Butyric acid, 4-hydroxy

Chemically, wood tar is a complex mixture that contains at least 200 individual compounds, among which the foUowing have been isolated (1) 2-methoxyphenol, 2-methoxy-4-ethylphenol, 5-meth5i-2-methoxyphenol, 2,6-x5ienol, butyric acid, crotonic acid, 1-hydroxy-2-propanone, butyrolactone, 2-methyl-3-hydroxy-4JT-pyran-4-one, 2-methyl-2-propenal, methyl ethyl ketone, methyl isopropyl ketone, methyl furyl ketone, and 2-hydroxy-3-methyl-2-cyclopenten-l-one. 

Quaternary salts of the substances represented by tliese formulae have been prepared by Kogl, Veldstra and van der Laan as well as of the next lower homologues, the substituted butyraldehydes, and the methyl ethers of both series. Their pharmacological activities were negligible in comparison with that of muscarine, but as six stereoisomeric forms may be produced in each synthesis, the inactivity may be due to stereoisomerism, just as in the case of threonine (a-amino-)3-hydroxy-butyric acid) where West and Carter found that only the d —) form is... 

Preparation of N-Hydroxysuccinimide Ester of L-(-) y-Benzyloxycarbonylamino-a-Hydroxy-butyric Acid A solution of 10.6 grams (0,042 mol) of L-(-)-7-benzyloxycarbonylamino-o-hydroxybutyric acid and 4.8 grams (0.042 mol) of N-hydroxysuccinimide in 200 ml of... 

Chemical Name a(Hydroxy-1-cyclohexyl) butyric acid... 

The following chemicals were obtained commercially (Sigma Chemical Co.) and bioassayed with C. album and Amaranthus retroflexus L. (seeds collected in North Carolina in 1980) following identification DL-3-hydroxybutyric acid (DL-3-hydroxy-butyric acid as a Na salt) and L-3-phenyllactic acid (L-2-hydroxy-3-phenyl-propanoic acid). 

Aliphatic acids such as butyric acid have been previously implicated as being allelopathic compounds (46, 47, 23). Chou and Patrick (23) isolated butyric acid from soil amended with rye and showed that it was phytotoxic. Hydroxy acids have also been shown to possess phytotoxic properties (48) but have not been implicated in any allelopathic associations. Since SHBA is a stereo isomer, and the enantiomer was not identified because of impurity, all bioassays were run using a racemic mixture. The D-(-) stereo isomer of SHBA has been isolated from both microorganisms and root nodules of legumes and is suspected to be a metabolic intermediate in these systems (49). It is likely that only one enantiomer was present in the extract therefore, the true phytotoxic potential of this compound awaits clarification of the phytotoxicity of the individual enantiomers. 

Hydroxy-n-butyric acid 3 Carbapenem Antibacterial Hydroxylation Candida rugosa Single-stage fermentation [4]... 

R)-(-)-Methyl 3-hydroxybutanoate Butyric acid, 3-hydroxy-, methyl ester, D-(-)-(8) Butanoic acid, 3-hydroxy- methyl ester, (R)- (9) (3976-69-0) [(R)-2,2 -Bls(dlphenylphosphino)-1,1 -binaphthyl]dichlororuthenium Ruthenium, [[1,1 -binaphthalene]-2,2 -diylbis(diphenylphosphine)-P,P ]dichloro- (12) (115245-70-0)... 

Figure 3. Changes of D,L- malate and D-p-hydroxy butyric acid contents in...

The acid catalyzed conversion of gamma-hydroxy-butyric acid into its lactone was studied In 0.2 N HC1 solution at 25 C. The initial concentration of the acid was 18.23 in arbitrary units. The lactone concentration was... 

It may be stated at this point that the presence of a /3-hydroxy-butyrate fat in certain organisms is a matter of general biochemical importance. Usually /3-hydroxybutyric acid and the acetone bodies are derived from n-butyric acid directly. The unambiguous formation of jS-hydroxybutyric acid anhydrides from carbohydrates opens up new vistas its formation from acetaldehyde, and from pyruvic acid, through aldol intermediates can be understood without difficulty. Kirrmann s reaction, to which little attention has been paid, is at the same time an example of an oxygen shift, leading from hydroxyaldehydes to fatty acids. 

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