4,21-dehydro-isomer

Provitamin D. The molecular extinction coefficient of 7-dehydrocholesterol at 282 nm is 11,300 and is used as a measure of 7-dehydro isomer... 

Prior to the work of Holladay and co-workers,38 there was good literature precedent for 4-keto-L-proline derivatives 39 giving the required 3,4-dehydro isomer of the enamine rather than the 4,5-dehydro isomer in a report by Friary and co-workers.46 It was found that the protected 4-keto-L-proline derivative 49 gave enamine 50 on treatment with morpholine in the presence of molecular sieves (Scheme 17). 

Provitamin D. The molecular extinction coefficient of 7-dehydrocholesterol at 282 nm is 11,300 and is used as a measure of 7-dehydro isomer content of the provitamin (96,97). High pressure Hquid chromatography can also be used to analyze the provitamins. There are a variety of chemicals that show characteristic colors when reacted with the provitamins. Some of these are Hsted in Table 9. 

Occurring Acetylene Compounds. VIII. The Synthesis of Methyl n-Dec-2-en-4 6 8-triynoate, an Isomer of the Naturally Occurring Dehydro-matricaria Ester. Acta Chem. Scand. 6, 602 (1952). 

Metal Temperature (°C) Percent total conversion Percent hydro- genolysis Percent isomer- ization Percent dehydro- cyclization... 

The effects of temperature on enantioselectivities have been examined using a Rh-Et-DuPhos catalyst in both MeOH [56d] and THF [144]. With /5-dehydro-amino acid derivative 73 in MeOH, an increase in temperature was found to have a slight beneficial effect for both ( ) and (Z)-isomers over a 70°C range, with maximum values being observed between 0°C and 25°C. In THF, however, the effect is much more pronounced, especially for the (Z)-isomer which varies in selectivity from 65% ee at 10 °C to 86% ee at 25 °C. Interestingly, when substrate 72 was reduced with a Rh-Et-BPE catalyst in THF, this temperature dependence on enantioselectivity for the (Z)-isomer was most apparent, the se-lectivities varying from 43% ee (10°C) to 90% ee (40°C). Examination of these results also seemed to indicate that the hydrogenation of /9-dehydroamino acid derivatives follows an unsaturated pathway (vide supra) [144]. 

Fig. 2.50. Profiles of calendula (a), milk-thistle (b) and passion flower (c) tinctures (each 60 per cent v/v, ethanol) with the HPLC-MS attributions of the components detected, lc = quercetin-3-O-ruti-nosylrhamnoside 2c = rutin 3c = isorhamnetin-3-O-ruti-nosylrhamnoside 4c = isoquercitrin 5c = isorhamnetin-3-O-gluco-sylglucoside 6c = narcissin 7c = isorhamnetin-3-O-glucoside lm = taxifolin 2m = siliydianin 3m = silychristin 4m = oxy derivative of silybin/isosilybin isomers 5m and 6m = 2,3-dehydro derivatives of silybin/isosilybin isomers 7m = silybin 8m = isosilybin lp = 6,8-diC-glucosylapigenin 2p = isoschaftoside 3p = shaftoside 4p = homoorientin 5p = isovetexin-2"-0-glucoside 6p = vitexin. Reprinted with permission from A. R. Biha et al. [150].

F-17(20)-dehydro-20-cyanopregnene, which may be isomerized in base to the Z-isomer. Elaboration of the side-chain by successive Grignard reaction, reduction, and removal of the 22-hydroxy-group followed. Key steps in two stereospecific syntheses of Z-20(22)-dehydrocholesterol (234) from pregnenolone were (a) stereospecific removal of the 20- and 22-oxygen atoms of (20i ,22S)-20,22-dihydroxycholesterol by conversion into the thiocarbonate (232) and treatment with triethyl phosphite and (b) selective epoxidation of iE -20(22)-dehydrocholes-teryl benzoate to the epoxides (233), which were allowed to react with hexamcthyIdisilane-KOMe in HMPA (see also ref. 179). Syntheses of the 24-... 

In related work from the same group, dehydro-nucleoside 21 underwent stereospecific epoxidation with dimethyl-dioxirane (DMDO) to give epoxide 22. The ring opening of this compound with trimethylaluminium is presumably a predominantly S m1 process giving isomers 23 and 24 in a 5 1 ratio (Scheme 4) <2004JOC1831>. 

Reaction of the nitrile oxide (498) with the enone (499) gave after chromatography the expected isoxazoline (500) plus some of its dehydro derivative (76TL3983). Hydrogenation of (500) using 30% Pd/SrC03 as catalyst yielded an enaminoketone (501) which was further hydrolyzed to the diketone (502 Scheme 110). This compound is a gem-dimethyl isomer of dehydrocycloheximide, a key intermediate in a previously reported synthesis of the glutarimide antibiotic cycloheximide. 

The first family is represented by peptides based on a, 3-dehydro a-amino adds in which a C=C bond confers rigidity and electronic Y-conjugation on the system (Section 11.1). Peptides rich in these amino acids are widespread in nature, particularly as antibiotics, and possess interesting conformational properties. 1-11 In addition to the E and Z configurational isomers, occurring when two different atoms (substituents) on CP are present, fully-extended, characteristically flat conformations or p-tums and 310/a-helices may be induced by u,p-dehydro a-amino acids. 

The action of l,8-diazabicyclo[5.4.0]undec-7-ene (DBU) on compounds 13 leads via dehydro-bromination to the A-isomers of alkenes 14.45... 

Katznelson and coworkers494 noted that 96 is a positional isomer of dehydro-L-ascorbic acid (105), as is evident when 96 is depicted in the 1,4-lactone fonn 106 (which, presumably, could exist as 107 or 108). On the basis of polarographic data, Bernaerts and De Ley522 suggested... 

Compounds 405, which are nitrogen analogs of a,a -dehydro-naphtho[a/]thiapyrans 383, are unknown. However, their valence isomers 404, obtained on interaction of acenaphthylene with N,N-dichlorosulfa-mides, have been described (80MI3). 

L-ascorbic acid (Figure 9-9) is a lactone (internal ester of a hydroxycarboxylic acid) and is characterized by the enediol group, which makes it a strongly reducing compound. The D form has no biological activity. One of the isomers, D-isoascorbic acid, or erythorbic acid, is produced commercially for use as a food additive. L-ascorbic acid is readily and reversibly oxidized to dehydro-L-ascorbic acid (Figure 9-10), which retains vitamin C activity. This compound can be further oxidized to diketo-L-gulonic acid, in a... 

Isosilybin (la) (mp 239-241°C) and silybin (1), isolated from the same source, showed closely comparable NMR spectroscopic and mass spectrometric data and similar TLC behavior. However, the TLC profiles of their dehydro derivatives were different and this observation suggested that the two compounds are not diastero-isomers but regioisomers. The structure of isosilybin was thus advanced as la. 

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