Water → HCID 15230861, compound

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Reaction Steps

A solvent mixture of acetonitrile (12 ml) and water (6 ml) was added to 2.01 g (5.0 mmole) of 7-(2,3,4,5-tetramethoxy-6-methylphenyl)-7-phenylheptanol and 2.51 g (5×3 mmole) of 2,6-pyridinecarboxylic acid, and a cooled solution of 8.22 g (5×3 mmole) of ceric ammonium nitrate in 50% aqueous acetonitrile (16 ml) was added dropwise to the mixture over the 20 minutes period under ice-cooling. After stirring was continued for another 20 minutes under ice-cooling, the insoluble matter was filtered out, and the acetonitrile was distilled off under reduced pressure. Isopropyl ether was added to the residue to carry out extraction. The isopropyl ether layer was separated out, washed with aqueuous sodium chloride solution, dried (magnesium sulfate) and evaporated. The residue was chromatographed on a silica gel column to elute with isopropyl ether/ethyl acetate to give 1.56 g (84%) of 7-(5,6-dimethoxy-3-methyl-1,4-benzoquinon-2-yl)-7-phenylheptanol. Its typical physical properties and nuclear magnetic resonance spectrum data are shown in Table 1. By following the procedure of this Example, the Compound No. 57 was prepared.

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