- Highly efficient oxidation of alcohols catalyzed by a porphyrin-inspired manganese complex
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A novel strategy for catalytic oxidation of a variety of benzylic, allylic, propargylic, and aliphatic alcohols to the corresponding aldehydes or ketones by an in situ formed porphyrin-inspired manganese complex in excellent yields (up to 99%) has been successfully developed.
- Dai, Wen,Lv, Ying,Wang, Lianyue,Shang, Sensen,Chen, Bo,Li, Guosong,Gao, Shuang
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supporting information
p. 11268 - 11271
(2015/07/07)
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- Effect of oxidized arachidonic acid and hexanal on the mouse taste perception of bitterness and umami
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The oxidization of fatty acids generates many volatile compounds forming an aroma, but little is known whether mammals use gustatory sense to detect the oxidized products as a taste or only use olfactory sense to detect as an aroma. We examined in this study the effect of aqueous extracts of the compounds from autoxidized arachidonic acid (AA) ethyl ester or hexanal which is the predominant component generated from oxidized AA by the anosmic mouse licking performance to a tastant. The addition of the water extract from oxidized AA or hexanal to a quinine hydrochloride (QHC1) solution decreased the anosmic mice licking frequency at several concentrations of QHC1. Hexanal also reduced the licking frequency of anosmic mice conditioned to avoid MSG at several concentrations of monosodium glutamate (MSG). These results suggest that hexanal would affect mouse taste perception to QHC1 and MSG via the gustatory sensation.
- Yamaguchi, Susumu,Fujiwara, Hidenori,Tashima, Ikukazu,Iwanaga, Daigo,Ushio, Hideki
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experimental part
p. 1884 - 1890
(2011/06/17)
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- Model studies on the degradation of phenylalanine initiated by lipid hydroperoxides and their secondary and tertiary oxidation products
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The reaction of methyl 13-hydroperoxyoctadeca-9,11-dienoate (MeLOOH), methyl 13-hydroperoxyoctadeca-9,11,15-trienoate (MeLnOOH), methyl 13-hydroxyoctadeca-9,11-dienoate (MeLOH), methyl 13-oxooctadeca-9,11-dienoate (MeLCO), methyl 9,10-epoxy-13-hydroxy-11-octadecenoate (Me-LEPOH), and methyl 9,10-epoxy-13-oxo-11-octadecenoate (MeLEPCO) with phenylalanine was studied to determine the comparative reactivity of primary, secondary, and tertiary lipid oxidation products in the Strecker degradation of amino acids. All assayed lipids were able to degrade the amino acid to a high extent, although the lipid reactivity decreased slightly in the following order: MeLEPCO ≥ MeLCO > MeLEPOH ≥ MeLOH > MeLOOH ≈ MeLnOOH. These data confirmed the ability of many lipid oxidation products to degrade amino acids by a Strecker-type mechanism and suggested that, once the lipid oxidation is produced, a significant Strecker degradation of surrounding amino acids should be expected. The contribution of different competitive mechanisms to this degradation is proposed, among which the conversion of the different lipid oxidation products assayed into the most reactive MeLEPCO and the fractionation of long-chain primary and secondary lipid oxidation products into short-chain aldehydes are likely to play a major role.
- Zamora, Rosario,Gallardo, Emerenciana,Hidalgo, Francisco J.
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experimental part
p. 7970 - 7975
(2010/03/30)
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- New Functionalized Horner-Wadsworth-Emmons Reagents: Useful Building Blocks in the Synthesis of Polyunsaturated Aldehydes. A Short Synthesis of (+/-)-(E,E)-Coriolic Acid
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The new Horner-Wadsworth-Emmons reagents 4 and 5 transform carbonyl compounds into 2,4-pentadienals and 3-methyl-2,4-pentadienals, respectively.Reagent 4 gives good yields of the desired products with a variety of aldehydes and ketones; reagent 5 generally gives good yields with aldehydes, but gives lower yields with ketones.The reactions proceed under mild conditions and give the products as predominantly 2E,4E isomers, with moderate to good stereoselectivity.In general, pure samples of the 2E,4E-dienals can be obtained after chromatography.Reagents 4 have been used in the key step in a short synthesis of (+/-)-13-hydroxy-9(E),11(E)-octadecanoic acid ((E,E)-coriolic aicd, 45).
- Kann, Nina,Rein, Tobias,Akermark, Bjoern,Helquist, Paul
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p. 5312 - 5323
(2007/10/02)
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