Molecular orbital study of the oxidation of steroidal phenols into quinols and epoxyquinols
Author(s) -
Zoran Marković,
Bogdan A. Šolaja,
Dragana R. Milić,
Ivan O. Juranić,
Miroslav J. Gašić
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
journal of the serbian chemical society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.227
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 1820-7421
pISSN - 0352-5139
DOI - 10.2298/jsc0007491m
Subject(s) - phenols , chemistry , molecular orbital , activation energy , computational chemistry , medicinal chemistry , organic chemistry , molecule
The MO study showed that the radical oxidation of phenols into quinols occurs readily. Further radical oxidation (in the m-CPBA/(BzO)2/hv system) of quinols occurs through appropriate biradical species with an activation energy of 79.5 kJ/mol yielding syn-epoxyquinols. The stereochemical outcome presented in this study is in full agreement with the experimental results.
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