Facile Synthesis Of Phenolic Derivatives, Containig Lactamomethyl Substituents

In this work we suggest the new method for the synthesis of novel phenolic derivatives, containing lactamomethyl substituents. Oxidation processes of fuels and mineral oils lead to losing of their properties, so the search for new and effective inhibitors of these processes is very actuel. We suggest a facile system for lactamomethylation reaction. Heating in the water some of phenols (resorcinol, phloroglucinol, methylphloroglucinol, pyrogallol, salicylic, resorcilic and gallic acids) with N-hydroxymethyl derivatives of pyrrolidone, valerolactam, caprolactam and 4-phenylpyrrolidone in the presence of catalytic amounts of acetic acid led to the target compounds with nearly quantitative yields. Time of the reaction ranged 1.5-2 h. As the products have low solubility in water, in contrast with the reagents, filtration was used for their extraction. The advantages of this method are also that it is eco-friendly because of small amounts of wastes and low toxicity of the reagents and solvent, and cheapness of starting compounds. Eighteen novel compounds were obtained. The composition of target substances was determined by elemental analysis whereas the structures of the synthesized compounds were confirmed by FT-IR spectroscopy methods, H-1- and C-13-NMR spectroscopy. In IR spectra there are carbonyl group stretching vibrations peaks in lower frequencies (about 1600 cm(-1)) than expected due to the formation of inter- and intramolecular hydrogen bonds between this group and phenolic hydroxyl group.