5011-76-7Relevant articles and documents
Rhodotorula minuta-mediated bioreduction of 1,2-diketones
Monsalve, Leandro N.,Cerrutti, Patricia,Galvagno, Miguel A.,Baldessari, Alicia
experimental part, p. 137 - 143 (2011/11/12)
The reduction of cyclic and acyclic 1,2-diketones was investigated by employing whole cells of the yeast Rhodotorula minuta as biocatalyst. The reactions showed a variable degree of regio- and enantioselectivity depending on the nature of the substrate. In the case of cyclic diketones, the reduction afforded a mixture of diastereomeric diols only. The reduction of acyclic diketones allowed production of both the hydroxy ketone and the diol, in a two-step reaction. The first step was highly regio- and stereoselective, affording the hydroxy ketone of (S)-configuration with high enantiomeric excess. After longer reaction times the corresponding (S,S)-diols were obtained in high yield and diastereomeric excess.
Synthesis of 2,3-dihydrobenzofurans by Mn(OAc)3-based oxidative cycloaddition of 2-cyclohexenones with alkenes. Synthesis of (±)-conocarpan
Snider, Barry B.,Han, Luning,Xie, Chaoyu
, p. 6978 - 6984 (2007/10/03)
Oxidative cycloaddition of a 2-cyclohexenone or α-tetralone and an alkene with dried Mn(OAc)3 in benzene at 80-140 °C provides a general route to dihydrobenzofurans 15 and dihydronaphthofurans 17. Although the yields are modest, this one-pot reaction provides simple access to these compounds, which have previously been prepared by multistep routes. Oxidative cycloaddition of 2-cyclohexenones with β-methylstyrenes provides a new route to benzofuranoid neolignans, which was applied to the synthesis of conocarpan (22). The formation of 2-acetoxyhexanedioic acids 27 and 47 from acetoxylation of 2-cyclohexenones in HOAc, but not in benzene, opens up a new class of Mn(OAc)3 reactions and explains Watt and Demir's discovery that much higher yields of α'-acetoxy enones are obtained in benzene than in HOAc.
