- Microsomal oxidation of tribromoethylene and reactions of tribromoethylene oxide.
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Halogenated olefins are of interest because of their widespread use in industry and their potential toxicity to humans. Epoxides are among the enzymatic oxidation products and have been studied in regard to their toxicity. Most of the attention has been given to chlorinated epoxides, and we have previously studied the reactions of the mono-, di-, tri-, and tetrachloroethylene oxides. To further test some hypotheses concerning the reactivity of these compounds, we prepared tribromoethylene (TBE) oxide and compared it to trichloroethylene (TCE) oxide and other chlorinated epoxides. TBE oxide reacted with H(2)O about 3 times faster than did TCE oxide. Several hydrolysis products of TBE oxide were the same as formed from TCE oxide, i.e., glyoxylic acid, CO, and HCO(2)H. Br(2)CHCO(2)H was formed from TBE oxide; the yield was higher than for Cl(2)CHCO(2)H formed in the hydrolysis of TCE oxide. The yield of tribromoacetaldehyde was 0.4% in aqueous buffer (pH 7.4). In rat liver microsomal incubations containing TBE and NADPH, Br(2)CHCO(2)H was a major product, and tribromoacetaldehyde was a minor product. These results are consistent with schemes previously developed for halogenated epoxides, with migration of bromine being more favorable than for chlorine. Reaction of TBE oxide with lysine yielded relatively more N-dihaloacetyllysine and less N-formyllysine than in the case of TCE oxide. This same pattern was observed in the products of the reaction of TBE oxide with the lysine residues in bovine serum albumin. We conclude that the proposed scheme of hydrolysis of halogenated epoxides follows the expected halide order and that this can be used to rationalize patterns of hydrolysis and reactivity of other halogenated epoxides.
- Yoshioka, Tadao,Krauser, Joel A,Guengerich, F Peter
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- Process for functionalising a phenolic compound carrying an electron-donating group
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The invention concerns a method for functionalizing a phenolic compound bearing an electron-donor group, in said group para position, inter alia a method for the amidoalkylation of a phenolic compound bearing an electron-donor group, and more particularly, a phenolic compound bearing an electron-donor group preferably, in the hydroxyl group ortho position. The method for functionalizing in para position with respect to an electron-donor group carried by a phenolic compound is characterised in that the phenolic compound bearing an electron-donor group is subjected to the following steps: a first step which consists of protecting the hydroxyl group in the form of a sulphonic ester function; a second step which consists in reacting the protected phenolic compound with an electrophilic reagent; optionally, a third step deprotecting the hydroxyl group.
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- Para-hydroxyalkylation of hydroxylated aromatic compounds
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Hydroxylated aromatic compounds devoid of substituents in the para-position to the hydroxyl group thereof are para-hydroxyalkylated, e.g., into optionally substituted p-hydroxymandelic acid compounds, more particularly p-hydroxymandelic acid and 3-methoxy-p-hydroxymandelic acid, by condensing same with an organic carbonyl compound in the presence of a quaternary ammonium hydroxide.
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- Oxidation of halo-olefins
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Process for the non-catalytic liquid phase oxidation of halo-olefins, having 2 to 7 carbon atoms, by O2 at elevated temperatures and pressures to produce oxygenated organic products having the same number of carbon atoms as the starting material.
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