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Sustainable catalytic protocols for the solvent free epoxidation and: Anti -dihydroxylation of the alkene bonds of biorenewable terpene feedstocks using H2O2 as oxidant
Cunningham, William B.,Tibbetts, Joshua D.,Hutchby, Marc,Maltby, Katarzyna A.,Davidson, Matthew G.,Hintermair, Ulrich,Plucinski, Pawel,Bull, Steven D.
supporting information, p. 513 - 524 (2020/02/13)
A tungsten-based polyoxometalate catalyst employing aqueous H2O2 as a benign oxidant has been used for the solvent free catalytic epoxidation of the trisubstituted alkene bonds of a wide range of biorenewable terpene substrates. This epoxidation protocol has been scaled up to produce limonene oxide, 3-carene oxide and α-pinene oxide on a multigram scale, with the catalyst being recycled three times to produce 3-carene oxide. Epoxidation of the less reactive disubstituted alkene bonds of terpene substrates could be achieved by carrying out catalytic epoxidation reactions at 50 °C. Methods have been developed that enable direct epoxidation of untreated crude sulfate turpentine to afford 3-carene oxide, α-pinene oxide and β-pinene oxide. Treatment of crude epoxide products (no work-up) with a heterogeneous acid catalyst (Amberlyst-15) results in clean epoxide hydrolysis to afford their corresponding terpene-anti-diols in good yields.
Synthesis, structural characterization and effect on human granulocyte intracellular cAMP levels of abscisic acid analogs
Bellotti, Marta,Salis, Annalisa,Grozio, Alessia,Damonte, Gianluca,Vigliarolo, Tiziana,Galatini, Andrea,Zocchi, Elena,Benatti, Umberto,Millo, Enrico
, p. 22 - 32 (2015/02/19)
The phytohormone abscisic acid (ABA), in addition to regulating physiological functions in plants, is also produced and released by several mammalian cell types, including human granulocytes, where it stimulates innate immune functions via an increase of the intracellular cAMP concentration ([cAMP]i). We synthesized several ABA analogs and evaluated the structure-activity relationship, by the systematical modification of selected regions of these analogs. The resulting molecules were tested for their ability to inhibit the ABA-induced increase of [cAMP]i in human granulocytes. The analogs with modified configurations at C-2′ and C-3′ abrogated the ABA-induced increase of the [cAMP]i and also inhibited several pro-inflammatory effects induced by exogenous ABA on granulocytes and monocytes. Accordingly, these analogs could be suitable as novel putative anti-inflammatory compounds.
Selective oxidation reactions of natural compounds with hydrogen peroxide mediated by methyltrioxorhenium
Amato, Maria E.,Ballistreri, Francesco P.,Pappalardo, Andrea,Tomaselli, Gaetano A.,Toscano, Rosa M.,Sfrazzetto, Giuseppe Trusso
, p. 13754 - 13763 (2014/01/06)
We have investigated the oxidative behaviour of natural compounds such as methyl abietate (1), farnesyl acetate (2), a-ionone (3), β-ionone (4), methyl linolelaidate (5), methyl linolenate (6) and bergamottin (7) with the oxidant system methyltrioxo-rhenium/ H2O2/pyridine. The reactions, performed in CH2Cl2/H2O at 25 °C, have shown good regioand stereoselectivity. The oxidation products were isolated by HPLC or silica gel chromatography and characterized by MS(EI), 1H-, 13C-NMR, APT, gCOSY, HSQC, TOCSY and NOESY measurements. The selectivity seems to be controlled by the nucleophilicity of double bonds and by stereoelectronic and steric effects.