Cork Suberin Molecular Structure: Stereochemistry of the C18Epoxy andvic-Diol ω-Hydroxyacids and α,ω-Diacids Analyzed by NMR
摘要:
Suberin is the biopolyester that protects the secondary tissues of plants against environmental variability and aggressions. Cork suberin is composed mostly of C-18 omega-hydroxyacids and alpha,omega-diacids, 9,10-substituted with an unsaturation, an epoxide ring, or a vic-diol group. Although determinant for suberin macromolecular structure, the stereochemistry of these monomers is poorly studied, sometimes with contradictory results. An NMR technique was used here to assign the configuration of the 9,10-epoxy and 9,10-diol groups in C-18 suberin acids, comparing the chemical shifts of diagnostic H-1 and C-13 signals with the ones of model compounds, before and after conversion of the vic-diol group into benzylidene acetal derivatives. The relative configuration was proved to be cis in the C-18 9,10-epoxy and threo in the C-18 9,10-diol suberin acids. These monomers were present in suberin probably as racemic mixtures, as shown by polarimetry. The revealed stereochemistry allows the suberin macromolecule to be built as an ordered array of midchain kinked C-18 acids, reinforced by intramolecular hydrogen bonding.
Cork Suberin Molecular Structure: Stereochemistry of the C18Epoxy andvic-Diol ω-Hydroxyacids and α,ω-Diacids Analyzed by NMR
摘要:
Suberin is the biopolyester that protects the secondary tissues of plants against environmental variability and aggressions. Cork suberin is composed mostly of C-18 omega-hydroxyacids and alpha,omega-diacids, 9,10-substituted with an unsaturation, an epoxide ring, or a vic-diol group. Although determinant for suberin macromolecular structure, the stereochemistry of these monomers is poorly studied, sometimes with contradictory results. An NMR technique was used here to assign the configuration of the 9,10-epoxy and 9,10-diol groups in C-18 suberin acids, comparing the chemical shifts of diagnostic H-1 and C-13 signals with the ones of model compounds, before and after conversion of the vic-diol group into benzylidene acetal derivatives. The relative configuration was proved to be cis in the C-18 9,10-epoxy and threo in the C-18 9,10-diol suberin acids. These monomers were present in suberin probably as racemic mixtures, as shown by polarimetry. The revealed stereochemistry allows the suberin macromolecule to be built as an ordered array of midchain kinked C-18 acids, reinforced by intramolecular hydrogen bonding.
Cork Suberin Molecular Structure: Stereochemistry of the C<sub>18</sub>Epoxy and<i>vic</i>-Diol ω-Hydroxyacids and α,ω-Diacids Analyzed by NMR
作者:Sara Santos、Vanessa Cabral、José Graça
DOI:10.1021/jf400577k
日期:2013.7.24
Suberin is the biopolyester that protects the secondary tissues of plants against environmental variability and aggressions. Cork suberin is composed mostly of C-18 omega-hydroxyacids and alpha,omega-diacids, 9,10-substituted with an unsaturation, an epoxide ring, or a vic-diol group. Although determinant for suberin macromolecular structure, the stereochemistry of these monomers is poorly studied, sometimes with contradictory results. An NMR technique was used here to assign the configuration of the 9,10-epoxy and 9,10-diol groups in C-18 suberin acids, comparing the chemical shifts of diagnostic H-1 and C-13 signals with the ones of model compounds, before and after conversion of the vic-diol group into benzylidene acetal derivatives. The relative configuration was proved to be cis in the C-18 9,10-epoxy and threo in the C-18 9,10-diol suberin acids. These monomers were present in suberin probably as racemic mixtures, as shown by polarimetry. The revealed stereochemistry allows the suberin macromolecule to be built as an ordered array of midchain kinked C-18 acids, reinforced by intramolecular hydrogen bonding.