20185-64-2

Upstream product

• 54916-27-7 1-(4-(4-bromophenoxy)phenyl)ethan-1-one 
• 104-92-7 1-bromo-4-methoxy-benzene 
• 106-41-2 4-bromo-phenol 
• 108-24-7 acetic anhydride 
• 19082-52-1 4-phenoxyphenyl acetate 
• 831-82-3 4-Phenoxyphenol 

Downstream Products

• 13320-48-4 4-hydroxy-4'-bromodiphenyl ether 

Relevant academic research and scientific papers

Structure-activity relationship of new growth inhibitors of Trypanosoma cruzi

Several drugs bearing the 4-phenoxyphenoxy skeleton and other closely related structures were designed, synthesized, and evaluated as antiproliferative agents against Trypanosoma cruzi, the etiologic agent of Chagas' disease. The new class of drugs was envisioned by modifying the nonpolar 4-phenoxyphenoxy moiety replacing selected aromatic protons by different groups via electrophilic aromatic substitution reactions as well as introducing a sulfur atom at file polar extreme. Of the designed compounds, sulfur-containing derivatives were shown to be potent antireplicative agents against T. cruzi. Among these drugs, 4-phenoxyphenoxyethyl thiocyanate (compound 56) proved to be an extremely active growth inhibitor of the epimastigote forms of T. cruzi and displayed an IC500 of 2.2 μM. Under the same assay conditions, this drug was much more active than Nifurtimox, one of the drugs currently in clinical use to control this disease. This thiocyanate derivative was also a very active inhibitor against the intracellular form of the parasite at the nanomolar level. Other sulfur derivatives prepared also exhibited very potent antiproliferative action against T. cruzi. The presence of a sulfur atom at the polar extreme for this family of compounds seems to be very important for biological action because this atom was always associated with high inhibition values. 4-Phenoxyphenoxyethyl thiocyanate presents very good prospective not only as a lead drug but also as a potential chemotherapeutic agent.

A convenient method for the preparation of 4-aryloxyphenols

A convenient method for the preparation of 4-aryloxyphenols via the homologation of preformed phenols is described. Condensation of various 4-substituted phenols with either 4-fluorobenzaldehyde (8) or 4-fluoroacetophenone (9) yielded the corresponding 4-aryl-oxybenzaldehydes, 10, and acetophenones, 11, in 70-93% yield. Baeyer-Villiger oxidation of these materials with 3-chloroperoxybenzoic acid (MCPBA) yielded the corresponding 4-formyloxy and 4-acetoxyphenyl ethers which were hydrolyzed without purification to the desired 4-aryloxyphenols 12 in 72-94% yield. Both 4-fluorobenzaldehyde (8) and 4-fluoroacetophenone (9) are synthetically equivalent to the a4 umpoled synthon 6. Extension of this methodology of the preparation of 4,4'-[arylbis(oxy)]bisphenols from aromatic diols is also described. Condensation of various aromatic diols with 8 or 9 yielded the corresponding 4,4'-[arylbis(oxy)]bisbenzaldehydes 15 and acetophenones 16 in 71-89% yield. Baeyer-Villiger oxidation of these compounds with MCPBA yielded the desired 4,4'-[arylbis(oxy)]bisphenyl bisformates 17 and bisacetates 18 in 67-84% yield. Hydrolysis of these compounds afforded the desired 4,4'-[arylbis(oxy)bisphenols 19 in 70-91% yield.