95062-48-9Relevant articles and documents
Generation and application of o-Quinone methides bearing various substituents on the benzene ring
Sugimoto, Hiromichi,Nakamura, Satoshi,Ohwada, Tomohiko
, p. 669 - 679 (2008/02/09)
o-Quinone methides (o-QMs) are highly reactive, short-lived intermediates, which have potential synthetic applicability. However, few studies on the generation of o-QMs bearing an electron-withdrawing group have been reported. Herein we present a general method for the generation of o-QMs, particularly those substituted with an 0lectrophilic substituent, from new precursors, 4H-1,2-benzoxazines 2. We have also studied systematically the Diels-Alder reactions of o-QMs with various dienophiles, such as vinyl ethers, enamines and imines. The reactions provide a versatile route to substituted chromans, phenols and 3,4-dihydro-2H-benzo[e]-[1,3]oxazines (3,4-dihydro-1,3-benzoxazines). Furthermore, we applied the new method to the derivatization of some natural products.
Substituents on quinone methides strongly modulate formation and stability of their nucleophilic adducts
Weinert, Emily E.,Dondi, Ruggero,Colloredo-Melz, Stefano,Frankenfield, Kristen N.,Mitchell, Charles H.,Freccero, Mauro,Rokita, Steven E.
, p. 11940 - 11947 (2007/10/03)
Electronic perturbation of quinone methides (QM) greatly influences their stability and in turn alters the kinetics and product profile of QM reaction with deoxynucleosides. Consistent with the electron-deficient nature of this reactive intermediate, electron-donating substituents are stabilizing and electron-withdrawing substituents are destabilizing. For example, a dC N3-QM adduct is made stable over the course of observation (7 days) by the presence of an electron-withdrawing ester group that inhibits QM regeneration. Conversely, a related adduct with an electron-donating methyl group is very labile and regenerates its QM with a half-life of approximately 5 h. The generality of these effects is demonstrated with a series of alternative quinone methide precursors (QMP) containing a variety of substituents attached at different positions with respect to the exocyclic methylene. The rates of nucleophilic addition to substituted QMs measured by laser flash photolysis similarly span 5 orders of magnitude with electron-rich species reacting most slowly and electron-deficient species reacting most quickly. The reversibility of QM reaction can now be predictably adjusted for any desired application.
