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Preparation of Partially Hydrogenated 4,6‐Dimethyldibenzothiophenes
Author(s) -
Kukula Pavel,
Gramlich Volker,
Prins Roel
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
helvetica chimica acta
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.74
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1522-2675
pISSN - 0018-019X
DOI - 10.1002/hlca.200690162
Subject(s) - chemistry , hydrodesulfurization , catalysis , metal , sulfide , dimethyl sulfide , medicinal chemistry , crystal structure , organic chemistry , sulfur
The synthesis of three key intermediates of the hydrogenation pathway in the hydrodesulfurization of 4,6‐dimethyldibenzothiophene (4,6‐DM‐DBT; 1 ) is described. The hydrogenated derivatives 1,2,3,4‐tetrahydro‐4,6‐dimethyldibenzothiophene (= 4,6‐dimethyl‐1,2,3,4‐tetrahydrodibenzothiophene; 4,6‐DM‐TH‐DBT; 2 ), 1,2,3,4,4a,9b‐hexahydro‐4,6‐dimethyldibenzothiophene (= 4,6‐dimethyl‐1,2,3,4,4a,9b‐hexahydrodibenzothiophene; 4,6‐DM‐HH‐DBT; 3 ), and dodecahydro‐4,6‐dimethyldibenzothiophene (= 4,6‐dimethylperhydrodibenzothiophene; 4,6‐DM‐PH‐DBT; 4 ) were prepared by direct hydrogenation of 1 . The reactions were carried out in continuous and batch reactors by using metal sulfide as well as noble‐metal catalysts. The influence of the reaction conditions on the formation of the products and the distribution of their stereoisomers was studied in detail. The isomers of the main products were isolated and characterized by NMR, GC/MS/MS, and X‐ray crystal‐structure diffractometry.