,4,6-trimethylphenyl NBD = norbornadiene NBS = iV-bromosuccinimide NitOH = p-nitrophenol Np = 3-neopentyl OAc = acetate OBz = benzoate... 

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