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Usage

Uses

Used in Pharmaceutical Industry:
(2,4-dihydroxyphenyl)(4-nitrophenyl)methanone is used as a starting material for the synthesis of various pharmaceuticals due to its unique structure and reactivity.
Used in Research:
(2,4-dihydroxyphenyl)(4-nitrophenyl)methanone is used as a reagent in the study of organic chemistry, providing insights into the properties and reactions of ketone derivatives and nitrophenyl compounds.
Used in Organic Synthesis:
The nitrophenyl group in (2,4-dihydroxyphenyl)(4-nitrophenyl)methanone makes it a potentially useful intermediate for the synthesis of other organic compounds, making it a valuable tool for chemists and researchers.

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Relevant academic research and scientific papers

Natural products as sources of new fungicides (II): antiphytopathogenic activity of 2,4-dihydroxyphenyl ethanone derivatives

A series of 17 simple 1-(2,4-dihydroxyphenyl) ethanones were synthesised, and their structures characterised by 1H, 13C NMR and ESI-MS. Their in vitro antifungal activities were evaluated against five phytopathogenic fungi including Glomerella cingulate, Botrytis cirerea, Fusarium graminearum, Curvularia lunata and Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. vasinfectum by the mycelial growth inhibition assay. Compounds 2g and 2h exhibited broad-spectrum inhibitory activity against the mycelial growth of the tested pathogens with IC50 values in the range of 16-36 g/mL, and in particular being more active to G. cingulate, with IC50 values of 16.50 and 19.25 g/mL, respectively, than the other pathogens. Preliminary SAR indicated that an α,β-unsaturated ketone unit of the alkyl chain of the compounds is the structure requirement for fungicidal action. The results suggested that 2g and 2h may be promising leads in the development of new antifungal agents.

On the synthesis and biological properties of isocombretastatins: A case of ketone homologation during Wittig reaction attempts

New isocombretastatins were synthesized by reacting the corresponding phenstatin analogs with CH3PPh3Br in presence of tBuOK. These new derivatives showed significant activities against cellular proliferation and tubulin polymerization. In particular, monomethoxylated derivatives of phenstatin and isoCA-4 exhibit similar activities to those of parent phenstatin. Attempts of the Wittig reaction on 2- (or 4-) methoxy-4′-nitrobenzophenones in the same conditions do not lead to the expected isocombretastatins but to methyleneketones with the exclusion of triphenylphosphine. A mechanism for this new ketone homologation was proposed.