Unprotected phenols

In addition, all complexes display a reversible, one-electron reduction at a very negative potential Em —1.70 to -1.90 V vs Fc+/Fc, which is metal centered and nearly invariant with respect to the substitution pattern of the coordinated pheno-lates. It demonstrates the enormous stabilization of the high-spin ferric state by three phenolato ligands. The electrochemistry also nicely shows that unprotected ortho- or para positions of these phenolates lead to irreversible electron-transfer waves on the time scale of a cyclic voltammogram and that methyl substituents are inefficient protecting groups. 

Heating of the unprotected dipeptide or its hydrobromide salt in phenol. ... 

For the mono-C-glycosylphenol, the commercially available 2,4,6-trihydroxyacetophe-none was chosen and selectively methylated at C-2 and C-4. The partially protected phenol was glycosylated with the C-benzyl-protected glucosyl trichloroacetimidate in the presence of trimethylsilyl triflate as promoter to give directly a C-(benzyl protected)glycosylphenol. The unprotected hydroxyl group of this compound was converted with benzoyl chloride into a fully protected C-glycoside phenol. Treatment of the benzoate derivative with sodium hydroxide in... 

Bushby has examined the FeCl3-mediated oxidation of hexyl-protected (Hex) phenol ether units in the preparation of triphenylene-based liquid crystals [63]. This strategy allows the formation of unsymmetrically substituted products 75a-l (Table 18) [64]. The use of methanol in the work-up is critical in order to obtain the products in good yield. If the protecting group on the phenol component is isopropyl (74m), the coupling reaction occurs to give the unprotected phenols 76a-c directly (Scheme 17) [65]. 

A second, more versatile, method involves the O-acyl thiohydroxamates. These compounds are generally prepared by reaction of acyl chlorides with the commercial sodium salt (1) of 2-mercapto-pyridine A(-oxide (equation 6 X = Cl). Use of mixed anhydrides formed by reaction of the carboxylic acid with isobutyl chloroformate (equation 6 X = OCC>2CH2CHMe2) renders the procedure compatible with unprotected indoles, phenols, secondary and, presumably, tertiary alcohols. An alternative mode of preparation of the 0-acyl thlohydroxamates involves the s t (2) in reaction with the carboxylic acid (equation 7). 

The quantitative conversion of hydrazides into azides can be assessed by spra5nng spots of the reaction mixture on paper taken at time intervals with the hydrazide test solution, which is a freshly prepared 1 1 mixture of 0.3 M FeCh in 0.1 M AcOH and 0.2 M potassium ferricyanide in 0.1 M AcOH. Hydrazides give an intensive blue color and brown colored spots on quantitative formation of the azides. Phenols, i.e. unprotected tyrosine, also yields blue colored spots.)... 

The utility of classical antioxidants such as hindered amines, phenols, and nitrones for the stabilization of pristine polyacetylene (29), poly(methyl acetylene) (30), and poly(l,6-heptadiyne) (31) has been examined. Poly(methyl acetylene), although dopable to only low conductivities (10" S/cm), has similar oxidative behavior to polyacetylene and serves as a good model for other polyenes. In general, the improvement in stability of poly(methyl acetylene) was limited, but combinations of hindered phenols and hydroperoxide scavengers resulted in a factor of 5 decrease in the oxidation rate (30) as monitored by the appearance of IR absorption bands attributable to carbonyl groups. These degradation rates are still too high for the use of these polyenes in an unprotected environment. The compatibility of such stabilizers with the dopants commonly used for polyacetylene was not studied. 

There are two catecholate siderophores which may be chosen as model compounds for synthesis the cyclic enterobactin and the linear parabactin precursor N. N8-bis(2,3-dihydroxybenzoyl)spermidine. Both of these natural products are capable of the rapid removal of iron from transferrin, the human iron transport protein 89-90). The synthesis of these and other catecholate ligands routinely requires protection of the phenolic oxygens (for example, by methyl, benzyl or acetyl groups). Very few preparations of catechol-containing siderophores have appeared in which the unprotected 2,3-dihydroxybenzoyl group is used in the synthesis 91,92). 

Phenols and naphthols also react with unprotected a- and -glycosides, directly, in the presence of trimethylsilyl triflate catalyst under mild conditions (equation 66) . 

Selective solid-phase iodination of phenolic groups could be achieved using bis(pyridinium) iodotetrafluoroborate, which does not react with O-protected phenols under these mild conditions. Using this reagent, it was shown that in peptides containing multiple tyrosine residues (e.g. the analgesic peptide dermorphin) selective O-protection of the tyrosine residues could be used to chemoselectively iodinate the unprotected tyrosine residues (equation 88). 

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