V. B. Vol'eva

Synthesis of heterocyclic derivatives of 3,6-di-tert-butyl-o-benzoquinone by catalytic dehydrocondensation with ethylene glycol, glycerol, and diethanolamine

The dehydrocondensation of 3,6-di-tert-butyl-o-benzoquinone with ethylene glycol, glycerol, its chlorhydrin, and with diethanolamine, catalyzed by MnO2−NaOH, has been carried out in an alcohol-DMF medium with the formation of 7,10-di-tert-butyl-2,5-dioxabicyclo[4.4.0]deca-1,6-diene-8.9-dione, its 4-hydroxymethyl and 4-chloromethyl derivatives, and 7,10-di-tert-butyl-5-(β-hydroxyethyl)-2-oxa-5-azabicyclo[4.4.0]deca-1,6-diene-8,9-dione.

1H NMR Study of Quaternization of 2,4-Di-tert-butyl-6-dimethylaminomethylphenol

The possibility was revealed for exhaustive protonation of 2,4-di-tert-butyl-6-dimethylaminomethylphenol with participation of lone electron pairs on both nitrogen and oxygen atoms. The reaction of the title compound with alkyl halides includes concurrent and consecutive processes leading to formation of the corresponding hydrohalides and quaternization products. The latter undergo spontaneous oxidation with atmospheric oxygen to give quaternary 6,8-di-tert-butyl-3-methyl-2H-3,4-dihydro-1,3-benzoxazine derivatives which were detected by 1H NMR spectroscopy.

ESR study of products of transformation of 3,6-tert-butylpyrocatechol on alumina, zinca, silica, and titania

The formation of semiquinone and phenoxazyl radicals and metallocomplexes with semiquinone ligands was observed by ESR during the interaction of di-tert-butylpyrocatechol with Al2O3, ZnO, SiO2, and TiO2. In the case of different modifications of SiO2, admixtures of TiO2 exhibit a higher reactivity in complex formation with the organic substrate.

Hydroxylation of substituted diatomic phenols and their derivatives

Oxidation of 3,6-di-tert-butylpyrocatechol in protic media is accompanied by the formation of 3,6-di-tert-butyl-2-hydroxy-para-benzoquinone. Hydroxylation of the 3,5-isomer results in dealkylation and isomerization with the formation of 6-tert-butyl-2-hydroxy-para-benzoquinone and the quinone mentioned above, respectively. Their ratio depends on the nature of the solvent. Analogous processes accompany redox transformations of 2,6-di-tert-butylhydroquinone, 2,6-diphenyl-para-benzoquinone, and 2,4,6-tri-tert-butylphenol adsorbed on silica gel. Derivatives of 3,5-substituted pyrocatechols formed under conditions of heterophase oxidation in air are capable of transformations to form nitrogen-containing compounds.

Oxidation of 2-dialkylaminomethyl-4,6-di-tert-butylphenols

Oxidative transformations of 2-dialkylaminomethyl-4,6-di-tert-butylphenols depend on the nature of the oxidant, the character of the substituents at the nitrogen atom, and the medium. A mechanism of the oxidation of these compounds is suggested. The molecular structure of the compound obtained as a result of oxidative trimerization of 2-dimethylaminomethyl-4,6-di-tert-butylphenol was established by X-ray structural analysis.

Molecular Complexes of Phenols with Dicyclohexylamine

The Mannich reaction of 2,4-di-tert-butylphenol with dicyclohexylamine was found to involve formation of a stable 1:1 molecular complex between the phenol and amine. The complex does not change on melting, sublimation, and chromatography on silica gel. Its structure was determined by X-ray analysis. Stable 1:1 complexes of dicyclohexylamine with a series of substituted phenols were synthesized; exceptions were 2,6-disubstituted phenols with bulky substituents.

Heterocycles Based on Sterically Hindered Phenols and their Derivatives. (Review)

Published data on the synthesis of heterocyclic compounds (derivatives of dibenzofuran, phenoxazine, benzodioxolane, etc.) based on sterically hindered 6-substituted 2,4-di-tert-butylphenols, 6-hydroxy-2,4- and 6-hydroxy-2,5-di-tert-butylphenols, and their redox-conjugated ortho-benzoquinones are reviewed.

Reactivity in solid phase. Transformations of 2,4-di-tert-butylphenol and its derivatives under elastic deformation conditions

The solid-phase transformations of 2,4-di-tert-butylphenol (1) and its 6-bromo- (5) or 6-hydroxymetyl-substituted (11) derivatives were studied. The dependence of the behavior of compounds1 and5 in solid-phase processes on the composition of the medium was found. Oxidative coupling with the participation of atmospheric oxygen as an oxidant became possible at an excess of NaOH (or in NaOH/NaCl medium). The mechanism of oxidative debromocondensation of compound 5 that involves spontaneous dehalogenation of the haloquinolide intermediate and heterolysis of the C-Br bond with the elimination of Br+ was proposed. It was concluded that the mechanism proposed is common to solid-phase dienone-phenol transformations. The dual reactivity of compound11, determined by the chemical hardness of the anion-catalyst, was discovered.