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July, 1939 containing tartaric acid. The red variety was converted into the black variety by heating a t 115'. X-Ray powder photographs were taken a t room temperature using CuK and FeK radiation. The above red product, and a sample of the red sulfide from Kahlbaum, both gave photographs showing absolutely no evidence of a crystalline nature. The black variety prepared above gave a pattern identical with that of stibnite, both as to position and intensity of the lines, indicating that there could be little if any amorphous material in the product.
Sterols.
1921
LXVII. Sarsasapogenin Derivatives. Bromo Compounds
BY RUSSELLE. MARKERAND EWALDROHRMANN
In a preceding paper1 of this series the reaction of sarsasapogenin acetate with bromine to yield a monobromo derivative of the composition CW H4504Brwas described. We have made several additional observations which are of interest concerning the nature of the bromo compounds. The great ease of bromination of sarsasapogenin and its derivatives is exemplified by the fact that sarsasapogenone reacts with one mole of bromine to give a compound which is identical with the SCHOOL OF CHEMISTRY compound formed when bromosarsasapogenin is UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA RECEIVED MAY26, 1939 oxidized a t 2.5' with chromic anhydride. MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA The bromo compounds are peculiar in that they appear to be unaffected by boiling with pyridine Sulfonic Acid Esters of 4,4'-Dihydroxydiphenyl or by treatment with pyridine and silver nitrate in the cold. The bromine is, however, easily BY STEWART E. HAZLET eliminated by other reactions. Catalytic hydroIn connection with some other work in progress genation of bromosarsasapogenin acetate in hot in this Laboratory a number of aryl sulfonic acid acetic acid followed by hydrolysis gave a rather esters of 4,4'-dihydroxydiphenyl have been pre- poor yield of dihydrosarsasapogenin. Treatpared. The method of preparation used was the ment of bromosarsasapogenin acetate with sosame as that previously reported' except that the dium and amyl alcohol gave a good yield of sarsaphenol ( 5 g.) was treated with 2.1 molecular pro- sapogenin. Similar results were obtained with portions of the necessary acid chloride. The sodium and ethanol. Treatment of bromosarcrystalline products were colorless except in the sasapogenin acetate with zinc dust and acetic acid case of the m-nitrobenzenesulfonate, which was gave sarsasapogenin acetate. Attempts to hyobtained as tan flakes. Of the esters, the ben- drolyze the bromo compounds with potassium zene- and the o-nitrobenzenesulfonyl derivatives acetate were unsuccessful, non-crystalline mixare best suited for use as derivatives for the iden- tures being obtained. Bromosarsasapogenin, tification of the phenol, for they are the ones most upori Clemmensen reduction in alcohol solution readily purified. The experimental results are with amalgamated zinc, gave a good yield uf tetrahydrosarsasapogenin. summarized in Table I. SULFONIC
Sulfonyl chloride used
Solvent
TABLE I ACID ESTERS O F 4,4'-DIHYDROXYDIPHENYL Yield,"
%
M. p . , "C.
Formula
Calcd.
Analyses, % Found
Benzcne n-PrOH 89 148 C24H1806Sz s, 13.73 13.97 p-Toluene n-PrOH Quant . 187-lXgb CzeHzzOaSz o-Nitrobenzene G1. AcOH Quant. 191-192 C ~ ~ H I ~ O I O N & S, 11.51 11.93 m-Nitrobenzene Cyclohexanol Quant. 216-217 C M H I ~ O ~ O X & S, 11.51 11.51 p-Nitrobenzene 1,$-Dioxane 87 23 1 CZ~HMO~ONZSZS , 11.51 11.44 p-Rromobenzene Quant. 201-202 C Z ~ H I ~ O ~ B ~ Br, Z S 25.64 ~ 25.98 a Crude product. This compound was prepared by Gilman, Beaber and Myers [THISJOURNAL, 47, 2047 (1925)] by treating the phenol with the acid chloride in the presence of potassium hydroxide. Benzene was used for crystallizatibn and a product melting a t 189-190' was obtained in 21.2% yield. "The compound was first dissolved inacetone and then precipitated by the addition of water; it was purified by crystallization from cyclohexanol and finally by washing with ethanol. DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY We wish to thank Parke, Davis and Company STATE COLLEGEOF WASHINGTON PULLMAN, WASHINGTON R~~~~~~~M~~ 8, 1939 for their generous support and assistance in the
various phases of this work. (1) Harlet, THISJOURNAL, I S , 287 (1937).
(1) Marker and Rohrmann, ibid., 61, 846 (193!)).
