500-99-2Relevant articles and documents
Fluorescence measurement of 3,5-dimethoxyphenol radical cation generated by pulse radiolysis in 1,2-dichloroethane
Ichinose, Nobuyuki,Tojo, Sachiko,Majima, Tetsuro
, p. 1126 - 1127 (2000)
Radical cation of 3,5-dimethoxyphenol in the excited state generated in 1,2-dichloroethane solution by the tandem irradiation of 28-MeV electron and 532-nm laser pulses emitted fluorescence around 600-750 nm with a quantum yield of 2.0 × 10-3.
Rongalite-promoted metal-free aerobic ipso-hydroxylation of arylboronic acids under sunlight: DFT mechanistic studies
Golla, Sivaparwathi,Poshala, Soumya,Pawar, Ravinder,Kokatla, Hari Prasad
supporting information, (2019/12/27)
A novel rongalite-promoted metal-free aerobic ipso-hydroxylation of arylboronic acids has been developed. This method employs low-cost rongalite as a radical initiator and O2 as a green oxidizing agent for ipso-hydroxylation. This protocol is compatible with a wide variety of functional groups with good to excellent yields at room temperature. Furthermore, mechanistic insight into the role of superoxide radical anions in C-B cleavage has also been provided based on DFT studies.
Rhodium-terpyridine catalyzed redox-neutral depolymerization of lignin in water
Liu, Yuxuan,Li, Changzhi,Miao, Wang,Tang, Weijun,Xue, Dong,Xiao, Jianliang,Zhang, Tao,Wang, Chao
supporting information, p. 33 - 38 (2020/01/13)
Simple rhodium terpyridine complexes were found to be suitable catalysts for the redox neutral cleavage of lignin in water. Apart from cleaving lignin model compounds into ketones and phenols, the catalytic system could also be applied to depolymerize dioxasolv lignin and lignocellulose, affording aromatic ketones as the major monomer products. The (hemi)cellulose components in the lignocellulose sample remain almost intact during lignin depolymerization, providing an example of a "lignin-first" process under mild conditions. Mechanistic studies suggest that the reaction proceeds via a rhodium catalyzed hydrogen autotransfer process.
Oxygen-Free Regioselective Biocatalytic Demethylation of Methyl-phenyl Ethers via Methyltransfer Employing Veratrol- O-demethylase
Grimm, Christopher,Lazzarotto, Mattia,Pompei, Simona,Schichler, Johanna,Richter, Nina,Farnberger, Judith E.,Fuchs, Michael,Kroutil, Wolfgang
, p. 10375 - 10380 (2020/10/02)
The cleavage of aryl methyl ethers is a common reaction in chemistry requiring rather harsh conditions; consequently, it is prone to undesired reactions and lacks regioselectivity. Nevertheless, O-demethylation of aryl methyl ethers is a tool to valorize natural and pharmaceutical compounds by deprotecting reactive hydroxyl moieties. Various oxidative enzymes are known to catalyze this reaction at the expense of molecular oxygen, which may lead in the case of phenols/catechols to undesired side reactions (e.g., oxidation, polymerization). Here an oxygen-independent demethylation via methyl transfer is presented employing a cobalamin-dependent veratrol-O-demethylase (vdmB). The biocatalytic demethylation transforms a variety of aryl methyl ethers with two functional methoxy moieties either in 1,2-position or in 1,3-position. Biocatalytic reactions enabled, for instance, the regioselective monodemethylation of substituted 3,4-dimethoxy phenol as well as the monodemethylation of 1,3,5-trimethoxybenzene. The methyltransferase vdmB was also successfully applied for the regioselective demethylation of natural compounds such as papaverine and rac-yatein. The approach presented here represents an alternative to chemical and enzymatic demethylation concepts and allows performing regioselective demethylation in the absence of oxygen under mild conditions, representing a valuable extension of the synthetic repertoire to modify pharmaceuticals and diversify natural products.
