6925-17-3Relevant academic research and scientific papers
Hot water-promoted cyclopropylcarbinyl rearrangement facilitates construction of homoallylic alcohols
Li, Pei-Fang,Yi, Cheng-Bo,Qu, Jin
, p. 5012 - 5021 (2015/05/05)
In refluxing 9 : 1 (v/v) H2O-1,4-dioxane and without an additional catalyst, the rearrangements of various types of cyclopropyl carbinols were attempted. It was found that the reactions generally gave homoallylic alcohols in good to very high chemical yields. Rearrangements of bicyclic or tricyclic cyclopropyl carbinols readily gave the desired ring-expanded cyclic homoallylic alcohols which are difficult to synthesize by other means.
Cage escape competes with geminate recombination during alkane hydroxylation by the diiron oxygenase AlkB
Austin, Rachel N.,Luddy, Kate,Erickson, Karla,Pender-Cudlip, Marilla,Bertrand, Erin,Deng, Dayi,Buzdygon, Ryan S.,Van Beilen, Jan B.,Groves, John T.
supporting information; experimental part, p. 5232 - 5234 (2009/04/04)
(Chemical Presented) AlkBstops the radical clock: Three structurally analogous radical-clock substrates with a large span in their rearrangement rates are hydroxylated by AlkB to afford similar amounts of rearranged (2) and unrearranged products (1). Such a result is in accord with radical rebound competing with cage escape of the geminate substrate radical. The results show that radical clocks can measure both the radical lifetime and the kinetics of cage escape.
Evaluation of norcarane as a probe for radicals in cytochome P450- and soluble methane monooxygenase-catalyzed hydroxylation reactions
Newcomb, Martin,Shen, Runnan,Lu, Yun,Coon, Minor J.,Hollenberg, Paul F.,Kopp, Daniel A.,Lippard, Stephen J.
, p. 6879 - 6886 (2007/10/03)
Norcarane was employed as a mechanistic probe in oxidations catalyzed by hepatic cytochome P450 enzymes and by the soluble methane monooxygenase (sMMO) enzyme from Methylococcus capsulatus (Bath). In all cases, the major oxidation products (>75%) were endo- and exo-2-norcaranol. Small amounts of 3-norcaranols, 2-norcaranone, and 3-norcaranone also formed. In addition, the rearrangement products (2-cyclohexenyl)methanol and 3-cycloheptenol were detected in the reactions, the former possibly arising from a radical intermediate and the latter ascribed to a cationic intermediate. The formation of the cation-derived rearrangement product is consistent with one or more reaction pathways and is in accord with the results of previous probe studies with the same enzymes. The appearance of the putative radical-derived rearrangement product is in conflict with other mechanistic probe results with the same enzymes. The unique implication of a discrete radical intermediate in hydroxylations of norcarane may be the consequence of a minor reaction pathway for the enzymes that is not manifest in reactions with other probes. Alternatively, it might reflect a previously unappreciated reactivity of norcaranyl cationic intermediates, which can convert to (2-cyclohexenyl)methanol. We conclude that generalizations regarding the intermediacy of radicals in P450 and sMMO enzyme-catalyzed hydroxylations based on the norcarane results should be considered hypothetical until the origin of the unanticipated results can be determined.
