3-Alkyl-p-menthan-3-ol derivatives: synthesis and evaluation of their physiological cooling activity
摘要:
Different 3-alkyl-p-methan-3-ol derivatives provide a strong physiological cooling effect with potential application as food and cosmetic additives. In order to investigate the influence of the chemical structure on the cooling sensation, the stereoselective syntheses of 29 different 3-alkyl-p-methan-3-ol derivatives were accomplished. All the compounds obtained are odorless and were evaluated by taste, considering two sensations: a cooling effect and bitterness. The results of this structure-activity relationship study highlight that compounds with a (1R,4S)-configuration are the isomers with the more intense cooling effect and lower bitterness. In addition, the structure of the 3-alkyl chain affected the latter properties. Increasing the chain length over two carbon atoms does not change the cooling power, but enhances the bitterness with the additional feature that the branched isomers are considerably more bitter than the linear ones. Overall, the 3-alkyl-p-menthan-3-ol isomers with the best quality in terms of high cooling power and low bitterness are (1R,4S)-3-(hydroxymethyl)-p-menthan-3-ol diasteroisomers (-)-38 and (-)-42. (C) 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
3-Alkyl-p-menthan-3-ol derivatives: synthesis and evaluation of their physiological cooling activity
摘要:
Different 3-alkyl-p-methan-3-ol derivatives provide a strong physiological cooling effect with potential application as food and cosmetic additives. In order to investigate the influence of the chemical structure on the cooling sensation, the stereoselective syntheses of 29 different 3-alkyl-p-methan-3-ol derivatives were accomplished. All the compounds obtained are odorless and were evaluated by taste, considering two sensations: a cooling effect and bitterness. The results of this structure-activity relationship study highlight that compounds with a (1R,4S)-configuration are the isomers with the more intense cooling effect and lower bitterness. In addition, the structure of the 3-alkyl chain affected the latter properties. Increasing the chain length over two carbon atoms does not change the cooling power, but enhances the bitterness with the additional feature that the branched isomers are considerably more bitter than the linear ones. Overall, the 3-alkyl-p-menthan-3-ol isomers with the best quality in terms of high cooling power and low bitterness are (1R,4S)-3-(hydroxymethyl)-p-menthan-3-ol diasteroisomers (-)-38 and (-)-42. (C) 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
13C NMR as a general tool for the assignment of absolute configuration
作者:Iria Louzao、José Manuel Seco、Emilio Quiñoá、Ricardo Riguera
DOI:10.1039/c0cc02774j
日期:——
(13)C NMR, alone or in combination with (1)H NMR, allows the assignment of the absolute configuration of chiral alcohols, amines, carboxylic acids, thiols, cyanohydrins, sec,sec-diols and sec,sec-aminoalcohols, derivatized with appropriate chiral auxiliaries. This extends the assignment possibilities of NMR to fully deuterated and to nonproton containing compounds.
The Use of a Single Derivative in the Configurational Assignment of Ketone Cyanohydrins
作者:Iria Louzao、José M. Seco、Emilio Quiñoá、Ricardo Riguera
DOI:10.1002/ejoc.201001107
日期:2010.12
The absolute stereochemistry of ketone cyanohydrins can be easily determined by preparing a single MPA derivative. The comparison of two NMR spectra at different temperatures allows the assignment by just paying attention to the evolution of the cyanohydrin chemical shifts. The special case of α-aryl-substituted cyanohydrins is also described.
Chiral aminoalcohols with a menthane skeleton as catalysts for the enantioselective addition of diethylzinc to benzaldehyde
作者:Stefan Panev、Anthony Linden、Vladimir Dimitrov
DOI:10.1016/s0957-4166(01)00206-3
日期:2001.6
Novel chiral aminoalcohols were synthesized by highly diastereoselective addition of Me3SiCN and LICH2CN to (-)-menthone followed by LiAlH4 reduction. The addition of CH2=CH-MgBr and PhCH=CH-MgBr to menthone and the following epoxidation, provided useful hydroxy epoxides, one of which could be aminolyzed to afford an aminodiol. In one case, the configuration of the newly formed epoxidic stereogenic center was determined by X-ray crystallography. When applied as catalysts in the enantioselective addition of Et2Zn to benzaldehyde, the aminoalcohols induced enantiomeric excesses (e.e.s) of up to 77%. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.