Fate of the Methyl Group in the Sulfuric Acid Catalyzed Oxidation of Toluene to Phenol

1980 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 468-470 ◽  
Author(s):  
James E. Lyons ◽  
George Suld ◽  
Robert W. Shinn ◽  
Chao-Yang Hsu
1985 ◽  
Vol 63 (12) ◽  
pp. 3290-3293 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ross Stewart ◽  
S. J. Gumbley

A number of lumazines and 5-deazalumazines containing a methyl group at C-7 have been prepared, their pKBH+ values determined, and measurements made of the rates at which the hydrogen atoms of their 7-methyl groups undergo isotopic exchange in aqueous sulfuric acid. The presence of an alkyl group at N-8 in the protonated forms of these compounds activates the neighbouring methyl group at C-7; the effect is considerably larger than that previously observed for a methyl group at C-6, which is the other neighbouring position. The comparison of methyl and hydrogen at N-8 can be made only for the acid-catalyzed reaction because the structures of the neutral compounds, which take part in the base-catalyzed reaction, are not analogous.


Agronomy ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 487
Author(s):  
Dimitrios Ilanidis ◽  
Stefan Stagge ◽  
Leif J. Jönsson ◽  
Carlos Martín

Biochemical conversion of wheat straw was investigated using hydrothermal pretreatment, enzymatic saccharification, and microbial fermentation. Pretreatment conditions that were compared included autocatalyzed hydrothermal pretreatment at 160, 175, 190, and 205 °C and sulfuric-acid-catalyzed hydrothermal pretreatment at 160 and 190 °C. The effects of using different pretreatment conditions were investigated with regard to (i) chemical composition and enzymatic digestibility of pretreated solids, (ii) carbohydrate composition of pretreatment liquids, (iii) inhibitory byproducts in pretreatment liquids, (iv) furfural in condensates, and (v) fermentability using yeast. The methods used included two-step analytical acid hydrolysis combined with high-performance anion-exchange chromatography (HPAEC), HPLC, ultra-high performance liquid chromatography-electrospray ionization-triple quadrupole-mass spectrometry (UHPLC-ESI-QqQ-MS), and pyrolysis-gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (Py-GC/MS). Lignin recoveries in the range of 108–119% for autocatalyzed hydrothermal pretreatment at 205 °C and sulfuric-acid-catalyzed hydrothermal pretreatment were attributed to pseudolignin formation. Xylose concentration in the pretreatment liquid increased with temperature up to 190 °C and then decreased. Enzymatic digestibility was correlated with the removal of hemicelluloses, which was almost quantitative for the autocatalyzed hydrothermal pretreatment at 205 °C. Except for the pretreatment liquid from the autocatalyzed hydrothermal pretreatment at 205 °C, the inhibitory effects on Saccharomyces cerevisiae yeast were low. The highest combined yield of glucose and xylose was achieved for autocatalyzed hydrothermal pretreatment at 190 °C and the subsequent enzymatic saccharification that resulted in approximately 480 kg/ton (dry weight) raw wheat straw.


1983 ◽  
Vol 48 (2) ◽  
pp. 623-641 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zdeněk Polívka ◽  
Miroslav Rajšner ◽  
Jan Metyš ◽  
Jiří Holubek ◽  
Emil Svátek ◽  
...  

In the reaction of thieno[2,3c]-2-benzothiepin-4(9H)-one (VI) with 1-methyl-4-piperidylmagnesium chloride 7-(1-methyl-4-piperidyl)thieno[2,3-c]-2-benzothiepin-4(9H)-one (VIII) is formed in addition to the expected amino alcohol VII. The title compound I was obtained by the acid catalyzed dehydration of the pure alcohol VII. Compound I (pipethiadene) has outstanding antihistamine, antiserotonin, antireserpine and anticataleptic activity and was recommended to clinical trials as a potential antimigraine agent. For pharmacokinetic and metabolic studies there were prepared the NC2H3 analogue of pipethiadene IV and further, as potential metabolites, the demethyl analogue III, S-oxide X, demethyl S-oxide XI, N-oxide XIII and N,S-dioxide XIV. The Witting reaction of the ketone VI with 3-dimethylaminopropylidenetriphenylphosphorane resulted in a mixture of geometric isomers of 4-(3-dimethylamino-propylidene)-4,9-dihydrothieno[2,3-c]-2-benzothiepin with the strongly predominating Z-isomer XVI which was isolated from the mixture by crystallization of the hydrogen maleate. The mixture with the predominating Z-isomer XVI was converted by the treatment with 80% sulfuric acid and dilution with water to a mixture with the predominating E-isomer XV (dithiadene) which was isolated by crystallization of the hydrogen sulfate. Some further new thieno[2,3-c]-2-benzothiepin derivatives were synthesized as potential intermediates.


1954 ◽  
Vol 76 (22) ◽  
pp. 5609-5616 ◽  
Author(s):  
O. Wintersteiner ◽  
M. Moore ◽  
B. M. Iselin
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1972 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 229-232 ◽  
Author(s):  
Noboru Sonoda ◽  
Yuji Yamamoto ◽  
Shinji Murai ◽  
Shigeru Tsutsumi

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