The first total synthesis of a member of the C-glucosidic subclass of ellagitannins, 5-O-desgalloylepipunicacortein A, was accomplished by relying on a biomimetic aldol-type formation of its characteristic C-aryl glucosidic bond through the exploitation of the inherent chemical reactivity of a glucopyranosic hemiacetal precursor.
The metabolism of gallic acid and hexahydroxydiphenic acid in plants. Part 2. Esters of (S)-hexahydroxydiphenic acid with D-glucopyranose (4 C 1)
作者:Raj K. Gupta、Sabah M. K. Al-Shafi、Keith Layden、Edwin Haslam
DOI:10.1039/p19820002525
日期:——
One form of further metabolism of β-penta-O-galloyl-D-glucose in higher plants is that in which intramolecular oxidative coupling takes place between adjacent galloyl ester groups (2,3, and 4,6). This route of biosynthesis is confined to certain plants and details of the structure elucidation of some of the principal metabolites are recorded.
Hydrolyzable Tannins with the Hexahydroxydiphenoyl Unit and the <i>m</i>-Depsidic Link: HPLC-DAD-MS Identification and Model Synthesis
作者:Panagiotis Arapitsas、Stefano Menichetti、Franco F. Vincieri、Annalisa Romani
DOI:10.1021/jf0622329
日期:2007.1.1
This study was designed to develop efficient analytical tools for the difficult HPLC-DAD-MS identification of hydrolyzable tannins in natural tissue extracts. Throughout the study of the spectroscopic characteristics of properly synthesized stereodefined standards, it was observed that the UV-vis spectra of compounds with the m-depsidic link showed a characteristic shoulder at 300 nm, consistent with the simple glucogalloyl esters, whereas compounds with the hexahydroxydiphenoyl (HHDP) unit gave a diagnostic fragmentation pattern, caused by a spontaneous lactonization in the mass spectrometer. These observations were confirmed by HPLC-DAD-MS analyses of tannic acid and raspberry extracts, which are rich in hydrolyzable tannins with the m-depsidic link and the HHDP unit, respectively.