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3-, 6- and 7-hydroxyoctanoic acids are metabolites of medium-chain triglycerides and excreted in urine as glucuronides
Costa, Catarina C. G.,Dorland, Lambertus,Kroon, Marijke,Tavares De Almeida, Isabel,Jakobs, Cornelis,Duran, Marinus
, p. 633 - 638 (1996)
Three new metabolites of medium-chain fatty acid oxidation, 3-, 6- and 7-hydroxyoctanoyl-β-D-glucuronide, were identified in the urine of six infants who were fed a diet enriched in medium-chain triglycerides (MCT). Glucuronides were extracted from the urine by organic solvent extraction with ethyl acetate and by solid-phase extraction on Sep-Pak C18 cartridges. The compounds of interest were also purified from the organic solvent extract by preparative one-dimensional thin-layer chromatography. Cleavage of the glucuronides was achieved by either alkaline hydrolysis or enzymatic hydrolysis with B-D-glucuronidase. The analyses of the trimethylsilylated derivatives were performed both by gas chromatography with flame ionization detection (GC/FID) and by gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC/MS). The structure of the hydroxyoctanoic acids was proved by comparison of their mass spectra with those of reference substances. Authentic 6-hydroxyoctanoic acid was synthesized. The presence of 6-hydroxyoctanoyl glucuronide shows that in addition to β-oxidation, ω-oxidation and (ω-1)-hydroxylation, medium-chain fatty acids can be oxidized at the ω-2 position. The conjugation of medium-chain hydroxymonocarboxylic acids with glucuronic acid has not been described in humans before.
Regio- and Enantio-selective Chemo-enzymatic C?H-Lactonization of Decanoic Acid to (S)-δ-Decalactone
Manning, Jack,Tavanti, Michele,Porter, Joanne L.,Kress, Nico,De Visser, Sam P.,Turner, Nicholas J.,Flitsch, Sabine L.
, p. 5668 - 5671 (2019/03/29)
The conversion of saturated fatty acids to high value chiral hydroxy-acids and lactones poses a number of synthetic challenges: the activation of unreactive C?H bonds and the need for regio- and stereoselectivity. Here the first example of a wild-type cytochrome P450 monooxygenase (CYP116B46 from Tepidiphilus thermophilus) capable of enantio- and regioselective C5 hydroxylation of decanoic acid 1 to (S)-5-hydroxydecanoic acid 2 is reported. Subsequent lactonization yields (S)-δ-decalactone 3, a high value fragrance compound, with greater than 90 % ee. Docking studies provide a rationale for the high regio- and enantioselectivity of the reaction.
