Preparation of quinol N-acyl- and quinol ether imines via anodic oxidation of para-substituted anilide derivatives
作者:John S. Swenton、Timothy N. Biggs、William M. Clark
DOI:10.1021/jo00073a016
日期:1993.10
Anodic oxidation of N-benzoyl-4-methylaniline in 5 % aqueous methanol in the presence of sodium bicarbonate affords two major products: 4-methoxy-4-methylbenzoquinol N-benzoylimine, 8a, and a dimer, 4-[N-benzoyl-N-(4-methylphenyl)amino]-4-methylbenzoquinol N-benzoylimine, 9. The ratio of these two products was temperature dependent, and conditions were developed for preparing 8a and 9 in good yield. Using the conditions developed for 8a, the anodic methoxylation of N-benzoyl and acetyl derivatives of 4-ethyl- and 4-sec-butyl-4-phenylaniline and 2-aminofluorene derivatives was performed. The yields of the N-benzoyl derivatives of the 4-methoxy-4-substituted-benzoquinol imines were 46-80%, while the N-acetyl derivatives gave lower yields. When the anodic oxidation was performed using 30% water/acetonitrile or 10 % water/tetrahydrofuran, the 4-alkylbenzoquinol N-benzoylimine derivatives were obtained. The yields of these anodic hydroxylation reactions were lower than those of the corresponding methoxylations for all systems studied. In addition, the 4-alkylbenzoquinol N-benzoylimine derivatives were much more labile. Two methods were developed for conversion of the 4-methoxy-4-substituted-benzoquinol N-acylimines to the 4-methoxy-4-substituted-benzoquinol N-alkylimines. Finally, the especially labile 4-hydroxy-4-phenylbenzoquinol N-acetylimine was prepared for the first time from the readily available N-benzoyl derivative.