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A Thorough Study on the Photoisomerization of Ferulic Acid Derivatives
Moni, Lisa,Banfi, Luca,Basso, Andrea,Mori, Alessia,Risso, Federica,Riva, Renata,Lambruschini, Chiara
, p. 1737 - 1749 (2021/03/23)
A thorough study on the (E) to (Z) photoisomerization of ferulic acid derivatives (esters, amides of all types, and ketones) was carried out. At the photostationary state, only aliphatic or benzylic tertiary amides reach a nearly complete conversion of (E) isomers into the (Z) ones, whereas for esters, primary and secondary amides or aromatic tertiary amides mixtures of (Z)/(E) ranging from 7 : 93 to 72 : 28 are observed. Ketones show rather limited photoisomerization. However, (Z) ketones may be obtained by the reaction of organometal compounds with an isomerized (Z) Weinreb amide.
A biocompatible alkene hydrogenation merges organic synthesis with microbial metabolism
Sirasani, Gopal,Tong, Liuchuan,Balskus, Emily P.
, p. 7785 - 7788 (2014/08/05)
Organic chemists and metabolic engineers use orthogonal technologies to construct essential small molecules such as pharmaceuticals and commodity chemicals. While chemists have leveraged the unique capabilities of biological catalysts for small-molecule production, metabolic engineers have not likewise integrated reactions from organic synthesis with the metabolism of living organisms. Reported herein is a method for alkene hydrogenation which utilizes a palladium catalyst and hydrogen gas generated directly by a living microorganism. This biocompatible transformation, which requires both catalyst and microbe, and can be used on a preparative scale, represents a new strategy for chemical synthesis that combines organic chemistry and metabolic engineering. Reduction to practice: A hydrogenation reaction has been developed that employs hydrogen generated in situ by a microorganism and a biocompatible palladium catalyst to reduce alkenes on a synthetically useful scale. This type of transformation, which directly combines tools from organic chemistry with the metabolism of a living organism for small-molecule production, represents a new strategy for chemical synthesis.
Reactions of dehydrodiferulates with ammonia
Azarpira, Ali,Lu, Fachuang,Ralph, John
experimental part, p. 6779 - 6787 (2011/10/31)
Lignocellulosic materials derived from forages and agricultural residues are potential sustainable resources for production of bioethanol or other liquid biofuels. However, the natural recalcitrance of such materials to enzymatic hydrolysis is a major obstacle in their efficient utilization. In grasses, much of the recalcitrance is associated with ferulate cross-linking in the cell wall, i.e., with polysaccharide-polysaccharide cross-linking that results from ferulate dehydrodimerization or with lignin-polysaccharide cross-linking that results from the incorporation of (polysaccharide-bound) ferulates or diferulates into lignin, mainly via free-radical coupling reactions. Many pretreatment methods have been developed to address recalcitrance, with ammonia pretreatments in general, and the AFEX (Ammonia Fiber Expansion) process in particular, among the more promising methods. In order to understand the polysaccharide liberating reactions involved in the cleavage of diferulate cell wall cross-links during AFEX pretreatment, reaction products from five esters modeling the major diferulates in grass cell walls treated under AFEX-like conditions were separated and characterized by NMR and HR-MS. Results from this study indicate that, beyond the anticipated amide products, a range of degradation products derive from an array of cleavage and substitution reactions, and reveal various pathways for incorporating ammonia-based nitrogen into biomass.
Synthesis of amide compounds of ferulic acid, and their stimulatory effects on insulin secretion in vitro
Nomura, Eisaku,Kashiwada, Ayumi,Hosoda, Asao,Nakamura, Kozo,Morishita, Hideko,Tsuno, Takuo,Taniguchi, Hisaji
, p. 3807 - 3813 (2007/10/03)
We prepared amide compounds which were derived from ferulic acid using various amines, and investigated their stimulatory effects on insulin secretion using rat pancreatic RIN-5F cells. Most of these compounds exhibited significant promotion of the insulin-release at a concentration of 10 μM and in particular, the amides having n-butyl, n-pentyl, pyrrolidine, and piperidine groups showed high activity.
