- Selective Reductive Dimerization of CO2into Glycolaldehyde
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The selective dimerization of CO2 into glycolaldehyde is achieved in a one-pot two-step process via formaldehyde as a key intermediate. The first step concerns the iron-catalyzed selective reduction of CO2 into formaldehyde via formation and controlled hydrolysis of a bis(boryl)acetal compound. The second step concerns the carbene-catalyzed C-C bond formation to afford glycolaldehyde. Both carbon atoms of glycolaldehyde arise from CO2 as proven by the labeling experiment with 13CO2. This hybrid organometallic/organic catalytic system employs mild conditions (1 atm of CO2, 25 to 80 °C in less than 3 h) and low catalytic loadings (1 and 2.5%, respectively). Glycolaldehyde is obtained in 53% overall yield. The appealing reactivity of glycolaldehyde is exemplified (i) in a dimerization process leading to C4 aldose compounds and (ii) in a tri-component Petasis-Borono-Mannich reaction generating C-N and C-C bonds in one process.
- Zhang, Dan,Jarava-Barrera, Carlos,Bontemps, Sébastien
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p. 4568 - 4575
(2021/05/04)
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- Catalytic Gels for a Prebiotically Relevant Asymmetric Aldol Reaction in Water: From Organocatalyst Design to Hydrogel Discovery and Back Again
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This paper reports an investigation into organocatalytic hydrogels as prebiotically relevant systems. Gels are interesting prebiotic reaction media, combining heterogeneous and homogeneous characteristics with a structurally organized active solid-like catalyst separated from the surrounding environment, yet in intimate contact with the solution phase and readily accessible via liquid-like diffusion. A simple self-assembling glutamine amide derivative 1 was initially found to catalyze a model aldol reaction between cyclohexanone and 4-nitrobenzaldehyde, but it did not maintain its gel structure during reaction. In this study, it was observed that compound 1 could react directly with the benzaldehyde to form a hydrogel in situ based on Schiff base 2 as a low-molecular-weight gelator (LMWG). This new dynamic gel is a rare example of a two-component self-assembled LMWG hydrogel and was fully characterized. It was demonstrated that glutamine amide 1 could select an optimal aldehyde component and preferentially assemble from mixtures. In the hunt for an organocatalyst, reductive conditions were applied to the Schiff base to yield secondary amine 3, which is also a highly effective hydrogelator at very low loadings with a high degree of nanoscale order. Most importantly, the hydrogel based on 3 catalyzed the prebiotically relevant aldol dimerization of glycolaldehyde to give threose and erythrose. In buffered conditions, this reaction gave excellent conversions, good diastereoselectivity, and some enantioselectivity. Catalysis using the hydrogel of 3 was much better than that using non-assembled 3 - demonstrating a clear benefit of self-assembly. The results suggest that hydrogels offer a potential strategy by which prebiotic reactions can be promoted using simple, prebiotically plausible LMWGs that can selectively self-organize from complex mixtures. Such processes may have been of prebiotic importance.
- Hawkins, Kirsten,Patterson, Anna K.,Clarke, Paul A.,Smith, David K.
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supporting information
p. 4379 - 4389
(2020/03/05)
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- Convergent in situ Generation of Both Transketolase Substrates via Transaminase and Aldolase Reactions for Sequential One-Pot, Three-Step Cascade Synthesis of Ketoses
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We describe an efficient three-enzyme, sequential one-pot cascade reaction where both transketolase substrates are generated in situ in a convergent fashion. The nucleophilic donor substrate hydroxypyruvate was obtained from l-serine and pyruvate by a transaminase-catalyzed reaction. In parallel, three different (2S)-α-hydroxylated aldehydes, l-glyceraldehyde, d-threose, and l-erythrose, were generated as electrophilic acceptors from simple achiral compounds glycolaldehyde and formaldehyde by d-fructose-6-phosphate aldolase catalysis. The compatibility of the three enzymes was studied in terms of temperature, enzyme ratio and substrate concentration. The efficiency of the process relied on the irreversibility of the transketolase reaction, driving a shift of the reversible transamination reaction and securing the complete conversion of all substrates. Three valuable (3S,4S)-ketoses, l-ribulose, d-tagatose, and l-psicose were obtained in good yields with high diastereoselectivity.
- Lorillière, Marion,Guérard-Hélaine, Christine,Gefflaut, Thierry,Fessner, Wolf-Dieter,Clapés, Pere,Charmantray, Franck,Hecquet, Laurence
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p. 812 - 817
(2019/12/27)
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- Kinetics and mechanism of quinolinium dichromate mediated oxidation of sugar alcohols in Bronsted acid media
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Bronsted acid catalyzed oxidation of certain sugar alcohols (polyols) has been studied by quinolinium dichromate (QDC) using aqueous sulfuric, perchloric, and hydrochloric acids at different temperatures. At constant acidity, reaction kinetics revealed the second-order kinetics with a first order in [Alcohol] and [QDC]. Zucker-Hammett, Bunnett, and Bunnett-Olsen criteria were used to analyze acid-dependent rate accelerations. Bunnett-Olsen plots of (log k + Hν) versus (Hν + log [H+]), and (log k) versus (Hν + log [H+]) afforded slope values (? and ?*, respectively)?>?0.47, suggesting that a water molecule acts as a prton transfer agent in the slow step of the mechanism in the oxidation of alcohols by QDC in the presence of aqueous sulfuric, perchloric, and hydrochloric acids.
- Kodali, Satish Babu,Jakku, Narendar Reddy,Kamatala, Chinna Rajanna,Yerraguntla, Rajeshwar Rao
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p. 167 - 177
(2019/12/27)
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- Shape-selective Valorization of Biomass-derived Glycolaldehyde using Tin-containing Zeolites
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A highly selective self-condensation of glycolaldehyde to different C4 molecules has been achieved using Lewis acidic stannosilicate catalysts in water at moderate temperatures (40–100 °C). The medium-sized zeolite pores (10-membered ring framework) in Sn-MFI facilitate the formation of tetrose sugars while hindering consecutive aldol reactions leading to hexose sugars. High yields of tetrose sugars (74 %) with minor amounts of vinyl glycolic acid (VGA), an α-hydroxyacid, are obtained using Sn-MFI with selectivities towards C4 products reaching 97 %. Tin catalysts having large pores or no pore structure (Sn-Beta, Sn-MCM-41, Sn-SBA-15, tin chloride) led to lower selectivities for C4 sugars due to formation of hexose sugars. In the case of Sn-Beta, VGA is the main product (30 %), illustrating differences in selectivity of the Sn sites in the different frameworks. Under optimized conditions, GA can undergo further conversion, leading to yields of up to 44 % of VGA using Sn-MFI in water. The use of Sn-MFI offers multiple possibilities for valorization of biomass-derived GA in water under mild conditions selectively producing C4 molecules.
- Tolborg, S?ren,Meier, Sebastian,Saravanamurugan, Shunmugavel,Fristrup, Peter,Taarning, Esben,Sádaba, Irantzu
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p. 3054 - 3061
(2016/11/17)
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- Catalytic effect of aluminium chloride on the example of the conversion of sugar model compounds
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Abstract In this work, the catalytic effect of the Bronsted acid hydrochloric acid, the Bronsted base sodium hydroxide and the Lewis acid AlCl3 on the conversion of biomass derived carbohydrates is investigated. On the example of the glycolaldehyde conversion, it is shown that the Lewis acid catalyses the ketol-endiol-tautomerism, the dehydration, the retro-aldol-reaction and the benzilic-acid-rearrangement. The main products are C4- and C6-carbohydrates as well as their secondary products 2-hydroxybut-3-enoic acid 1 and several furans. Under the same reaction conditions hydrochloric acid catalyzes mainly the dehydration and sodium hydroxide the tautomerism and subsequent aldolization.
- Schwiderski, Martin,Kruse, Andrea
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- Tertiary Amine Promoted Asymmetric Aldol Reaction of Aldehydes
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The direct asymmetric self-aldol reactions of various α-oxyaldehydes catalyzed by tertiary amines have been demonstrated. By using 10 mol-% of quinine catalyst, dimerization products have been prepared in high yields, with good anti-diastereocontrol, and up to 80% ee. The presented enolate-mediated synthesis of protected tetrose sugars has never been accomplished before by chiral tertiary amine organocatalysts.
- Gut, Bartosz,Mlynarski, Jacek
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p. 5075 - 5078
(2015/08/18)
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- Asymmetric organocatalytic formation of protected and unprotected tetroses under potentially prebiotic conditions
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Esters of proteinogenic amino acids efficiently catalyse the formation of erythrose and threose under potentially prebiotic conditions in the highest yields and enantioselectivities yet reported. Remarkably while esters of (l)-proline yield (l)-tetroses, esters of (l)-leucine, (l)-alanine and (l)-valine generate (d)-tetroses, offering the potential to account for the link between natural (l)-amino acids and natural (d)-sugars. The effect of pH and NaCl on the yields and enantioselectivities was also investigated and was shown to be significant, with the optimal enantioselectivities occurring at pH 7.
- Burroughs, Laurence,Clarke, Paul A.,Forintos, Henrietta,Gilks, James A. R.,Hayes, Christopher J.,Vale, Matthew E.,Wade, William,Zbytniewski, Myriam
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experimental part
p. 1565 - 1570
(2012/04/05)
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- Kinetics and mechanism of oxidation of L-sorbose by tetraethylammonium chlorochromate in aqueous acetic acid
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The kinetics of oxidation of L-sorbose by tetraethylammonium chlorochromate in aqueous acetic acid 50% (v/v) medium has been investigated. The reaction has been found to be first order with respect to each of the [oxidant] and [substrate] under pseudo-first order conditions. The reaction is catalyzed by acid and a medium of low dielectric constant favors the oxidation reaction. The ionic strength variation does not influence the reaction rate. A 1:1 stoichiometry is observed in the oxidation and the reaction rate is not retarded by radical trapping agent, acrylonitrile. The erythrose and glycolic acid have been identified as main products of the oxidation. The effect of temperature is studied and activation parameters are determined. On the basis of kinetic results, a hydride ion transfer mechanism is proposed.
- Tomar, Ashish,Kumar, Arun
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p. 1162 - 1165
(2008/09/21)
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- Methods for the electrolytic production of erythrose or erythritol
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Methods for the production of erythrose and/or erythritol are provided herein. Preferably, the methods include the step of electrolytic decarboxylation of a ribonic acid or arabinonic acid reactant to produce erythrose. Optionally, the reactant can be obtained from a suitable hexose sugar, such as allose, altrose, glucose, fructose or mannose. The erythrose product can be hydrogenated to produce erythritol.
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- Gene sequence of l-rhamnose isomerase having new catalytic function and use thereof
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In the rare sugar strategy of Izumoring (FIG. 1), it is intended to establish a reaction system of producing rare sugars of many types by acquiring an isomerase which acts on various rare aldoses and, therefore, is most efficient in producing various rare ketoses. A DNA encoding the following protein (a) or (b). The above-mentioned DNA which is L-rhamnose isomerase derived from Pseudomonas stutzerii. A protein comprising the amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO:2. A process for producing a recombinant protein characterized by culturing a host cell containing an expression system that can express the above-mentioned protein in a medium and collecting a recombinant protein having an L-rhamnose isomerase activity from the thus obtained culture. A method of applying FIG. 1 to the production of a rare sugar characterized in that the location of a target rare sugar in the overall picture of monosaccharides is understood and thus the optimum production pathway on which the above protein is allowed to act is designed.
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- Metal-mediated decarbonylation and dehydration of ketose sugars
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Ketose sugars can be decarbonylated and/or dehydrated by the action of certain metal complexes. Fructose reacts with 1 equiv of RhCl(PPh3)3 (1) in N-methyl-2-pyrrolidinone (NMP) at 130°C to give furfuryl alcohol, Rh(CO)Cl(PPh3)2 (2), and a small amount of 1-deoxyerythritol. 1,3-Dihydroxyacetone consumes 2 equiv of 1, giving methane and ca. 2 mol of 2. With manno-2-heptulose the primary product is 2,7-anhydromanno-2-heptulopyranose. The mechanisms of these unusual reactions have been studied by using 13C-labeling experiments and model reactions employing Pd(II) and HCl. Attempts to make the reactions catalytic using [Rh(Ph2PCH2CH2CH2PPh 2)2]+[BF4]- in place of 1 were not successful. The use of NMP as a solvent offers some advantages in the acid-catalyzed synthesis of certain carbohydrate dehydration products, as exemplified by the conversion of manno-2-heptulose to its 2,7-anhydride and of 2-deoxyglucose to 1-(2-furanyl)-1,2-ethanediol.
- Andrews, Mark A.
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p. 2703 - 2708
(2008/10/08)
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- KINETICS OF OXIDATION OF MONOSACCHARIDES WITH CERIUM(IV)
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The kinetics of the oxidation of D-galactose, D-glucose, D-mannose, D-fructose, L-sorbose, L-arabinose, D-ribose, and D-xylose with cerium(IV) in perchloric acid were studied.Two complexes were found to form in each case.The first complex forms in a pre-equilibrium reaction during mixing in the stopped-flow apparatus.Michaelis-Menten kinetics were observed for this oxidation.The values of the complex-formation and dissociation rate-constants were determined in 1.0 M HClO4.The dissociation partly involves the oxidation of the first complex and partly, the formation of a second, more-stable complex.This second complex is oxidized much more slowly than the first, and the values of the pseudo-first-order rate-constant were again determined in 1.0 M HClO4.The values proved to be almost constant in the range of 0.1 M to 1.0 M , from which it was concluded that practically all of the Ce(IV) was complexed.
- Virtanen, Pentti O. I.,Lindroos, Raija,Oikarinen, Eija,Vaskuri, Juhani
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- SYNTHESIS OF L-(4-2H)ERYTHROSE, L-(1-13C, 5-2H)ARABINOSE AND L-(2-13C, 5-2H)ARABINOSE AND IDENTIFICATION OF THE INTERMEDIATES BY 2H AND 13C-N.M.R. SPECTROSCOPY
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L-(1-13C, 5-2H)Arabinose (6D) and L-(2-13C, 5-2H)arabinose (8D) have been synthesized by degradation of 2,3-O-isopropylidene-β-L-rhamnofuranose (2) to L-(4-2H)erythrose (5β, 5αD), with subsequent chain elongation to 6D plus L-(1-13C, 5-2H)ribose (7D), the latter being converted into 8D.Intermediates were identified by complete assignment of the 13C chemical shifts employing carbon-carbon and carbon-deuterium coupling constants, deuteration shifts, differential isotope-shifts, and deuterium spectra.The anomeric carbon atoms of 2 and 2,3-O-isopropylidene-L-(1-2H)erythrose (4D) gave only single 13C resonances, suggesting that these two compounds exists in only one major anomeric configuration, clarifying previously reported work.The synthesis of 2,3-O-isopropylidene-L-(1-2H)rhamnitol (3D) facilitated the assignment of the signals in the 13C spectra of the nondeuterated analog.Specific deuterium-enrichment and the observed carbon-deuterium coupling (1JC,D ca. 22 Hz) not only served to identify the deuterated carbon atom unambiguously in 3 but also permitted assignment of closely spaced resonances.The deuterium spectrum of 2,3-O-isopropylidene-L-(4-2H)erythrofuranose (4D) showed only a single resonance, indicating preponderance of one anomer, in accord with the observation of a single C-1 resonance in the 13C spectrum.
- Han, Chung H.,Sillerud, Laurel O.
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p. 247 - 264
(2007/10/02)
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- Kinetics, Catalysis, and Mechanism of the Secondary Reaction in the Final Phase of the Formose Reaction
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In the final phase of the formose reaction sugars are formed by the reaction of glycolaldehyde, glyceraldehyde and dihydroxyacetone.The application of high-pressure liquid chromatography allows for the first time to investigate intermediate and final products quantitatively.The results of kinetical investigations allow to suggest a reaction mechanism for the secondary reaction in the final phase of the formose reaction.This mechanism is compared with that of the starting phase and other known mechanisms.From the results metal ion-catalyzed aldol reactions have to be assumed.
- Harsch, Guenther,Bauer, Hermann,Voelter, Wolfgang
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p. 623 - 635
(2007/10/02)
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- THE FORMOIN REACTION
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The formoin reaction, i.e., the autocondensation of formaldehyde in an aprotic solvent catalysed by the conjugate base of a thiazolium ion, has been studied in detail.Glucose, galactose, dihyroxyacetone dimer, xylose, and arabinose have been identified as products.The influence of catalysts, temperature, basicity, and reaction time is documented.N,N-Dimethylformamide is a more convenient solvent than ether, benzene, or diglyme.Ethyldi-isopropylamine affords better yields of carbohydrate material than triethylamine.At =60 deg, aldol condensations are reduced to a minimum.After 1-2 h of reaction (depending on the conditions), the yields begin to decrease and become zero after ca. 24 h.
- Castells, Josep,Lopez-Calahorra, Francisco,Geijo, Fernando
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p. 197 - 208
(2007/10/02)
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