Asymmetric autoxidation of acetophenone (.ALPHA.-methylbenzyl)hydrazone.

Chiral ferrocenyl diphosphines for asymmetric transfer hydrogenation of acetophenone

The synthesis of new optically pure ferrocenyl diphosphines have been realized from (R)-(+)-N,Ndimethylaminoethylferrocene. Particularly, dissymmetric ferrocenyl diphosphines have been synthesized. The diphosphines have been used as ligands in asymmetric transfer hydrogenation of acetophenone in the presence of Ru catalysts. © 2006 Elsevier Science. All rights reserved ——— * Corresponding autho...

Investigation of asymmetric alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH) reduction of acetophenone derivatives: effect of charge density.

In an effort to study the effect of substituent groups of the substrate on the alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH) reductions of aryl-alkyl ketones, several derivatives of acetophenone have been evaluated against ADHs from Lactobacillus brevis (LB) and Thermoanaerobacter sp. (T). Interestingly, ketones with non-demanding (neutral) para-substituents were reduced to secondary alcohols by these enzymes in...

Autoxidation of Lipids in Parchment

Historic parchment is a macromolecular material, which is complex due to its natural origin, inhomogeneity of the skin structure, unknown environmental history and potential localised degradation. Most research into its stability has so far focussed on thermal and structural methods of analyses. Using gas-chromatographic analysis of the atmosphere surrounding parchment during oxidation, we prov...

Organocatalyzed asymmetric alpha-oxidation, alpha-aminoxylation and alpha-amination of carbonyl compounds.

Organocatalytic asymmetric alpha-oxidation and amination reactions of carbonyl compounds are highly useful synthetic methodologies, especially in generating chiral building blocks that previously have not been easily accessible by traditional methods. The concept is relatively new and therefore the list of new catalysts, oxidizing and aminating reagents, as well as new substrates, are expanding...

Tissue autoxidation inhibitors. I. The inhibition of DOPA autoxidation by extracts from normal and neoplastic tissues.