Issue 18, 2004

Synthesis of chlorinated and non-chlorinated biphenyl-2,3- and 3,4-catechols and their [2H3]-isotopomers

Abstract

A synthetic scheme is described for chlorinated biphenyl-2,3- and 3,4-catechols to be used as standards for structural assignment of metabolites and protein adducts of 2,2′,5,5′-tetrachlorobiphenyl in which both rings retain chlorine substituents. The scheme has general applicability to the synthesis of chlorinated biphenyl catechols. Dimethyl catechol ethers are coupled to dichloroaniline via the Cadogan reaction to give a library of isomers, followed by demethylation of the ethers with BBr3 to yield the target catechols. Separation of pure isomers is accomplished by TLC or HPLC prior to or following demethylation, depending on the isomer mixture. [2H3]-Isotopomers are generated using 2,5-dichloroaniline-d3 as the starting arylamine in the coupling reaction. The dichloroaniline-d3 hydrochloride is obtained as the sole product from nitration of p-dichlorobenzene-d4 followed by Pd/C-catalyzed hydrogenation under strongly acidic conditions. This hydrogenation procedure provides a simple and convenient approach to selective reduction of aryl nitro groups in the presence of halogen ring substituents.

Graphical abstract: Synthesis of chlorinated and non-chlorinated biphenyl-2,3- and 3,4-catechols and their [2H3]-isotopomers

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
21 Jun 2004
Accepted
02 Aug 2004
First published
24 Aug 2004

Org. Biomol. Chem., 2004,2, 2624-2629

Synthesis of chlorinated and non-chlorinated biphenyl-2,3- and 3,4-catechols and their [2H3]-isotopomers

P. Lin, R. Sangaiah, A. Ranasinghe, L. M. Ball, J. A. Swenberg and A. Gold, Org. Biomol. Chem., 2004, 2, 2624 DOI: 10.1039/B409373A

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