Organic sulfur compounds. VI. Reduction of three α-(o-nitrophenylthio)ketones with sodium borohydride

1970 ◽  
Vol 48 (15) ◽  
pp. 2448-2452 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. T. Coutts ◽  
Sharon J. Matthias ◽  
H. W. Peel

Reduction of three α-(o-nitrophenylthio)ketones with sodium borohydride and palladium–charcoal gave mainly α-(o-nitrophenylthio)alcohols and, as minor products, α-(o-aminophenylthio)alcohols. Only two benzothiazines were formed. Bis[2-(3-phenyl-2H-1,4-benzothiazine)] was a minor product of the catalyzed reduction of ω-(o-nitrophenylthio)acetophenone whereas 1-(3,4-dihydro-4-hydroxy-3-oxo-2H-1,4-benzothiazin-2-yl)benzyl alcohol was the main product of the catalyzed reduction of α-benzoyl-α-(o-nitrophenylthio)acetate.

1965 ◽  
Vol 43 (12) ◽  
pp. 3221-3231 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. T. Coutts ◽  
H. W. Peel ◽  
Elizabeth M. Smith

2H-1,4-Benzothiazine hydroxamic acids of type V (see Table I) are readily prepared by reducing suitably substituted (o-nitrophenylthio)acetates (II, R″ = Me or Et) by means of sodium borohydride and palladium–charcoal. The ester precursors can be prepared by the interaction of o-nitrothiophenols and α-bromoesters, but such a method is limited in scope. Diethyl bromomalonate, for example, reacts atypically with o-nitrothiophenol. The ester precursors are better prepared by Fischer–Speier esterification of the corresponding acids (II, R″ = H) which, in turn, are the products of nucleophilic attack by α-mercaptoacids on suitable o-chloro- (or bromo-) nitrobenzenes. This general preparative method failed in two instances. When o-chloronitrobenzene or 4-chloro-3-nitrotoluene was reacted with α-mercaptoisobutyric acid, the only acidic product obtained was α.,α′-dithiodiisobutyric acid.Reduction of methyl 2-(o-nitrophenylthio)benzoate (VI) with sodium borohydride and palladium–charcoal gave an azoxy compound, namely 2,2'-bis((o-methoxycarbonyl)phenylthio)azoxybenzene (VII).


2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 1264-1270
Author(s):  
Xiang Tu ◽  
Shaohua Chen ◽  
Siyu Wang ◽  
Haiqing Liao ◽  
Xuejiao Deng

Abstract This study investigated the pollution status of volatile organic sulfur compounds (VOSCs) and the factors influencing their spatial distribution in the Xi River in Shenyang, China. A method for simultaneous determination of 14 VOSCs that cause odor in water samples was developed by using purge and trap coupled with gas chromatography and a flame photometric detector. The results indicated that each target compound could be identified from 15 sampling sites, and the total concentration of 14 VOSCs ranged from 2.575 to 52.981 μg L−1. Dimethyl sulfide (DMS) was the most important contaminant with an average concentration of 4.029 μg L−1, a detection rate of 93.33% and a variation coefficient of 0.72. The VOSCs were primarily distributed in suburban and rural sections, and the suburban section was the worst in regard to pollution by VOSCs. Dimethyl trisulfide was primarily distributed in urban and suburban sections of the Xi River due to industrial emissions. Ethanethiol, DMS, and ethyl methyl sulfide, which are typical by-products of microbial anaerobic decomposition from domestic wastewater, were found in abundance in the suburban section. Diethyl sulfide, diethyl disulfide, methyl propyl disulfide, and 1-propyl disulfide representing agricultural nonpoint source pollution were mostly distributed in the rural section.


1966 ◽  
Vol 44 (17) ◽  
pp. 2105-2109 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. T. Coutts ◽  
K. W. Hindmarsh ◽  
N. J. Pound

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