Phenol ethers, alkylation

The breakdown of P4Oi0 with various reagents (alcohols, water, phenols, ethers, alkyl phosphates, etc.) is a very general one and is illustrative also of the general reaction schemes for the breakdown of P4S1Q and for the reaction of P4 with alkali... 

In addition, several other one- and two-electron oxidants have been involved in the oxidative coupling reactions of mainly activated benzenes such as phenols, phenol-ethers, alkylated phenol-ethers, etc. 

The mixed aliphatic - aromatic ethers are somewhat more reactive in addition to cleavage by strong hydriodio acid and also by constant b.p. hydrobromio acid in acetic acid solution into phenols and alkyl halides, they may be bromi-nated, nitrated and converted into sulphonamides (Section IV,106,2). 

The guanidine function, when attached to an appropriate lipophilic function, often yields compounds that exhibit antihypertensive activity by means of their peripheral sympathetic blocking effects. Attachment of an aromatic ring via a phenolic ether seems to fulfill these structural requirements. Alkylation of 2,6-dichlorophenol with bromochloroethane leads to the intermediate, 58. Alkylation of hydrazine with that halide gives 59. Reaction of the hydrazine with S-methylthiourea affords the guanidine, guanoclor (60). ... 

The reaction was also found to be inhibited by addition of dioxan and tetra-hydropyran, the rate decrease being proportional to the ether concentration. The results were rationalised by the assumption that 2 1 and 1 1 phenol ether complexes were formed, respectively. The inhibition was attributed to participation of the hydroxyl group in solvation of the halogen atom of the alkyl halide, though this seems much less likely than a straightforward modification of the electron-supplying effect of the substituent3 54. 

Magnesium phenolates react with triethylorthoformate regiospecifically at the ortho position of the phenoxy group (normally phenols give alkyl ethers) giving diarylmethanes. This reaction is complex and the product composition depends on the phenol and the reaction conditions.52... 

Alternatively, the Sn2 nucleophilic substitution reaction between alcohols (phenols) and organic halides under basic conditions is the classical Williamson ether synthesis. Recently, it was found that water-soluble calix[n]arenes (n = 4, 6, 8) containing trimethylammonium groups on the upper rim (e.g., calix[4]arene 5.2) were inverse phase-transfer catalysts for alkylation of alcohols and phenols with alkyl halides in aqueous NaOH solution to give the corresponding alkylated products in good-to-high yields.56... 

The inertness of phenols and phenoxy phenols toward Na/liq. NH3 can be attributed to the fact that phenols are powerful proton-donors in this system, and resistance of the resultant anions toward reduction is believed to result from stabilization by resonance (10). While alkylation of low-rank coals before treatment with Na/liq. NH3 therefore offers means for establishing the presence of phenoxy phenol ethers in them, an alternative is afforded by the observation that some phenols can be reduced by concentrated solutions of lithium (11). If this latter reaction also reduces phenoxy phenols in coal, a second treatment should then cause ether-cleavage. 

A A liquid soluble in pentane 65 Mostly aliphatic material with some mono-aromatic parts broken off the coal by C-C cleavage. Apart from combined-phenol it has negligible polar material It contains some free paraffinic material, but exists mostly as alkyl phenols and alkyl-aryl ethers... 

The Effect of Phenol. Three types of phenol compounds have been identified in the fractions derived from the product of the phenol ati on reaction (.1,2) alkyl phenols and alkyl-aryl ethers, both formed by combining phenol with alkyl side chains cleaved from the coal molecule, and compounds made up of aromatic fragments attached to phenol by a methylene bridge, formed by... 

The ethers of the phenols are very stable substances in which the reactivity of the benzene ring, as compared with that of the phenols themselves, is appreciably reduced. The alkyl group is very firmly attached. It cannot be removed by the action of alkalis, and by that of mineral acids only at high temperature (in sealed tubes). The most useful agent for reconverting phenolic ethers into phenols is aluminium chloride, which acts in the manner shown in the following equation ... 

Of the substituted phenol ethers the amino-derivatives of anisole (anisidine) and phenetole (pkenetidine) may be mentioned. They are prepared from the nitrophenols by alkylation and subsequent reduction of the nitro-group. 

Two types of complex are formed on reaction of benzene with Cu montmorillonite. In the Type 1 species the benzene retains Its aromaticity and is considered to be edge bonded to the Cu(II), whereas in the Type 2 complex there is an absence of aromaticity (85,86). ESR spectra of the Type 2 complex consist of a narrow peak close to the free spin g-value and this result can be explained in terras of electron donation from the organic molecule to the Cu(II), to produce a complex of Cu(I) and an organic radical cation. Similar types of reaction occur with other aromatic molecules. However with phenol and alkyl-substituted benzenes only Type 1 complexes were observed (87), although both types of complex were seen on the adsorption of arene molecules on to Cu(II) montmorillonites (88) and anisole and some related aromatic ethers on to Cu(II) hectorite... 

A wide range of anionic surfactants (Fig. 23) has been classified into groups, including alkyl benzene sulfonates (ABS), linear alkyl benzene sulfonates (LAS), alcohol sulfates (AS), alcohol ether sulfates (AES), alkyl phenol ether sulfates (APES), fatty acid amide ether sulfates (FAES), alpha-olefin sulfates (AOS), paraffin sulfonates, alpha sulfonated fatty acids and esters, sulfonated fatty acids and esters, mono- and di-ester sulfosuccinates, sulfosuccinamates, petroleum sulfonates, phosphate esters, and ligno-sulfonates. Of the anionic surfactants, ABS and LAS continue to be the major products of anionic surfactants [314, 324]. Anionic surfactants have been extensively monitored and characterized in various environmental matrices [34,35,45,325-329]. 

Alkyl aiyl ethers are cleaved at the alkyl-oxygen bond due to the more stable aryl-ojqrgen bond. The reaction yields phenol and alkyl halide. 

A direct synthesis of cyclic quinone imine acetals has been accomplished by the treatment of substituted phenol ethers bearing an alkyl azido side chain with IBTA (Eq. 39) [96JCS(CC)1491]. The cyclization reaction proceeds smoothly in polar and low nucleophilic solvents such as CF3CH2OH and (CF3)2CH0H in the presence of 10% MeOH. 

Changes in the electron density of crown ether oxygen atoms greatly affect the stability constants for cation complexation. The electron density on phenol ether oxygens is less than that on alkyl ether oxygens consequently dibenzo[18]crown-6 (2) shows weaker complexing ability than [18]crown-6 (1) and hexabenzo[18]crown-6 does not complex cations at all (80APO(17)279). 

Rearrangement of Phenolic Ethers 1/C-Hydro,5/0-alkyl-interchange... 

A polymer-bound guanidine base 31 has been used for the formation of aryl ethers from suitable phenols and alkyl halides. In addition to serving as a base to affect deprotonation, reagent 31 also acts as a sequestering agent for excess starting phenol (reaction 11).26... 

Xu, W. Mohan, R. Morrissey, M. M. Polymer-Supported Bases in Combinatorial Chemistry Synthesis of Aryl Ethers from Phenols and Alkyl Halides and Aryl Halides, Tetrahedron Lett. 1997, 38, 7337. 

A number of phenolic ethers of this series show the expected properties. 5-Amino-3-ethoxy-l,2,4-thiadiazole is considerably more soluble in water than its 3-methoxy homolog (3.24 and 0.76 g/100 ml, respectively).88 Their ultraviolet spectra resemble those of the 3-alkyl (or aryl)-5-amino-l,2,4-thiadiazoles.88 3-Alkoxy(or aryloxy)-l,2,4-thiadiazoles are more sensitive towards acids than are the 3-alkyl(or aryl) analogs.88... 

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