- SYNTHESIS OF 13C-LABELLED ESTROGEN ANALOGUES
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There is provided a method of producing novel 13C-labelled estrogen analogues. The method preferably proceeds via an intermediate A or B or which is a mixture of (A) or (B): wherein a13C atom is located at one or more of positions 1, 2, 3 or 4 and wherein R is an optionally substituted alkane, alkene, alkyne or aryl group. Preferably R is -CH2Ph. An alternative preferred intermediate compound is 13C-resorcinol.
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- The synthesis of [2,3,4-13C3]glycitein
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Glycitein is one of the soy isoflavones which have attracted considerable interest in recent years due to their possible beneficial effects on human health. However, glycitein has been much less studied than other members of this family due to the lack of
- Zhang, Qingzhi,Botting, Nigel P.
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p. 12211 - 12216
(2007/10/03)
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- Mechanistic Studies of Selective Catechol Formation from o-Methoxyphenols using a Copper(II)-Ascorbic Acid-Dioxygen System
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Mechanistic details of selective conversion of o-methoxyphenols to the corresponding catechols using a Cu2+-ascorbic acid-O2 system, were studied. 2,5-Dimethoxyphenol was converted predominantly to the o-demethylated compound and partially to the m-demethylated one.Anisole with no phenolic hydroxy group was much less reactive.When guaiacol (1). guaiacol and 2-methoxy-6-methoxyphenol was used as substrates, moderate intermolecular and intramolecular kinetic isotope effects were observed (1.4-1.9). Catechol was derived from 1 in nine-fold excess over catechol when the reaction was run in an 18O2 atmosphere with natural water as a solvent, though no catechol was formed when using natural O2 and H218O.It was determined that the Cu2+-ascorbic acid-O2 system operates in a monooxygenase mode because the oxygen atom of dioxygen (not water) was incorporated into the products, and this oxidative conversion proceeded mainly via ipso-substitution at the methoxy position, probably with hydroxyl radical coordinated to the cupric ion as the active oxygen species.
- Aihara, Kazuhiro,Urano, Yasuteru,Higuchi, Tsunehiko,Hirobe, Masaaki
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p. 2165 - 2170
(2007/10/02)
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