0000000000067535
AUTHOR
Ewa Nowakowska
4,4,4′,4′,7,7′-Hexamethyl-2,2′-spirobichroman
The title compound, C23H28O2, was obtained from the reaction of acetone with meta-cresol. The molecular structure consists of two identical subunits which are nearly perpendicular to each other. The oxygen-containing rings are not planar and the molecule is chiral. The crystal structure consists of chains of molecules of the same chirality arranged along the [010] axis.
ChemInform Abstract: 4,4,4′,4′,7,7′-Hexamethyl-2,2′-spirobichroman.
The title compound, C23H28O2, was obtained from the reaction of acetone with meta-cresol. The molecular structure consists of two identical subunits which are nearly perpendicular to each other. The oxygen-containing rings are not planar and the molecule is chiral. The crystal structure consists of chains of molecules of the same chirality arranged along the [010] axis.
By-products in the rearrangement of N-methyl-N-phenylnitramine
Abstract N-Methyl-N-phenylnitramine was rearranged in the aqueous dioxane — sulphuric acid mixture to 2-nitro- and 4-nitro-N-methylanilines. The isomer ratio was independent of the acidity within the range of −0.3 > Ho > −2.8. Some by-products were isolated and identified e.g. N-methyl-N-nitrosoaniline, its 2-nitro and 4-nitro derivatives, nitrosobenzene and 4′,4″-bis-(N-methylamino)-3′,3″-dinitrodiphenylmethane. The mechanism of the nitramine rearrangement is discussed.
ChemInform Abstract: Attempted Preparation of Trisphenol-II.
Abstract Condensation of 4,4-bis-(4-methoxyphenyl)-2-methyl-2-pentanol with phenol, in the presence of hydrogen chloride, gives 1,3,3-trimethyl-1-(4-methoxyphenyl)-5-methoxyindan and tris-(4-methoxyphenyl)-ethane instead of expected 2,2,4-tris-(4-methoxyphenyl)-4-methylpentane (trisphenol-II). tris-(4-Hydroxyphenyl)-ethane was obtained, together with bisphenol-A, by condensation of phenol with acetylacetone.
β-(3,6,9-Trimethyl-9-xanthenyl)propionic acid
The title compound, C19H20O3, was obtained, among other condensation products, from the reaction of meta-cresol and levulinic acid. The pyrane ring closure does not alter significantly the environment of the ethereal linkage in comparison with diaryl ethers. The deformations of the endocyclic valence angles in the benzene rings, centred on the C atoms substituted with alkyl groups, is greater than expected. The molecular packing is influenced by O—H⋯O hydrogen bonds, leading to centrosymmetric dimers.
Attempted preparation of trisphenol-II
Abstract Condensation of 4,4-bis-(4-methoxyphenyl)-2-methyl-2-pentanol with phenol, in the presence of hydrogen chloride, gives 1,3,3-trimethyl-1-(4-methoxyphenyl)-5-methoxyindan and tris-(4-methoxyphenyl)-ethane instead of expected 2,2,4-tris-(4-methoxyphenyl)-4-methylpentane (trisphenol-II). tris-(4-Hydroxyphenyl)-ethane was obtained, together with bisphenol-A, by condensation of phenol with acetylacetone.