Aldehydes, a-

Alkali bisulphite compound of (a) aldehyde, (b) ketone Sulphonic acids. 

It is convenient to consider the indiflferent or neutral oxygen derivatives of the hydrocarbons—(a) aldehydes and kelones, (b) esters and anhydrides, (c) alcohols and ethers—together. All of these, with the exception of the water-soluble members of low molecular weight, are soluble only in concentrated sulphuric acid, i.e., fall into Solubility Group V. The above classes of compounds must be tested for in the order in which they are listed, otherwise erroneous conclusions may be drawn from the reactions for functional groups about to be described. 

Hoffmaim-La Roche has produced -carotene since the 1950s and has rehed on core knowledge of vitamin A chemistry for the synthesis of this target. In this approach, a five-carbon homologation of vitamin A aldehyde (19) is accompHshed by successive acetalizations and enol ether condensations to prepare the aldehyde (46). Metal acetyUde coupling with two molecules of aldehyde (46) completes constmction of the C q carbon framework. Selective reduction of the internal triple bond of (47) is followed by dehydration and thermal isomerization to yield -carotene (21) (Fig. 10). 

In nature, vitamin A aldehyde is produced by the oxidative cleavage of P-carotene by 15,15 - P-carotene dioxygenase. Alternatively, retinal is produced by oxidative cleavage of P-carotene to P-apo-S -carotenal followed by cleavage at the 15,15 -double bond to vitamin A aldehyde (47). Carotenoid biosynthesis and fermentation have been extensively studied both ia academic as well as ia iadustrial laboratories. On the commercial side, the focus of these iavestigations has been to iacrease fermentation titers by both classical and recombinant means. 

Retinal (vitamin A aldehyde), alcohol) see entries in Chapter 6. 

Retinal (Vitamin A aldehyde). Retinoic acid (Vitamin A acid), Retinyl acetate, Retinyl palmitate see entries in Chapter 4. 

Aldehydgriin, n. aldehyde green, aldehydhaltig, a. containing aldehyde. Aldehydharz, n. aldehyde resin, aldehydisch, a. aldehydic. 

Sulfate reducers can use a wide range of terminal electron acceptors, and sulfate can be replaced by nitrate as a respiratory substrate. Molybdenum-containing enzymes have been discovered in SRB (also see later discussion) and, in particular, D. desulfuricans, grown in the presence of nitrate, generates a complex enzymatic system containing the following molybdenum enzymes (a) aldehyde oxidoreduc-tase (AOR), which reduces adehydes to carboxylic acids (b) formate dehydrogenase (FDH), which oxidizes formate to CO2 and (c) nitrate reductase (the first isolated from a SRB), which completes the enzy-... 

P-Naphthol-a-aldehyde (p-hydroxy-a>naphthaldehyde). Proceed as for p-resorcylaldehyde except that 20 g. of p-naphthol replaces the resor-dnol. Recrystallise the crude product (20 g.) from water with the addition of a little decolourising carbon the pure aldehyde has m.p. 80-81°. 

The a-, (3- and y-carotenes, which are found in most plants, are vitamin A provitamins and are converted to vitamin A alcohol (all- ran,v-retinol), which is usually called vitamin Aj (Figure 12.8) by oxidative mid-point cleavage. Retinol and its fatty acid esters are the main forms in which vitamin A is stored in animals and humans, and its oxidation product, 1 1-c/s-retinal (vitamin A, aldehyde), is required for the visual process. 

Example More extensive substitution at the oxirane system brings additional dissociation pathways for the molecular ions. Nevertheless, one of the main reaction paths of molecular ions of glycidols gives rise to enol radical ions by loss of a aldehyde (R = H) or ketone molecule. [218] The reaction mechanism can be rationalized by the assumption of a distonic intermediate (Scheme 6.78) ... 

Hydroformylation of methyl acrylate provides racemic methyl 2-formylpropanoate (Scheme 4.17, a-aldehyde) which can be enzymatically reduced to yield important chiral 3-hydroxypropanoic acid derivatives [154]. This reaction was catalyzed by the Rh/PNS (27) and Rh/PC (25) catalysts in... 

Ester-Mesylates (A), R = Acetal (B) Yield, %a Aldehyde (C) Yield, %a... 

Scheme 6.170 Suggested transitions states for the anti-diastereoselective Henry (nitroaldol) reaction promoted by (R,R)-catalyst 186 (TS 1) and its (S,S)-isomer 183 (TS 2) to demonstrate the match/mismatch relationship between guanidine-thiourea catalyst and (S)-a-aldehyde.

Coupling of P-ionone with BrMgOCCH CfCHjjCH HOCHj in THF under conditions similar to those described above, give the carbinol in an excellent yield (distillation is not possible). This carbinol can be convened into Vitamine A aldehyde via reduction with L1AIH4 and subsequent treatment with dilute acid. 

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