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Studies of the selective O-Alkylation and dealkylation of flavonoids. XXIV. A convenient method for synthesizing 6- and 8-methoxylated 5,7- dihydroxyisoflavones
Horie, Tokunaru,Shibata, Kenichi,Yamashita, Kazuyo,Fujii, Kenichi,Tsukayama, Masao,Ohtsuru, Yoshizumi
, p. 222 - 230 (2007/10/03)
2',4'-Bis(benzyloxy)-3',6'-dimethoxychalcones (5), which were obtained from the dibenzyl ether of 2,4-dihydroxy-3,6-dimethoxyacetophenone (3), were oxidatively rearranged with thallium (III) nitrate in methanol and the resultant products were converted into 7-hydroxy-5,8-dimethoxyisoflavones (8) by hydrogenolysis, followed by cyclization. The isoflavones were quantitatively demethylated to 5,7-dihydroxy-8-methoxyisoflavones (2) via their acetates. The isomeric 5,7-dihydroxy-6-methoxyisoflavones (1) were also synthesized from the chalcones, obtained from 2,3-dimethoxy- (16) or 2- isopropoxy-3-methoxy-4,6-bis(benzyloxy)acetophenones (21), by a similar method. On the other hand, the isoflavones with two hydroxy groups at the 2'- and 4'-positions were easily synthesized by the following method. Treatment of the rearranged product from 2,2',4,4'-tetrakis(benzyloxy)-3'6'- dimethoxychalcone (5f) with hydrochloric acid (HCl) in acetic acid afforded 2',4',7-tris(benzyloxy)-5,8-dimethoxyisoflavone (10f). The 5-methoxy group in the isoflavone was quantitatively cleaved to give the corresponding 5- hydroxyisoflavone (11f), which was isomerized to 2',4',7-tris(benzyloxy)-5- hydroxy-6-methoxyisoflavone (25f) in the presence of anhydrous potassium carbonate. Hydrogenolysis of the two 5-hydroxyisoflavones proceeded smoothly to give 2',4',5,7-tetrahydroxy-8-(2f) and 6-methoxyisoflavones (1f), respectively. The 13C-NMR spectra of these isoflavones supported the proposed structures of polyhydroxyisoflavones. The proposed structures of two natural isoflavones were revised.
ISOFLAVONES OF IRIS SPURIA
Shawl, Abdul S.,Zaman, Vishwapaul Asif,Kalla, Ashok K.
, p. 2405 - 2406 (2007/10/02)
A new isoflavone, 5,7-dihydroxy-6,2-dimethoxyisoflavone, together with iristectorigenin A and iristectorin A were isolated and characterized from the methanol extract of Iris spuria.Key Word Index - Iris spuria; Iridaceae; isoflavones; iristectorigenin A; iristectorin A.