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Biomimetic epoxide-opening cascades of oxasqualenoids triggered by hydrolysis of the terminal epoxide
Morimoto, Yoshiki,Takeuchi, Eriko,Kambara, Hitomi,Kodama, Takeshi,Tachi, Yoshimitsu,Nishikawa, Keisuke
, p. 2966 - 2969 (2013)
The biomimetic epoxide-opening cascades from squalene polyepoxides 4-6 to triterpene polyethers (oxasqualenoids) teurilene (1), glabrescol (2), and omaezakianol (3), respectively, were reproduced in a single event by chemical reaction. These cascades proceeded through the 5-exo tandem cyclization triggered by Bronsted acid-catalyzed hydrolysis of the terminal epoxide, mimicking the direct hydrolysis mechanism of epoxide hydrolases.
Selective oxidation reactions of natural compounds with hydrogen peroxide mediated by methyltrioxorhenium
Amato, Maria E.,Ballistreri, Francesco P.,Pappalardo, Andrea,Tomaselli, Gaetano A.,Toscano, Rosa M.,Sfrazzetto, Giuseppe Trusso
, p. 13754 - 13763 (2014/01/06)
We have investigated the oxidative behaviour of natural compounds such as methyl abietate (1), farnesyl acetate (2), a-ionone (3), β-ionone (4), methyl linolelaidate (5), methyl linolenate (6) and bergamottin (7) with the oxidant system methyltrioxo-rhenium/ H2O2/pyridine. The reactions, performed in CH2Cl2/H2O at 25 °C, have shown good regioand stereoselectivity. The oxidation products were isolated by HPLC or silica gel chromatography and characterized by MS(EI), 1H-, 13C-NMR, APT, gCOSY, HSQC, TOCSY and NOESY measurements. The selectivity seems to be controlled by the nucleophilicity of double bonds and by stereoelectronic and steric effects.
