498-02-2Relevant articles and documents
UV cell stress induces oxidative cyclization of a protective reagent for DNA damage reduction in skin explants
Liu, Jing,Zhu, Haizhou,Premnauth, Gurdat,Earnest, Kaylin G.,Hahn, Patricia,Gray, George,Queenan, Jack A.,Prevette, Lisa E.,AbdulSalam, Safnas F.,Kadekaro, Ana Luisa,Merino, Edward J.
, p. 133 - 138 (2019)
UV irradiation is a major driver of DNA damage and ultimately skin cancer. UV exposure leads to persistent radicals that generate ROS over prolonged periods of time. Toward the goal of developing long-lasting antioxidants that can penetrate skin, we have designed a ROS-initiated protective (RIP) reagent that, upon reaction with ROS (antioxidant activity), self-cyclizes and then releases the natural product apocynin. Apocynin is a known antioxidant and inhibitor of NOX oxidase enzymes. A key phenol on the compound 1 controls ROS-initiated cyclization and makes 1 responsive to ROS with a EC50 comparable to common antioxidants in an ABTS assay. In an in vitro DNA nicking assay, the RIP reagent prevented DNA strand breaks. In cell-based assays, the reagent was not cytotoxic, apocynin was released only in cells treated with UVR, reduced UVR-induced cell death, and lowered DNA lesion formation. Finally, topical treatment of human skin explants with the RIP reagent reduced UV-induced DNA damage as monitored by quantification of cyclobutane dimer formation and DNA repair signaling via TP53. The reagent was more effective than administration of a catalase antioxidant on skin explants. This chemistry platform will expand the types of ROS-activated motifs and enable inhibitor release for potential use as a long-acting sunscreen.
Discovery, Biocatalytic Exploration and Structural Analysis of a 4-Ethylphenol Oxidase from Gulosibacter chungangensis
Alvigini, Laura,Fraaije, Marco W.,Gran-Scheuch, Alejandro,Guo, Yiming,Mattevi, Andrea,Saifuddin, Mohammad,Trajkovic, Milos
, p. 3225 - 3233 (2021/10/04)
The vanillyl-alcohol oxidase (VAO) family is a rich source of biocatalysts for the oxidative bioconversion of phenolic compounds. Through genome mining and sequence comparisons, we found that several family members lack a generally conserved catalytic aspartate. This finding led us to study a VAO-homolog featuring a glutamate residue in place of the common aspartate. This 4-ethylphenol oxidase from Gulosibacter chungangensis (Gc4EO) shares 42 % sequence identity with VAO from Penicillium simplicissimum, contains the same 8α-N3-histidyl-bound FAD and uses oxygen as electron acceptor. However, Gc4EO features a distinct substrate scope and product specificity as it is primarily effective in the dehydrogenation of para-substituted phenols with little generation of hydroxylated products. The three-dimensional structure shows that the characteristic glutamate side chain creates a closely packed environment that may limit water accessibility and thereby protect from hydroxylation. With its high thermal stability, well defined structural properties and high expression yields, Gc4EO may become a catalyst of choice for the specific dehydrogenation of phenolic compounds bearing small substituents.
Selective Oxidation of Alkylarenes to the Aromatic Ketones or Benzaldehydes with Water
Du, Jihong,Duan, Baogen,Liu, Kun,Liu, Renhua,Yu, Feifei,Yuan, Yongkun,Zhang, Chenyang,Zhang, Jin
supporting information, (2022/02/09)
Here a palladium-catalyzed oxidation method for converting alkylarenes into the aromatic ketones or benzaldehydes with water as the only oxygen donor is reported. This C-H bond oxidation functionalization does not require other oxidants and hydrogen accep
Room temperature depolymerization of lignin using a protic and metal based ionic liquid system: an efficient method of catalytic conversion and value addition
Mehta, Mohit J.,Kulshrestha, Akshay,Sharma, Shweta,Kumar, Arvind
, p. 1240 - 1247 (2021/02/26)
Lignin is one of the most abundant biopolymer which can be utilized to synthesize various chemicalsviaits depolymerization. However, depolymerization of lignin generally occurs under very harsh conditions. Herein, we report the efficient depolymerization of ligninviadissolution in a mixed ionic liquid system: ethyl ammonium nitrate (EAN) + prolinium tetrachloromanganate(ii) [Pro]2[MnCl4] at 35 °C and under atmospheric pressure conditions. The high dissolution of lignin in ethyl ammonium nitrate provided a large number of H-bonding sites leading to the cracking of lignin and subsequent oxidative conversion by [Pro]2[MnCl4]viathe formation of metal-oxo bonding between Mn and lignin molecules. The extracted yield of vanillin was found to be 18-20% on lignin weight basisviaGC-MS analysis. The depolymerization of lignin was confirmed by SEM, FT-IR and PXRD analysis. Since lignin contains UV-absorbing functional groups, the regenerated biomass after the recovery of the depolymerized products was further utilized to synthesize a UV-shielding material. The constructed films from such a material exhibited a high SPF value of 22 and were found to be very effective by limiting the UV degradation of rhodamine B thus making the lignin valorization process economically viable and environmentally sustainable.
Thio-assisted reductive electrolytic cleavage of lignin β-O-4 models and authentic lignin
Fang, Zhen,Flynn, Michael G.,Jackson, James E.,Hegg, Eric L.
, p. 412 - 421 (2021/01/28)
Avoiding the use of expensive catalysts and harsh conditions such as elevated temperatures and high pressures is a critical goal in lignin depolymerization and valorization. In this study, we present a thio-assisted electrocatalytic reductive approach using inexpensive reticulated vitreous carbon (RVC) as the working cathode to cleave the β-O-4-type linkages in keto aryl ethers. In the presence of a pre-electrolyzed disulfide (2,2′-dithiodiethanol) and a radical inhibitor (BHT) at room temperature at a current density of 2.5 mA cm-2, cathodic reduction of nonphenolic β-O-4 dimers afforded over 90% of the corresponding monomeric C-O cleavage products in only 1.5 h. Extended to DDQ-oxidized poplar lignin, this combination of electric current and disulfide, applied over 6 h, released 36 wt% of ethyl acetate soluble fragments and 26 wt% of aqueous soluble fragments, leaving only 38 wt% of insoluble residue. These findings represent a significant improvement over the current alone values (24 wt% ethyl acetate soluble; 22 wt% aqueous soluble; 54 wt% insoluble residue) and represent an important next step in our efforts to develop a mild electrochemical method for reductive lignin deconstruction.
Method for preparing acetovanillone and application of acetovanillone
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Paragraph 0050-0079, (2020/04/02)
The invention provides a method for preparing acetovanillone and an application of acetovanillone. Specifically, guaiacol is used as a raw material to react with acetyl chloride to generate ester, andthen the ester reacts with lewis acid such as AlCl3 under the catalysis of the lewis acid to generate acetovanillone. The method has the advantages of mild reaction conditions, high raw material conversion rate and simple process flow, and is suitable for large-scale industrial production.
Preparation method and application of apocynin and derivatives of apocynin
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Paragraph 0041; 0048-0050; 0053; 0054, (2020/01/12)
The invention belongs to the technical field of chemical biology, and particularly relates to a preparation method of apocynin and derivatives of the apocynin and an application of the apocynin and the derivatives of the apocynin in skin care products. The apocynin and the derivatives of the apocynin provided by the invention can promote collagen synthesis, help skin damage repair, and can be usedin the skin care products.
Rhodium-terpyridine catalyzed redox-neutral depolymerization of lignin in water
Liu, Yuxuan,Li, Changzhi,Miao, Wang,Tang, Weijun,Xue, Dong,Xiao, Jianliang,Zhang, Tao,Wang, Chao
supporting information, p. 33 - 38 (2020/01/13)
Simple rhodium terpyridine complexes were found to be suitable catalysts for the redox neutral cleavage of lignin in water. Apart from cleaving lignin model compounds into ketones and phenols, the catalytic system could also be applied to depolymerize dioxasolv lignin and lignocellulose, affording aromatic ketones as the major monomer products. The (hemi)cellulose components in the lignocellulose sample remain almost intact during lignin depolymerization, providing an example of a "lignin-first" process under mild conditions. Mechanistic studies suggest that the reaction proceeds via a rhodium catalyzed hydrogen autotransfer process.
Structural features and antioxidant activities of Chinese quince (Chaenomeles sinensis) fruits lignin during auto-catalyzed ethanol organosolv pretreatment
Cheng, Xi-Chuang,Guo, Xin-Ran,Liu, Hua-Min,Liu, Yu-Lan,Qin, Zhao,Wang, Xue-De
, p. 4348 - 4358 (2020/09/22)
Chinese quince fruits (Chaenomeles sinensis) have an abundance of lignins with antioxidant activities. To facilitate the utilization of Chinese quince fruits, lignin was isolated from it by auto-catalyzed ethanol organosolv pretreatment. The effects of three processing conditions (temperature, time, and ethanol concentration) on yield, structural features and antioxidant activities of the auto-catalyzed ethanol organosolv lignin samples were assessed individually. Results showed the pretreatment temperature was the most significant factor; it affected the molecular weight, S/G ratio, number of β-O-4′ linkages, thermal stability, and antioxidant activities of lignin samples. According to the GPC analyses, the molecular weight of lignin samples had a negative correlation with pretreatment temperature. 2D-HSQC NMR and Py-GC/MS results revealed that the S/G ratios of lignin samples increased with temperature, while total phenolic hydroxyl content of lignin samples decreased. The structural characterization clearly indicated that the various pretreatment conditions affected the structures of organosolv lignin, which further resulted in differences in the antioxidant activities of the lignin samples. These results can be helpful for controlling and optimizing delignification during auto-catalyzed ethanol organosolv pretreatment, and they provide theoretical support for the potential applications of Chinese quince fruits lignin as a natural antioxidant in the food industry.
A convenient synthetic approach to dioncoquinone B and related compounds
Khmelevskaya, Ekaterina A.,Pelageev, Dmitry N.
supporting information, p. 1022 - 1024 (2019/03/13)
A total synthesis of dioncoquinone B and related compounds, including ancistroquinones B, C and malvon A, is presented. The strategy is based on available reagents and can be used as a preparative synthesis of a number of natural and synthetic biologically active (3-alkyl)-2,7,8-di(tri)methoxy(hydroxy)-1,4-naphthoquinones.
