ISSN:
0018-019X
Schlagwort(e):
Chemistry
;
Organic Chemistry
Quelle:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Thema:
Chemie und Pharmazie
Notizen:
Early steps in the biosynthesis of dedecano-4-lactone in ripening nectarines (Prunus persica var. nucipersica) and strawberries (Fragaria ananassa) were studied using cis-9,10-([18O]epoxy)heptadecanoic acid (5), instead of the natural C18-precursor epoxystearic acid 1. In nectarines, an epoxide hydrolase catalyzed, in a highly regio- and enantioselective reaction, the attack of H2O at C(9) of epoxy acid 5 yielding preferentially (9R,10R)-dihydroxyheptadecanoic acid 6a as an early intermediate and, after further metabolization, undecano-4-lactone 7a. In strawberries, the same transformation exhibited only a moderate regio- and enantioselectivity. Besides the previously established function of phytogenic epoxide hydrolases involved in generating oxygenated fatty-acid derivatives, which are used in cutin monomer production and plant defence, a new rǒle for these enzymes now emerges in the enantioselective production of aroma components of ripening fruits. The cis-9,10-([18O]epoxy)heptadecanoic acid (≥ 98% 18O; 5) was obtained in good overall yield (68%) from isopropyl (9Z)-heptadec-9-enoate using 18O2 gas in a free-radical chain reaction in the presence of 2-methylbutanal.
Zusätzliches Material:
3 Ill.
Materialart:
Digitale Medien
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hlca.19960790521
