Oxygenation reaction of methyl valproate with a mono-oxygenase model reagent: Implication for stereochemical identification of the mammalian metabolites of valproic acid

Article abstract of DOI:10.1248/cpb.45.981

Non-enzymic oxygenation reaction of methyl valproate (2) utilizing a simple model system for mono-oxygenases, Fe(MeCN)₆/^{2 +} -H₂O₂-Ac₂O in MeCN, was investigated in connection with stereochemical analyses of the mammalian metabolites of 1. This oxygenation reaction of methyl valproate (2) gave a 92: 8 mixture of the anti-isomer 4a and the syn-isomer 4b, together with 5a, and 5b corresponding to the mammalian metabolites of 1. The stereochemistry of 4a, 5a, and 5b was elucidated by spectral analyses of the corresponding β-lactone 6a, γ-lactone 7a and 7b prepared from the oxygenation products. The asymmetric synthesis of (+)-7a was also achieved.

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