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Synthesis of [14CO]ellagic acid
β Scribed by Wenguang Zeng; Young-Hun Heur; Thomas H. Kinstle; Dr. Gary D. Stoner
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1991
- Tongue
- French
- Weight
- 419 KB
- Volume
- 29
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0022-2135
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β¦ Synopsis
lCQ]Ellagic acid with a chemical purity of 98.9% and radiochemical purity of 99.9% was synthesized with an overall yield of 16% (both chemically and radiochemically). Reaction of 14CO2 with lithiated 3.43-trimethoxybenzene and demethylation of the resulting 3.4,5-trimethoxyben~c acid was followed by esterifcation and coupling of methyl gallate into ellagic acid. Two efficient coupling methods were employed: direct aeration and aeration of methyl gallate in the presence of the phenolic oxidase, tyrosinme. The latter method produced the highest yield and purity. This preparation produced [1a]ellagic acid with a specific activity of 20 mCi/mmol. The yields of labeled 3,4,5-trimethoxybenzoic acid and ellagic acid based on Bal4COj were 65% and 16%. respectively.
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HMBC spectroscopy optimized for small couplings was employed to determine the four-bond and twobond proton carbon correlations on the aromatic rings of ellagic acid derivatives. Complete 13 C NMR assignments of 3 0 -O-methyl-3,4-methylenedioxyellagic acid 4 0 -O-Λ-D-glucopyranoside (1), 3,3 0 -di-O-
## Abstract Ellagic acid has been described as an inhibitor of tyrosinase or polyphenol oxidase and, therefore, of melanogenesis. In this work, we demonstrate that ellagic acid is not an inhibitor, but a substrate of mushroom polyphenol oxidase, an enzyme which oxidizes ellagic acid, generating its
SUMHARY A series of reactions was elaborated for the transformation of 1,2,3-trimethoxybenzene into pllic acid-14C02H. The intermediate l-bromo-3,4,5trimethoxybenzene was prepared by nitration, reduction, diazotization, and decomposition of the diazonium salt in the presence of cuprous bromide. The