Phenolic compounds activations, pyridine

It has recently been demonstrated that bromo-tns-pyrrolidino-phosphonium hexafluorophosphate (PyBroP) can be functiOTiing as a mild activator of azine N-oxide providing regioselective addition of Ai-nucleophiles (amines, sulfonamides, and NH-heterocycUc compounds) to pyridine, quinoline, and isoquinoline N-oxides (Scheme 53) [112,113]. A strong regiochemical preference for the orf/io-substitution pattern in aU these cases is likely caused by specific electrostatic attraction of nucleophilic species and the intermediate phosphonium salt 76. This synthetic procedure was successfully extended for other types of nucleophilic reagents (phenols, thiols, malonates). 

In 1953, Kenten and Mann, during their survey of various donors active in the oxidatic reaction (see Section III), showed that p-cresol promotes the oxida tion of dihydroxyfumarate. Kenten later (1955) demonstrated that in the case of indoleacetic acid, some phenolic compounds (monophenols, resorcinol, etc.) are stimulatory while others are inhibitory (most polyphenols) despite the fact that all were substrates for peroxidase. Similar results have been obtained for pyridine nucleotides (Akazawa and Conn, 1958). Yamazaki analyzed the behavior of phenols and other hydrogen donors effective in the peroxidatic activity of the enzyme, and has shown that they fall into two classes, which he terms redogenic and oxidogenic. Table IV gives a list of the donors... 

The raw material has to be washed to remove impurities. Diluted sodium hydroxide allows the removal of phenols and benzonitrile, and diluted sulphuric acid reacts with pyridine bases. The resulting material is distilled to concentrate the unsaturated compounds (raw feedstock for coumarone-indene resin production), and separate and recover interesting non-polymerizable compounds (naphthalene, benzene, toluene, xylenes). Once the unsaturated compounds are distilled, they are treated with small amounts of sulphuric acid to improve their colour activated carbons or clays can be also used. The resulting material is subjected to polymerization. It is important to avoid long storage time of the feedstock because oxidation processes can easily occur, affecting the polymerization reaction and the colour of the coumarone-indene resins. 

The Ullman reaction has long been known as a method for the synthesis of aromatic ethers by the reaction of a phenol with an aromatic halide in the presence of a copper compound as a catalyst. It is a variation on the nucleophilic substitution reaction since a phenolic salt reacts with the halide. Nonactivated aromatic halides can be used in the synthesis of poly(arylene edier)s, dius providing a way of obtaining structures not available by the conventional nucleophilic route. The ease of halogen displacement was found to be the reverse of that observed for activated nucleophilic substitution reaction, that is, I > Br > Cl F. The polymerizations are conducted in benzophenone with a cuprous chloride-pyridine complex as a catalyst. Bromine compounds are the favored reactants.53,124 127 Poly(arylene ether)s have been prepared by Ullman coupling of bisphenols and... 

Hill, C.A.S. and Papadopoulos, A.N. (2002). The pyridine-catalysed acylation of pine sapwood and phenolic model compounds with carboxylic acid anhydrides. Determination of activation energies and entropy of activation. Holzforschung, 56(2), 150-156. 

Notably, NH3 is indispensable for the catalytic phenol synthesis. In the absence of NH3, neither benzene combustion nor phenol formation occurred on the Re-CVD/HZSM-5 catalyst (Table 10.6). Other amine compounds such as pyridine and isopropylamine did not promote the catalytic reaction at aU, which indicates that the role of NH3 in the catalysis is not due to its basic function. Fe/ZSM-5 has been reported to be active and selective for phenol synthesis from benzene using N2O as an oxidant [90, 91], but N2O did not act as an active oxidant on the Re-CVD/ HZSM-5 catalyst Furthermore, no positive effects were observed by the addition of both N2O and H2O. Notably, the NH3-pretreated Re-CVD/HZSM-5 catalyst selectively converted benzene into phenol with O2 in the absence of NH3, as discussed below. 

Barluenga et al.565 have reported the selective monoiodination of arenes with bis (pyridine)iodonium(I) tetrafluoroborate [I(py2)BF4] in excess superacids (2 equiv.) [Eq. (5.210)]. Comparable results were found for activated compounds with both HBF4 and triflic acid, whereas triflic acid was more effective in the iodination of deactivated aromatics. For example, nitrobenzene and methyl benzoate are unreactive in HBF4 but give the corresponding iodo derivatives in triflic acid (83% and 84% yields, respectively, in 14 h). Iodination of phenol required low temperature (-60°C). 

The coexistence of NH3 is indispensable for selective benzene oxidation. Neither benzene oxidation nor combustion proceeded in the absence of NH3 (Table 2.5). Fe/ZSM-5 has been reported to be active and selective for phenol synthesis from benzene using N20 as an oxidant [97], but selective benzene oxidation did not proceed with N20 instead of 02. The addition of H20 to the system gave no positive effects on the catalytic performance, either. In addition, other amine compounds such as pyridine and isopropyl amine did not produce phenol. The phenol formation rate and selectivity increased with increasing NH3 pressure because the coexisting NH3 produces active Re clusters, as described below, and reached maximum conversion and selectivity at a partial pressure of NH3 of around 35—42kPa. 

There are several examples in the literature of activation of hydroxy compounds by various organophosphorus compounds. For example, in the presence of pyridine, ji-butyltriphenoxyphosphonium bromide (1) activates carboxylic acids towards reaction with amines or phenols to give, respectively, amides or esters (1). 

A report that hydroxytamoxifen can form quinone methides (QM) as a result of bio-oxidation [151] inspired an electrochemical study of some of the compounds discussed in the structure-activity relationship study ([128, 129], reviewed in [152]). In MeOH medium alone (these compounds are only sparingly soluble in water), the cyclic voltammograms (CV) of most of the compounds exhibited the expected reversible Fc/Fc+ redox couple, often followed by that of the phenolic moiety (where appropriate). However, when an organic base such as pyridine was added, two distinct types of electrochemical behaviour were observed. In the cases of the compounds which showed low or no cytotoxic effects in vitro, very little change in the CV was observed upon the addition of base. However, for the most... 

It should again be pointed out at this stage that the reactivity of the dihydroisotrithionium salts in pyridine/triethylamine or glacial acetic acid/pyridine towards active methylene compounds and towards phenols is comparable to that of the isotrithionium salts. 157-158... 

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