- A convenient preparation of 10-hydroxydecanoic acid
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The alkaline cleavage of ricinoleates may be carried out in ethanol at temperatures of 190-200 C using two to three equivalents of NaOH to give yields up to 69% of pure 10-hydroxydecanoic acid. This method avoids the use of large excesses of alkali as well as the use of high boiling alcohols as reaction media.
- Elliger, Carl A.,Diamond
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- Molecular cloning of CYP76B9, a cytochrome P450 from Petunia hybrida, catalyzing the ω-hydroxylation of capric acid and lauric acid
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A cDNA encoding a cytochrome P450 (CYP76B9) was isolated from Petunia hybrida. Northern blot analysis revealed preferential expression of the gene in flowers and leaves. The recombinant yeast microsomes expressing CYP76B9 was allowed to react with capric acid and lauric acid as substrates. One major metabolite was produced from each fatty acid after incubation with yeast microsomes expressing CYP76B9. The metabolites were identified by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) as ω-hydroxy capric acid and ω-hydroxy lauric acid. The kinetic parameters of the reactions were K m = 9:4 μM and Vmax = 13:6 mol min-1 per mol of P450 for capric acid, and Km = 5:7 μM and Vmax = 19:1 mol min-1 per mol of P450 for lauric acid. We found that the ω-hydroxy metabolites of capric acid and lauric acid can affect the plant growth of Arabidopsis thaliana. Plants grown in the presence of ω-hydroxy fatty acids exhibited shorter root length than control plants with the corresponding non-hydroxylated fatty acids.
- Imaishi, Hiromasa,Petkova-Andonova, Mariana
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- METHOD AND CATALYST FOR PRODUCING ALCOHOL
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An alcohol production method in which an alcohol is produced from a carbonyl compound, the method including producing an alcohol by using a catalyst, the catalyst including a metal component including rhenium having an average valence of 4 or less and a carrier supporting the metal component, the carrier including zirconium oxide. A catalyst for producing an alcohol by hydrogenation of a carbonyl compound, the catalyst including a carrier including zirconium oxide and a metal component supported on the carrier, the metal component including rhenium having an average valence of 4 or less.
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- Novel insights into oxidation of fatty acids and fatty alcohols by cytochrome P450 monooxygenase CYP4B1
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CYP4B1 is an enigmatic mammalian cytochrome P450 monooxygenase acting at the interface between xenobiotic and endobiotic metabolism. A prominent CYP4B1 substrate is the furan pro-toxin 4-ipomeanol (IPO). Our recent investigation on metabolism of IPO related compounds that maintain the furan functionality of IPO while replacing its alcohol group with alkyl chains of varying structure and length revealed that, in addition to cytotoxic reactive metabolite formation (resulting from furan activation) non-cytotoxic ω-hydroxylation at the alkyl chain can also occur. We hypothesized that substrate reorientations may happen in the active site of CYP4B1. These findings prompted us to re-investigate oxidation of unsaturated fatty acids and fatty alcohols with C9–C16 carbon chain length by CYP4B1. Strikingly, we found that besides the previously reported ω- and ω-1-hydroxylations, CYP4B1 is also capable of α-, β-, γ-, and δ-fatty acid hydroxylation. In contrast, fatty alcohols of the same chain length are exclusively hydroxylated at ω, ω-1, and ω-2 positions. Docking results for the corresponding CYP4B1-substrate complexes revealed that fatty acids can adopt U-shaped bonding conformations, such that carbon atoms in both arms may approach the heme-iron. Quantum chemical estimates of activation energies of the hydrogen radical abstraction by the reactive compound 1 as well as electron densities of the substrate orbitals led to the conclusion that fatty acid and fatty alcohol oxidations by CYP4B1 are kinetically controlled reactions.
- Thesseling, Florian A.,Hutter, Michael C.,Wiek, Constanze,Kowalski, John P.,Rettie, Allan E.,Girhard, Marco
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- Novel method for synthesizing 10-hydroxydecanoic acid through catalytic cracking of castor oil at high temperature
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The invention discloses a novel method for synthesizing 10-hydroxydecanoic acid through catalytic cracking of castor oil at the high temperature. The method comprises the following steps that a certain amount of Lewis acid, alkali, sec-caprylic alcohol and o-cresol are stirred, mixed and heated in the oil bath; the castor oil is added, and reflux is conducted for 4-8 hours; thick earthy yellow solid is obtained through distillation; the temperature is raised to 190 DEG C under continuous stirring, and then a reaction is conducted for 0.5 hour; water is added, the pH value is adjusted to 3-4 by the addition of acid; heating is conducted for boiling, and an oil layer and a water layer are obtained respectively; after being completely cooled, the water layer is extracted with diethyl ether, and a diethyl ether extract liquor is obtained; the oil layer is mixed with the diethyl ether extract liquor, anhydrous sodium sulfate is added, then drying is conducted, and after filtration, the liquor is subjected to rotary evaporation for 30 minutes; ethyl acetate and heptanes are added to the liquor, and the mixture is filtered out to obtain crystals; the crystals are recrystallized with a mixed solvent including diethyl ether and petroleum ether to obtain white solid. According to the novel method, a Lewis acid-base bifunctional catalyst is utilized to crack the castor oil at the high temperature, and the yield of 10-hydroxydecanoic acid can be improved.
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- One-pot ozonolytic synthesis of acyclic α,ω-bifunctional compounds from methyl 10-undecenoate and 10-undecen-1-ol
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Transformations of peroxy products formed by ozonolysis of undecylenic acid derivatives (methyl ester and hydride reduction product, 10-undecen-1-ol) in various protic and aprotic solvents (MeOH, Pr i OH, tetrahydrofuran, 1: 5 AcOH-CH2Cl2 mixture), occurring under the action of such reductants as hydroxylamine and semicarbazide hydrochlorides, were studied. These reductants exhibit high performance and in some cases high chemoselectivity, which allowed the development of a number of one-pot procedures for the synthesis of acyclic α,ω-bifunctional compounds, the majority of which are widely used in medicine, perfumery, cosmetics, engineering, and chemical industry, e.g., as block synthons in targeted organic synthesis.
- Legostaeva,Botsman,Nazarov,Yakovleva,Garifullina,Khalikov,Ishmuratov
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(2015/10/12)
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- Simple preparation of highly pure monomeric ω-hydroxycarboxylic acids
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Highly pure monomeric ω-hydroxycarboxylic acids (HCAs) with ≥C6 are prepared from their corresponding lactones or alkyl ω-hydroxycarboxylates through saponification followed by H 2SO4 acidification and treatment at 35-40 °C/8-12 mbar or by freeze-drying. The HCA is being formed through its sodium or potassium salt and is obtained in 80-85% yield with >99.5% purity, uncontaminated with dimers. This simple procedure excludes chromatographic purification.
- Stephan, Michel Massoud S.,Mohar, Barbara
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(2012/12/22)
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- Pharmaceutical compositions of insulin drug-oligomer conjugates and methods of treating diseases therewith
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Pharmaceutical compositions that include an insulin drug-oligomer conjugate, a fatty acid component, and a bile salt component are described. The insulin drug is covalently coupled to an oligomeric moiety. The fatty acid component and the bile salt component are present in a weight-to-weight ratio of between 1:5 and 5:1. Methods of treating an insulin deficiency in a subject in need of such treatment using such pharmaceutical compositions are also provided, as are methods of providing such pharmaceutical compositions.
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- Pharmaceutical compositions of insulin drug-oligomer conjugates and methods of treating diseases therewith
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Pharmaceutical compositions that include insulin, an insulin drug-oligomer conjugate, a fatty acid component, and a bile salt component or a bile salt component without a fatty acid component are described. The insulin drug is covalently coupled to an oligomeric moiety. The fatty acid component and the bile salt component, when together, can be present in a weight-to-weight ratio of between 1:15 and 15:1. Methods of treating an insulin deficiency in a subject in need of such treatment using such pharmaceutical compositions are also provided, as are methods of providing such pharmaceutical compositions.
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- Pharmaceutical compositions of drug-oligomer conjugates and methods of treating diseases therewith
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Pharmaceutical compositions that include a drug-oligomer conjugate, a fatty acid component, and a bile salt component are described. The drug is covalently coupled to an oligomeric moiety. The fatty acid component and the bile salt component are present in a weight-to-weight ratio of between 1:5 and 5:1. Methods of treating diseases in a subject in need of such treatment using such pharmaceutical compositions are also provided, as are methods of providing such pharmaceutical compositions.
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- Methods of synthesizing insulin polypeptide-oligomer conjugates, and proinsulin polypeptide-oligomer conjugates and methods of synthesizing same
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Methods for synthesizing proinsulin polypeptides are described that include a contacting a proinsulin polypeptide including an insulin polypeptide coupled to one or more peptides by peptide bond(s) capable of being cleaved to yield the insulin polypeptide with an oligomer under conditions sufficient to couple the oligomer to the insulin polypeptide portion of the proinsulin polypeptide and provide a proinsulin polypeptide-oligomer conjugate, and cleaving the one or more peptides from the proinsulin polypeptide-oligomer conjugate to provide the insulin polypeptide-oligomer conjugate. Methods of synthesizing proinsulin polypeptide-oligomer conjugates are also described as are proinsulin polypeptide-oligomer conjugates. Methods of synthesizing C-peptide polypeptide-oligomer conjugates are also described.
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- Insulin polypeptide-oligomer conjugates, proinsulin polypeptide-oligomer conjugates and methods of synthesizing same
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Methods for synthesizing proinsulin polypeptides are described that include contacting a proinsulin polypeptide including an insulin polypeptide coupled to one or more peptides by peptide bond(s) capable of being cleaved to yield the insulin polypeptide with an oligomer under conditions sufficient to couple the oligomer to the insulin polypeptide portion of the proinsulin polypeptide and provide a proinsulin polypeptide-oligomer conjugate, and cleaving the one or more peptides from the proinsulin polypeptide-oligomer conjugate to provide the insulin polypeptide-oligomer conjugate. Methods of synthesizing proinsulin polypeptide-oligomer conjugates are also provided as are proinsulin polypeptide-oligomer conjugates. Methods of synthesizing C-peptide polypeptide-oligomer conjugates and other pro-polypeptide-oligomer conjugates are also provided.
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- Simplified syntheses of polymerizable bis-substituted phosphatidylcholines with various chain lengths
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Syntheses of new compounds, 1,2-bis[15-(2',4'-hexadienoyloxy)pentadecanoyl]- and 1,2-bis[15-(2',4'-hexadienoyloxy)dodecanoyl]-sn-glycero-3-phosphatidylcholine s, via a simplified procedure are reported. The new approach utilizes the conversion of commercially available lactones into polymerizable bis-substituted phosphatidylcholines after two steps of reaction. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science Ltd.
- Bae,Kim,Kim,Koo,Ryeom,Ryeom,Fu,Chang
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- Reductive cleavage of 2,2,2-trichloroethyl esters with sodium telluride
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Carboxylic acids are regenerated from their 2,2,2,-trichloroethyl esters by treatment with sodium telluride in dimethylformamide in smooth conditions and with good yields. The reaction conditions are compatible with other functional and protective groups such as methyl ester, acetate or tert- butyldimethylsilyl ethers.
- Blay, Gonzalo,Cardona, Luz,Garcia, Begona,Garcia, Cristina L.,Pedro, Jose R.
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- Preparation of ω-hydroxy acids by reduction of α,ω-methylene diesters with NaBH4
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By reaction of the dicesium salts of long chain dicarboxylic acids (C atoms > 9) with methylene iodide the corresponding methylene diesters were prepared. These acylals, by reduction with NaBH4 in THF, give the corresponding ω-hydroxy acids.
- Benitez, Pilar,Delgado, Ana,Farrera, Joan-Anton,Ribo, Josep M.
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- Process of preparing ω-hydroxy acids
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A new synthesis of ω-hydroxy acids, which employs commercially available starting materials and lowers the cost of production. The process involves coupling a fatty acyl group by enamine chemistry, followed by a ring expansion and selective reduction of ketoacid.
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- The Thioesterase of the Erythromycin-producing Polyketide Synthase: Mechanistic Studies in vitro to Investigate its Mode of Action and Substrate Specificity
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In vitro studies of the mode of action of the thioesterase of the erythromycin-producing PKS have shown that it cleaves ester groups by forming acyl enzyme intermediates, and that it has a broad substrate specificity.
- Aggarwal, Ranjana,Caffrey, Patrick,Leadlay, Peter F.,Smith, Cameron J.,Staunton, James
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- Lactones. 2. Enthalpies of hydrolysis, reduction, and formation of the C4-C13 monocyclic lactones. Strain energies and conformations
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The enthalpies of hydrolysis of the monocyclic lactones from γ-butyrolactone to tridecanolactone were determined calorimetrically, and the acyclic ethyl having the number of atoms were studied in the fashion. The enthalpies of reduction of the lactones to the corresponding α,ω-alkanediols with lithium triethylborohydride also were determined. The enthalpies of formation of the lactones and the ethyl esters were derived from these data. They were converted to values for the gas phase by measuring the enthalpies of vaporization of ethyl esters and of lactones. In the of γ-butyrolactone and δ-valerolactone, the enthalpies of formation were in good accord with the previously reported values determined via combustion calorimetry. The strain energies of the lactones were obtained via isodesmic reactions. Valerolactone had a strain energy of 11 kcal/mol, and the largest strain energy was found with octanolactone (13 kcal/mol). The conformations of γ-butyrolactone and δ-valerolactone were studied via MP2/6-31G* geometry optimizations, and the conformations of the other lactones were studied with use of the molecular mechanics program MM3. The energies of the lactones estimated via molecular mechanics were compared with the experimental results.
- Wiberg, Kenneth B.,Waldron, Roy F.
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