489-01-0Relevant articles and documents
Organochalcogen substituents in phenolic antioxidants
Amorati, Riccardo,Pedulli, Gian Franco,Valgimigli, Luca,Johansson, Henrik,Engman, Lars
scheme or table, p. 2326 - 2329 (2010/07/20)
Little is known about the ED/EW character of organochalcogen substituents and their contribution to the O-H bond dissociation enthalpy (BDE) in phenolic compounds. A series of ortho- and para-(S,Se,Te)R-substituted phenols were prepared and investigated by EPR, IR, and computational methods. Substituents lowered the O-H BDE by >3 kcal/mol in the para position, while the ortho-effect was modest due to hydrogen bonding (～3 kcal/mol) to the O-H group.
Mild and reliable cleavage sequence for phenoxy acetates
Mirk, Daniela,Waldvogel, Siegfried R.
, p. 7911 - 7914 (2007/10/03)
A novel combination of reliable transformations like ester saponification and subsequent Curtius-rearrangement employing mild reaction conditions, offers the first synthetically interesting strategy for the removal of methoxycarbonylmethyl groups from phenolic oxygens. This methodology gives also access to labile iodosubstituted phenols. A novel combination of reliable transformations like ester saponification and subsequent Curtius-rearrangement employing mild reaction conditions, offers the first synthetically interesting strategy for the removal of methoxycarbonylmethyl groups from phenolic oxygens. This methodology gives also access to labile iodosubstituted phenols.
Hydrogen-bonding effects on the properties of phenoxyl radicals. An EPR, kinetic, and computational study
Lucarini, Marco,Mugnaini, Veronica,Pedulli, Gian Franco,Guerra, Maurizio
, p. 8318 - 8329 (2007/10/03)
The effect of 1,1,1,3,3,3-hexafluoropropan-2-ol (HFP) on the properties of phenoxyl radicals has been investigated. HFP produces large variations of the phenoxyl hyperfine splitting constants indicative of a large redistribution of electron spin density, which can be accounted for by the increased importance of the mesomeric structures with electric charge separation. The conformational rigidity of phenoxyl radicals with electron-releasing substituents is also greatly enhanced in the presence of HFP, as demonstrated by the 2 kcal/mol increase in the activation energy for the internal rotation of the p-OMe group in the p-methoxyphenoxyl radical. By using the EPR equilibration technique, we have found that in phenols the O-H bond dissociation enthalpy (BDE) is lowered in the presence of HFP because it preferentially stabilizes the phenoxyl radical. In phenols containing groups such as OR that are acceptors of H-bonds, the interaction between HFP and the substituent is stronger in the phenol than in the corresponding phenoxyl radical because the radical oxygen behaves as an electron-withdrawing group, which decreases the complexating ability of the substituent. In phenols containing OH or NH2 groups, EPR experiments performed in H-bond accepting solvents showed that the interaction between the solvent and the substituent is much stronger in the phenoxyl radical than in the parent phenol because of the electron-withdrawing effect of the radical oxygen, which makes more acidic, and therefore more available to give H-bonds, the OH or NH2 groups. These experimental results have been confirmed by DFT calculations. The effect of HFP solvent on the reactivity of phenols toward alkyl radicals has also been investigated. The results indicated that the decrease of BDE observed in the presence of HFP is not accompanied by a larger reactivity. The origin of this unexpected behavior has been shown by DFT computations. Finally, a remarkable increase in the persistency of the α-tocopheroxyl radical has been observed in the presence of HFP.
