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A metal-free heterogeneous photocatalyst for the selective oxidative cleavage of CC bonds in aryl olefins: via harvesting direct solar energy
Das, Shoubhik,Hatami, Nareh,Jooss, Christian,Lange, Niklas Simon,Ronge, Emanuel,Schilling, Waldemar,Zhang, Yu
supporting information, p. 4516 - 4522 (2020/08/10)
Selective cleavage of CC bonds is highly important for the synthesis of carbonyl containing fine chemicals and pharmaceuticals. Novel methodologies such as ozonolysis reactions, Lemieux-Johnson oxidation reaction etc. already exist. Parallel to these, catalytic methods using homogeneous catalysts also have been discovered. Considering the various advantages of heterogeneous catalysts such as recyclability and stability, couple of transition metal-based heterogeneous catalysts have been applied for this reaction. However, the pharmaceutical industries prefer to use metal-free catalysts (especially transition metal-free) to avoid further leaching in the final products. This is for sure a big challenge to an organic chemist and to the pharmaceutical industries. To make this feasible, a mild and efficient protocol has been developed using polymeric carbon nitrides (PCN) as metal-free heterogeneous photocatalysts to convert various olefins into the corresponding carbonyls. Later, this catalyst has been applied in the gram scale synthesis of pharmaceutical drugs using direct solar energy. Detailed mechanistic studies revealed the actual role of oxygen, the catalyst, and the light source.
Preliminary antiproliferative evaluation of natural, synthetic benzaldehydes and benzyl alcohols
Madrid, Alejandro,Espinoza, Luis,Catalan, Karen,Gonzalez, Cesar,Montenegro, Ivan,Mellado, Marco,Werner, Enrique,Cuellar, Mauricio,Villena, Joan
, p. 1814 - 1816 (2014/03/21)
Vanillin, o-vanillin, natural and synthetic benzaldehydes and benzyl alcohols were assessed for antiproliferative effects using different human cell lines. Benzyl alcohols were synthesized from benzaldehydes reduced with NaBH4 in methanol solution. A new method for deprotection of ether compounds with TiCl4 solution was achieved with better performance, than previously reported. Twenty four compounds were tested. The in vitro growth inhibition assay was based on sulphorhodamine dye to quantify cell viability. Catechol 9 derived from piperonal as well as compounds 4 and 12 showed higher cytotoxicity on breast and prostate cancer cell lines (MDA-MB-231 and PC-3 respectively). o-Vanillin 5 has the highest cytotoxicity for all cell lines. IC50 values of 35.40 ± 4.2 ?M Breast MDA-MB231; 47.10 ± 3.8 ?M Prostate PC-3; 72.50 + 5.4 ?M Prostate DU-145; 85.10 + 6.5 ?M and Colon HT-29, were obtained without toxicity towards dermal human fibroblast (DHF cells).
First synthesis, characterization, and evidence for the presence of hydroxycinnamic acid sulfate and glucuronide conjugates in human biological fluids as a result of coffee consumption
Fumeaux, Rene,Menozzi-Smarrito, Candice,Stalmach, Angelique,Munari, Caroline,Kraehenbuehl, Karin,Steiling, Heike,Crozier, Alan,Williamson, Gary,Barron, Denis
experimental part, p. 5199 - 5211 (2010/12/25)
A systematic investigation of the human metabolism of hydroxycinnamic acid conjugates was carried out. A set of 24 potential human metabolites of coffee polyphenols has been chemically prepared, and used as analytical standards for unequivocal identifications. These included glucuronide conjugates and sulfate esters of caffeic, ferulic, isoferulic, m-coumaric and p-coumaric acids as well as their dihydro derivatives. A particular focus has been made on caffeic and 3,4-dihydroxyphenylpropionic acid derivatives, especially the sulfate conjugates, for which regioselective preparation was particularly challenging, and have so far never been identified as human metabolites. Ten out of the 24 synthesized conjugates have been identified in human plasma and/or urine after coffee consumption. A number of these conjugates were synthesized, characterized and detected as hydroxycinnamic acid metabolites for the first time. This was the case of dihydroisoferulic acid 3′-O-glucuronide, caffeic acid 3′-sulfate, as well as the sulfate and glucuronide derivatives of 3,4-dihydroxyphenylpropionic acid.