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Formation of 2-Pentylpyridine from the Thermal Interaction of Amino Acids and 2,4-Decadienal
Kim, Young-Suk,Hartman, Thomas G.,Ho, Chi-Tang
, p. 3906 - 3908 (1996)
To study the mechanism of 2-pentylpyridine formation in model systems, 2,4-decadienal was reacted with five amino acids (glycine, aspartic acid, asparagine, glutamic acid, and glutamine) at 180°C for 1 h (pH 7.5). In addition to 2-pentylpyridine, 3-pentylpyridine was also tentatively identified from the thermal reactions. The relative yields of alkylpyridine formation from the reactions were asparagine > glutamine > aspartic acid > glutamic acid > glycine. When amide-15N-labeled glutamine and asparagine were heated with 2,4-decadienal, the relative contribution of amide nitrogens to the formation of alkylpyridine was determined. Approximately half of nitrogen atoms in 2-pentylpyridine formed were contributed by the amide nitrogens of asparagine, whereas almost all of them came from the amide nitrogens in glutamine. The results above may indicate that both free ammonia and α-amino groups bound in amino acids can contribute to the formation of alkylpyridines, but free ammonia does so more effectively.
Site-Specific Alkene Hydromethylation via Protonolysis of Titanacyclobutanes
Bartfield, Noah M.,Frederich, James H.,Law, James A.
supporting information, p. 14360 - 14364 (2021/05/27)
Methyl groups are ubiquitous in biologically active molecules. Thus, new tactics to introduce this alkyl fragment into polyfunctional structures are of significant interest. With this goal in mind, a direct method for the Markovnikov hydromethylation of alkenes is reported. This method exploits the degenerate metathesis reaction between the titanium methylidene unveiled from Cp2Ti(μ-Cl)(μ-CH2)AlMe2 (Tebbe's reagent) and unactivated alkenes. Protonolysis of the resulting titanacyclobutanes in situ effects hydromethylation in a chemo-, regio-, and site-selective manner. The broad utility of this method is demonstrated across a series of mono- and di-substituted alkenes containing pendant alcohols, ethers, amides, carbamates, and basic amines.
Monoamine Oxidase (MAO-N) Whole Cell Biocatalyzed Aromatization of 1,2,5,6-Tetrahydropyridines into Pyridines
Toscani, Anita,Risi, Caterina,Black, Gary W.,Brown, Nicola L.,Shaaban, Ali,Turner, Nicholas J.,Castagnolo, Daniele
, p. 8781 - 8787 (2018/09/06)
A sustainable MAO-N biocatalyzed process for the synthesis of pyridines from aliphatic tetrahydropyridines (THP) has been developed. Pyridine compounds were synthesized under mild reaction conditions and with high conversion, exploiting MAO-N whole cells as aromatizing biocatalysts. The kinetic profile of the whole cell biocatalytic transformation was finally investigated via in situ 19F NMR.