69127-11-3Relevant articles and documents
Synthesis of Condensed Tannins. Part 14. Biflavanoid Profisetinidins as Synthons. The Acid-Induced 'Phlobaphene'Reaction
Young, Desmond A.,Cronje, Annemarie,Botes, Adrienne L.,Ferreira, Daneel,Roux, David G.
, p. 2521 - 2528 (2007/10/02)
Free phenolic - and -2,3-trans-(-)-fisetinidol-(+)-catechin diastereoisomers of both 3,4-trans and 3,4-cis configuration, which serve as synthons for higher oligomers, are available in improved yields from direct condensation, and also via novel 6-iodo-(+)-catechin as an intermediate substrate.Acid-induced transformations of the predominant -all-trans isomer, illustrative of the well-known 'phlobaphene reaction' of condensed tannins, is shown to include ring-isomerization and fission of the inter-flavanoid bond, followed in the latter instance by the alternatives of anthocyanidin formation, positional rearrangement and self-condensation.
Synthesis of Condensed Tannins. Part 4. A Direct Biomimetic Approach to - and -Biflavanoids
Botha, Jacobus, J.,Ferreira, Daneel,Roux, David G.
, p. 1235 - 1245 (2007/10/02)
The generation of flavanyl-4-carbo-cations from flavan-3,4-diols and their condensation with nucleophilic flavan-3-ols to form - and -biflavanoids at ambient temperatures and mildly acidic aqueous conditions apparently simulates the initial step in condensed tannin formation in a number of natural sources.The stereospecificity (or stereoselectivity) of the reaction is conditioned mainly by the 2,3-cis or 2,3-trans stereochemistry of the parent flavan-3,4-diol, but also by the nuclephilicity of the flavan-3-ol, and its regiospecific (or regioselective) course by steric factors arising from variation in substitution of the receptive A-ring of the flavan-3-ol.
