619-42-1Relevant articles and documents
The tremulanes, a new group of sesquiterpenes from the aspen rotting fungus Phellinus tremulae
Ayer,Cruz
, p. 7529 - 7534 (1993)
A series of new sesquiterpenes, the tremulanes, possessing a previously unreported substituted perhydroazulene carbon skeleton, has been isolated from liquid cultures of the aspen (Populus tremuloides) rotting fungus Phellinus tremulae. The structures were determined by NMR techniques (1H- 1H COSY, HMQC, and HMBC) and other physical methods including, in the case of tremulenolide A (6), X-ray crystallography. The chemical correlation of tremulenediol A (10) with tremulenolide A (6) is described as is the correlation of tremulenedial (8) with tremulenediol B (11). The absolute configuration of the compounds is assigned by application of the olefin octant rule to the allylic alcohol tremulenediol A (10). These new sesquiterpenes do not obey the biogenetic isoprene rule and it is suggested that they may not be derived from farnesyl pyrophosphate.
Efficient aerobic oxidation of alcohols to esters by acidified carbon nitride photocatalysts
Antonietti, Markus,Cheng, Jiajia,Lin, Sen,Savateev, Aleksandr,Wan, Qiang,Wang, Chong,Wang, Xinchen
, p. 116 - 125 (2020/12/21)
Photocatalytic aerobic oxidation of alcohols for the direct synthesis of esters has received significant attention in recent years, but the relatively low efficiency and selectivity under visible light irradiation is the main challenge for their practical applications. Here, surface acidic sites were imparted onto metal-free heterogeneous photocatalysts by the protonation of carbon nitride (HMCN) to promote the activity for the esterification reaction through further adsorption and activation of the intermediate aldehyde. The activation of the substrate could be remarkably modulated through tuning the acidic sites on the surface of the photocatalyst, leading to a controllable reactivity of the catalytic reaction. The one-pot process for the direct aerobic oxidative esterification of alcohol exhibits high efficiency and selectivity under mild and additive-free conditions and the apparent quantum yield (AQY) of the photocatalytic esterification reaction is 0.41% at 420 nm. Moreover, a scalable photocatalytic process by the merging of a continuous flow system with the heterogeneous HMCN photocatalyst is demonstrated, combining high catalytic efficiency and stability at ambient temperatures and being promising for larger-scale applications.
Electro-Oxidative Selective Esterification of Methylarenes and Benzaldehydes
Yu, Congjun,?zkaya, Bünyamin,Patureau, Frederic W.
supporting information, p. 3682 - 3687 (2021/02/01)
A mild and green electro-oxidative protocol to construct aromatic esters from methylarenes and alcohols is herein reported. Importantly, the reaction is free of metals, chemical oxidants, bases, acids, and operates at room temperature. Moreover, the design of the electrolyte was found critical for the oxidation state and structure of the coupling products, a rarely documented effect. This electro-oxidative coupling process also displays exceptional tolerance of many fragile easily oxidized functional groups such as hydroxy, aldehyde, olefin, alkyne, as well as neighboring benzylic positions. The enantiomeric enrichment of some chiral alcohols is moreover preserved during this electro-oxidative coupling reaction, making it overall a promising synthetic tool.
