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Tocopherols by hydride reduction of dialkylamino derivatives
Netscher, Thomas,Mazzini, Francesco,Jestin, Roselyne
, p. 1176 - 1183 (2008/02/08)
Aminomethylation with Mannich reagents derived from secondary amines and paraformaldehyde under improved conditions has been used to convert non-α-tocopherol homologues into α-tocopherol, the biologically most important vitamin E compound. Mono- and bis(aminomethylated) β-, γ-and δ-tocopherol were then subsequently transformed into the corresponding tocopherols (α- and β-tocopherol) by reductive deamination. As an alternative to classical catalytic hydrogenation in the last step, efficient laboratory protocols using complex hydrides have been derived and applied to the preparation of labelled vitamin E compounds. Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, 2007.