Periodate oxidations

Lead tetra-acetate has sometimes proved a useful alternative to periodate and is a more stereo-selective reagent, though it does cause problems of solubility. 

D-Galactose 4-sulfate (8) is oxidized in the pyranose form, rapidly consuming 2 moles of periodate per mole with liberation of 1 mole of formic acid, and then further oxidation occurs until over 5 moles of periodate have been used. Again, the evidence favors oxidation of the ring form, 

Not enough monomeric glycoside sulfates have been examined to permit more than a few preliminary observations to be made. Methyl /3-D-galacto-pyranoside 6-sulfate (11) rapidly consumes 2 moles of periodate per mole, liberating 1 mole of formic acid, and is not oxidized further, as is to be  

Method Phenolic hydroxyl content mmol/g lignin  

Number of phenolic hydroxyl groups/100 C9 unit = mmol phenolic hydroxyl group x unit weight g lignin x 10 

Note 1. The borohydride reduction step may be omitted for carbohydrate-free lignin samples. 

Note 2. Wood meals or milled pulp samples ground to 40-60 mesh are generally sufficient. 

Note 3. Centrifuge tubes with a Teflon screw cap are preferred. 

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A more eflicient and general synthetic procedure is the Masamune reaction of aldehydes with boron enolates of chiral a-silyloxy ketones. A double asymmetric induction generates two new chiral centres with enantioselectivities > 99%. It is again explained by a chair-like six-centre transition state. The repulsive interactions of the bulky cyclohexyl group with the vinylic hydrogen and the boron ligands dictate the approach of the enolate to the aldehyde (S. Masamune, 1981 A). The fi-hydroxy-x-methyl ketones obtained are pure threo products (threo = threose- or threonine-like Fischer formula also termed syn" = planar zig-zag chain with substituents on one side), and the reaction has successfully been applied to macrolide syntheses (S. Masamune, 1981 B). Optically pure threo (= syn") 8-hydroxy-a-methyl carboxylic acids are obtained by desilylation and periodate oxidation (S. Masamune, 1981 A). Chiral 0-((S)-trans-2,5-dimethyl-l-borolanyl) ketene thioketals giving pure erythro (= anti ) diastereomers have also been developed by S. Masamune (1986). 

The synthesis of 11-oxaprostaglandlns from o-glucose uses the typical reactions of gl cofuranose diacetonide outlined on p. 267. Reduction of the hemiacetal group is achieved a thioacetal. The carbon chains are introduced by Wittig reactions on the aldehyde grou] which are liberated by periodate oxidation and laaone reduction (S. Hanessian, 1979 G Lourens, 1975). 

Methylation of free OH groups, followed by denitration, hydrolysis, reduction, and glc analysis has been suggested as a method for determining the location of nitrate (82). This method has been suggested for CP and CS (82) as the phosphate and sulfate groups are stable to methylation and can then be removed. Periodate oxidation has been used to determine the DS of CS (81). 

A unique method for the degradation of 17-hydroxy-20-oxygenated pregnanes to 17-ketoandrostanes involves the photolysis of the corresponding nitrite esters.While this generally is equivalent to bismuthate or periodate oxidations, it is the only mild method for the conversion of a 17-hydroxy-... 

A-Chlorosuccinimide 1 N NaOH." With this method, the sulfide is oxidized completely to the sulfone, which is cleaved with hydroxide more readily than the sulfoxide formed by periodate oxidation. It has been reported that oxidation of the sulfide leads to oxidation of adenine and gua-nine." However, see the discussion of the TPTE group below. 

Base-catalyzed nitromethane cyclizadonof the thaldehyde generated by periodate oxidation of 1,3-O-cyclohexyhdene-myo-inositol affords the nitrodiol with l,4/3,3,5-coti iguration This is converted into the ct-marmosidase inhibitor, marmostadn A fEq 3 60 ... 

Periodate Oxidation of C9-Amine (3). C9-Amine hydrochloride (268 mg., 1 mmole) was treated with a solution of sodium periodate (235 mg.,... 

Oxidation of C9-Amine (3) with Lead Tetraacetate. C9-Amine hydrochloride (53 mg., 0.17 mmole) was dissolved in 0.1 ml. of water and 5 ml. of acetic acid and to the solution was added lead tetraacetate (190 mg., 0.3 mmole) at 16°-18°C. in 10 minutes. Insoluble material was removed by filtration, and the filtrate was dried by lyophilization. The residue was dissolved in 5 ml. of water and the solution was placed on a column of Amberlite CG-50 (ammonium form, 1 x 10 cm.) followed by a similar treatment as described in the case of periodate oxidation. N-Cyano derivative (5.1 mg.) was obtained and proved to be identical with the N-cyano derivative obtained from the periodate oxidation. 

In theory, periodate oxidation could have given a clear-cut answer as to the composition of the isomeric mixture of deoxy ribose phosphates. The 4-phosphate (73), devoid of vicinal diol groups, should be resistant to periodate the 3-phosphate (74) should reduce one and only one molar equivalent of the oxidant and yield one molar equivalent of both formaldehyde and the phosphorylated dialdehyde (75), whereas the 5-phosphate (76) could be expected to reduce one molar equivalent of periodate relatively rapidly, followed by a slower overoxidation reaction owing to the oxidation of malonaldehyde, formed as a result of the glycol cleavage. 

That the postulated phosphate group migration did in fact, occur, was eventually proved (58) in the following way. During the many experiments done to find conditions in which the phosphate group migration could be demonstrated by periodate oxidation, the conclusion was reached that one of the difficulties in the interpretation of the results was because of the fact that the reaction between the phosphorylated... 

Quantitative Estimation of Deoxy Sugars and Related Compounds with Special Reference to Periodate Oxidation. 

The appearance of free iodine during the periodate oxidation of compounds having an active hydrogen atom (27) or an ene-diol structure (1,39) has frequently been observed, and this implies that further reduction of iodate, formed from periodate during the main reaction, takes place. It has, in fact, been shown that, in acid solution, iodate is fairly readily reduced by such compounds as triose reductone (27), dihydfoxy-fumaric (39), and tartronic (32) acids. 

We therefore carried out periodate oxidation of triose reductone in dilute solutions using sodium metaperiodate as the oxidizing agent (55,56), Triose reductone could react with periodate according to the following reaction sequence ... 

Thus, if triose reductone is, in fact, the first intermediate in the periodate oxidation of malonaldehyde, the total consumption of periodate per mole of malonaldehyde should be four molar equivalents two moles of formic acid and one mole of carbon dioxide should be formed, in accordance with the sequence proposed by Fleury and his collaborators (22). As in the case of the periodate oxidation of malonic acid (32) the rate determining step should be the hydroxylation step. 

Crystalline triose reductone has been shown (56) by titration with strong base and with iodine, to exist in solution, for practical purposes, entirely as the enol form. In addition, the fact that it reduces exactly three molar equivalents of periodate to give quantitative yields of formic acid and of carbon dioxide indicates that it is also oxidized entirely in this form. However, nothing is known of the rate of enolization of tartronic dialdehyde and the possibility therefore remains that part of it may be oxidized in the dialdehydo form. If this were the case, the results of periodate oxidations would be dependent on the ratio of the rate of enolization of tartronic dialdehyde to the rate of its oxidation by periodate, since the oxidation of triose reductone is, again, for practical purposes, instantaneous. 

It is, however, more likely that the discrepancies observed in the periodate oxidation of malonaldehyde concern mainly the hydroxylation step. In the mechanism proposed (5) for this reaction, it is the enol form of malonaldehyde which is hydroxylated. However, titrations of a solution of malonaldehyde, prepared by hydrolysis of an aqueous solution (33) of carefully distilled 1, 3, 3-tri-ethoxypropene (46, 47), both with strong base and with iodine, indicate that only about 80% of the enol form is present in the equilibrium solution. On the other hand, the thio-barbituric acid test (58, 59) gave consistently higher values for the malonaldehyde content of the solution. The fact that only about 80% of the enol form is present in the equilibrium solution is all the more important as it can be shown (56) by titration with strong base that the enolization is slow, and moreover does not seem to go to completion. 

When 1, 3, 3-triethoxypropene was hydrolyzed with IN sulfuric acid, a solution of malonaldehyde whose optical density was perfectly stable at 350 m/x for at least one week was obtained. If the solution was made alkaline, the optical density at the same wavelength increased by a small value and then remained virtually constant for at least one week (56). It was also observed that in these solutions the extinction coefficient at 350 m/x was very low (observed 8.3, 61.5 and 69, for solutions of pH 0.4, 7.15 and 9.4 respectively) compared with previously reported values which varied from 200 ( 40) to 1000 ( 48). On the other hand, the absorption of solutions having a pH of 3 to 5, increased considerably with time (at pH 4.75, the extinction coefficient of malonaldehyde at 350 m/x was initially about 40 after four weeks a value of about 930 was recorded and the optical density of the solution was still increasing). This increase in absorption was accompanied by a marked decrease in the malonaldehyde content of the solution, as measured by the thiobarbituric acid method. As a corollary, it was found that aqueous solutions of malonaldehyde, prepared by autocatalyzed hydrolysis (33) of the same acetal and which had a pH of about 3.5, showed, at the completion of the hydrolysis, considerably higher extinction coefficient values at 350 m/x than did those malonaldehyde solutions which were prepared by hydrolysis with IN acid and subsequently adjusted to pH 4. It appears, therefore, that at pH values at which most of the periodate oxidations are carried out, malonaldehyde is unstable and undergoes a chemical reaction, the nature of which is not, as yet, known. 

It is, in fact, interesting to note that the latter cyclohexanepentol, which has four adjacent cis-hydroxyl groups, reacts slowly with periodate. Perhaps further light will be thrown on this problem when the results of periodate oxidations of dl-1, 2, 3, 5/4-cyclohexanepentol (36), 1, 2, 4, 5/3-cyclohexanepentol (37), and (1 d)-1, 2, 3/4, 5-cyclohexanepentol (38) will be available. 

Debenzylidenation of compound 24 yielded a crystalline glycoside 25 and the extent and rate of its periodate oxidation supports the structure and configuration shown. 

Other methods of identification include the customary preparation of derivatives, comparisons with authentic substances whenever possible, and periodate oxidation. Lately, the application of nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy has provided an elegant approach to the elucidation of structures and stereochemistry of various deoxy sugars (18). Microcell techniques can provide a spectrum on 5-6 mg. of sample. The practicing chemist is frequently confronted with the problem of having on hand a few milligrams of a product whose structure is unknown. It is especially in such instances that a full appreciation of the functions of mass spectrometry can be developed. 

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