491-09-8Relevant articles and documents
Chemoenzymatic Synthesis of the Intermediates in the Peppermint Monoterpenoid Biosynthetic Pathway
Cheallaigh, Aisling Ní,Mansell, David J.,Toogood, Helen S.,Tait, Shirley,Lygidakis, Antonios,Scrutton, Nigel S.,Gardiner, John M.
, p. 1546 - 1552 (2018/08/04)
A chemoenzymatic approach providing access to all four intermediates in the peppermint biosynthetic pathway between limonene and menthone/isomenthone, including noncommercially available intermediates (-)-trans-isopiperitenol (2), (-)-isopiperitenone (3), and (+)-cis-isopulegone (4), is described. Oxidation of (+)-isopulegol (13) followed by enolate selenation and oxidative elimination steps provides (-)-isopiperitenone (3). A chemical reduction and separation route from (3) provides both native (-)-trans-isopiperitenol (2) and isomer (-)-cis-isopiperitenol (18), while enzymatic conjugate reduction of (-)-isopiperitenone (3) with IPR [(-)-isopiperitenone reductase)] provides (+)-cis-isopulegone (4). This undergoes facile base-mediated chemical epimerization to (+)-pulegone (5), which is subsequently shown to be a substrate for NtDBR (Nicotiana tabacum double-bond reductase) to afford (-)-menthone (7) and (+)-isomenthone (8).
Method for producing 1-menthol
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Example 2, (2008/06/13)
Provided is a method for the production of 1-menthol, which comprises hydrogenation of piperitenone with a transition metal complex of a specified optically active phosphine to produce pulegone, hydrogenation of the obtained pulegone with a ruthenium-phosphine-amine complex in the presence of base to obtain pulegol, and further hydrogenation of the pulegol with a transition metal catalyst.
α′-hydroxy-α,β-unsaturated tosylhydrazones: Preparation and use as intermediates for carbonyl and enone transpositions
Baptistella, Lucia H. B.,Aleixo, Adriana M.
, p. 2937 - 2950 (2007/10/03)
Regiospecifically generated α,β-unsaturated tosylhydrazones dianions are treated with molecular oxygen, yielding α′-hydroxy-α,β-unsaturated tosylhydrazones, versatile intermediates for organic synthesis. They proved to be useful for 1,2-carbonyl and 1,2-enone transpositions, and also permitted the preparation of α′-hydroxy enones in very high yields.
