- Cytotoxic linear acetylenes from a marine sponge Pleroma sp.
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Bioassay-guided fractionation of the extract of the rare deep-sea marine sponge Pleroma sp. afforded seven new linear acetylenes, yakushynols A-F (1-6) and neopetroformyne E (7). The structures of 1-7 were determined by a combination of the analysis of spectroscopic data and chemical derivatization. Compounds 1-6 are the first examples of the sponge-derived acetylenes of the size of duryne with oxidation at the sixth carbon from the terminus. Compounds 1-5 and 7 exhibited moderate cytotoxic activity. A biosynthetic route of neopetroformyne A was inferred from the structural transition among sponge-derived linear acetylenes.
- Takanashi, Emi,Takada, Kentaro,Hashimoto, Masahiro,Itoh, Yoshiyuki,Ise, Yuji,Ohtsuka, Susumu,Okada, Shigeru,Matsunaga, Shigeki
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- Scalable, sustainable and catalyst-free continuous flow ozonolysis of fatty acids
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A simple and efficient catalyst-free protocol for continuous flow synthesis of azelaic acid is developed from the renewable feedstock oleic acid. An ozone and oxygen mixture was used as the reagent for oxidative cleavage of double bond without using any metal catalyst or terminal oxidant. The target product was scaled up to more than 100 g with 86% yield in a white powder form. Complete recycling and reuse of the solvent were established making it a green method. The approach is significantly energy efficient and also has a very small chemical footprint. The methodology has been successfully tested with four fatty acids making it a versatile platform that gives value addition from renewable resources.
- Atapalkar, Ranjit S.,Athawale, Paresh R.,Srinivasa Reddy,Kulkarni, Amol A.
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p. 2391 - 2396
(2021/04/07)
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- Process for producing long chain amino acids and dibasic acids
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There is disclosed a process for the production of long chain amino acid and long chain dibasic acid, comprising: (1) reacting long chain keto fatty acid with hydroxylamine or subjecting keto fatty acid to an ammoximation reaction to yield an oxime fatty acid; (2) subjecting the oxime fatty acid to the Beckmann rearrangement to yield a mixture of two amide fatty acids; (3) hydrolyzing the mixed amide fatty acids to produce long chain amino acid, long chain dibasic acid, short chain alkylamine, and alkanoic acid.
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- Fatty Acid Chain Shortening by a Fungal Peroxygenase
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A recently discovered peroxygenase from the fungus Marasmius rotula (MroUPO) is able to catalyze the progressive one-carbon shortening of medium and long-chain mono- and dicarboxylic acids by itself alone, in the presence of H2O2. The mechanism, analyzed using H218O2, starts with an α-oxidation catalyzed by MroUPO generating an α-hydroxy acid, which is further oxidized by the enzyme to a reactive α-keto intermediate whose decarboxylation yields the one-carbon shorter fatty acid. Compared with the previously characterized peroxygenase of Agrocybe aegerita, a wider heme access channel, enabling fatty acid positioning with the carboxylic end near the heme cofactor (as seen in one of the crystal structures available) could be at the origin of the unique ability of MroUPO shortening carboxylic acid chains.
- Olmedo, Andrés,Río, José C. del,Kiebist, Jan,Ullrich, René,Hofrichter, Martin,Scheibner, Katrin,Martínez, Angel T.,Gutiérrez, Ana
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p. 16985 - 16989
(2017/11/27)
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- Production of Odd-Carbon Dicarboxylic Acids in Escherichia coli Using an Engineered Biotin-Fatty Acid Biosynthetic Pathway
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Dicarboxylic acids are commodity chemicals used in the production of plastics, polyesters, nylons, fragrances, and medications. Bio-based routes to dicarboxylic acids are gaining attention due to environmental concerns about petroleum-based production of these compounds. Some industrial applications require dicarboxylic acids with specific carbon chain lengths, including odd-carbon species. Biosynthetic pathways involving cytochrome P450-catalyzed oxidation of fatty acids in yeast and bacteria have been reported, but these systems produce almost exclusively even-carbon species. Here we report a novel pathway to odd-carbon dicarboxylic acids directly from glucose in Escherichia coli by employing an engineered pathway combining enzymes from biotin and fatty acid synthesis. Optimization of the pathway will lead to industrial strains for the production of valuable odd-carbon diacids.
- Haushalter, Robert W.,Phelan, Ryan M.,Hoh, Kristina M.,Su, Cindy,Wang, George,Baidoo, Edward E. K.,Keasling, Jay D.
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p. 4615 - 4618
(2017/04/11)
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- Six New Polyacetylenic Alcohols from the Marine Sponges Petrosia sp. and Halichondria sp.
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Six new polyacetylenic alcohols, termed strongylotriols A and B; pellynols J, K, and L; and isopellynol A, together with three known polyacetylenic alcohols, pellynols A, B, and C were isolated from the marine sponges Petrosia sp., and Halichondria sp. collected in Okinawa, Japan. Their planer structures were determined based on 2D-NMR and mass spectrometric analysis of the degraded products by RuCl3 oxidation. The absolute stereochemistry of isolates was examined by their Mosher's esters. The strongylotriols were found to be optically pure compounds, whereas the pellynols are diastereomeric mixtures at the C-6 position. Proliferation experiments using the HeLa and K562 cell lines suggested that the essential structural units for activity are the "hexa-2,4-diyn-1,6-diol" and "pent-1-en-4-yn-3-ol" on the termini.
- Gabriel, Adeyemi Francis,Li, Zhen,Kusuda, Ryouhei,Tanaka, Chiaki,Miyamoto, Tomofumi
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p. 469 - 475
(2015/09/07)
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- Thermoset coatings from epoxidized sucrose soyate and blocked, bio-based dicarboxylic acids
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A new 100 % bio-based thermosetting coating system was developed from epoxidized sucrose soyate crosslinked with blocked bio-based dicarboxylic acids. A solvent-free, green method was used to block the carboxylic acid groups and render the acids miscible with the epoxy resin. The thermal reversibility of this blocking allowed for the formulation of epoxy-acid thermoset coatings that are 100 % bio-based. This was possible due to the volatility of the vinyl ethers under curing conditions. These systems have good adhesion to metal substrates and perform well under chemical and physical stress. Additionally, the hardness of the coating system is dependent on the chain length of the diacid used, making it tunable.
- Kovash Jr., Curtiss S.,Pavlacky, Erin,Selvakumar, Sermadurai,Sibi, Mukund P.,Webster, Dean C.
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p. 2289 - 2294
(2014/11/08)
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- Microbial synthesis of medium-chain α,ω-dicarboxylic acids and ω-aminocarboxylic acids from renewable long-chain fatty acids
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Biotransformation of long-chain fatty acids into medium-chain α,ω-dicarboxylic acids or ω-aminocarboxylic acids could be achieved with biocatalysts. This study presents the production of α,ω-dicarboxylic acids (e.g., C9, C11, C 12, C13) and ω-aminocarboxylic acids (e.g., C 11, C12, C13) directly from fatty acids (e.g., oleic acid, ricinoleic acid, lesquerolic acid) using recombinant Escherichia coli-based biocatalysts. ω-Hydroxycarboxylic acids, which were produced from oxidative cleavage of fatty acids via enzymatic reactions involving a fatty acid double bond hydratase, an alcohol dehydrogenase, a Baeyer-Villiger monooxygenase and an esterase, were then oxidized to α,ω- dicarboxylic acids by alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH, AlkJ) from Pseudomonas putida GPo1 or converted into ω-aminocarboxylic acids by a serial combination of ADH from P. putida GPo1 and an ω-transaminase of Silicibacter pomeroyi. The double bonds present in the fatty acids such as ricinoleic acid and lesquerolic acid were reduced by E. coli-native enzymes during the biotransformations. This study demonstrates that the industrially relevant building blocks (C9 to C13 saturated α,ω- dicarboxylic acids and ω-aminocarboxylic acids) can be produced from renewable fatty acids using biocatalysis.
- Song, Ji-Won,Lee, Jung-Hoo,Bornscheuer, Uwe T.,Park, Jin-Byung
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p. 1782 - 1788
(2014/06/09)
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- (-)-Duryne and its homologues, cytotoxic acetylenes from a marine sponge Petrosia sp.
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Six linear acetylenes, (-)-duryne (1) and (-)-durynes B-F (2-6), were isolated from the marine sponge Petrosia sp. Their structures were elucidated by NMR and tandem FABMS analyses. The positions of the olefinic bonds were confirmed by ozonolysis experiments, and the absolute configurations were determined by the modified Mosher's method. Compound 1 was found to be the enantiomer of duryne, a previously reported sponge metabolite. Compounds 1-6 show cytotoxicity against HeLa cells with IC50 values between 0.08 and 0.50 μM. (Chemical Equation Presented).
- Hitora, Yuki,Takada, Kentaro,Okada, Shigeru,Ise, Yuji,Matsunaga, Shigeki
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p. 1262 - 1267
(2011/07/30)
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- Ruthenium catalysed oxidation without CCl4 of oleic acid, other monoenic fatty acids and alkenes
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Ruthenium catalysed oxidation of alkenes and monoenic fatty acids is reported. The study of the influence of cosolvents (H2O/MeCN/X) shows that toxic CCl4 initially used in the Sharpless system (H 2O/MeCN/CCl4) can be avoided and demonstrates that the oxidative cleavage of CC bond could be accomplished in good yields with H 2O/MeCN/AcOEt solvent system in a ratio 3/2/2, respectively.
- Zimmermann, Fran?ois,Meux, Eric,Mieloszynski, Jean-Luc,Lecuire, Jean-Marie,Oget, Nicolas
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p. 3201 - 3203
(2007/10/03)
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- Isolation and characterization of aliphatic constituents of Tephrosia purpurea
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n-Hentriacontanol has been isolated from pod husk as well as seeds whereas trans-2-tridecene-1,13-dioic acid, a new compound isolated from pod husk of Tephrosia purpurea. The compounds have been characterized on the basis of spectral data analysis and chemical reactions.
- Bhatnagar,Kapoor
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p. 973 - 974
(2007/10/03)
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- Process for the preparation of mono- or dicarboxylic acids from aldehydes, from their full acetals or hemiacetals or from mixtures thereof
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Process for the preparation of aliphatic or aromatic mono- or dicarboxylic acids of 4 to 22 carbon atoms by oxidation of the corresponding aldehydes having the same number of carbon atoms in a carboxylic acid from the group consisting of formic acid, acetic acid, and propionic acid or in a carboxylic acid/water mixture at a temperature of 50°-130° C. and at 1 to 25 bar and in the presence of an oxidizing agent.
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- Synthesis of 4,5-decamethyleneimidazole, 4,5-decamethyleneoxazole, 4,5-decamethyleneisoxazole, 4,5-decamethyleneimidazolone-2, and 4,5-decamethylenepyrazole from cyclodecanone derivatives
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4,5-Decamethyleneimidazole, 4,5-decamethyleneoxazole, and 4,5-decamethyleneimidazolone-2 were synthesized by reactions of 2-bromocyclododecanone and 2-hydroxycyclododecanone with formamide, ammonium formate, and urea, respectively.Condensation of 2-formylcyclododecanone with hydroxylamine and hydrazine hydrate resulted in 4,5-decamethyleneisoxazole, and 4,5-decamethylenepyrazole, respectively. - Key words: 2-bromocyclododecanone, 2-hydroxycyclododecanone; 4,5-decamethyleneimidazole, 4,5-decamethyleneoxazole, 4,5-decamethyleneimidazolone-2, 4,5-decamethyleneisoxazole, 4,5-decamethylenepyrazole.
- Zakharkin, L. I.,Guseva, V. V.
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- PREPARATION OF BRASSYLIC ACID FROM 5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14-DECAHYDROCYCLODODECAPYRIMIDINE(1H,3H)-2,4-DIONE OBTAINED BY THE CONDENSATION OF CYCLODODECANONE AND UREA OR BIURET
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A simple method is proposed for the preparation of brassylic acid by the alkaline hydrolysis of 5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14-decahydrocyclododecapyrimidinepyrimidine(1H,3H)spirocyclododecane-2-thione-4. Keywords: brassylic acid, cyclododecanone, 5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14-decahydrocyclododecapyrimidine(1H,3H)dione-2,4, 5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14-decahydrocyclododecapyrimidinespirocyclododecane-2-thione-4, urea, biuret, methoxycarbonylcyclododecanone, phenylamide of cyclododecanonecarboxylic acid.
- Zakharkin, L. I.,Churilova, I. M.,Guseva, V. V.
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(2007/10/02)
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- Topical Treatment of hyperproliferative skin diseases
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A method for the topical treatment of hyperproliferative skin diseases in a human is described. Compounds and compositions for use in this method are also described.
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