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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
19
pubmed:dateCreated
2008-10-3
pubmed:abstractText
Hydroxytyrosol, a naturally occurred o-phenolic compound exhibiting antioxidant properties, was synthesized by a three-step high-yielding procedure from natural and low-cost compounds such as tyrosol or homovanillyl alcohol. First, the efficient chemoselective protection of the alcoholic group of these compounds was performed by using dimethyl carbonate (DMC) as reagent/solvent; second, the oxidation with 2-iodoxybenzoic acid (IBX) or Dess-Martin periodinane reagent (DMP) and in situ reduction with sodium dithionite (Na2S2O4) allowed the preparation of carboxymethylated hydroxytyrosol; finally, by a mild hydrolytic step, hydroxytyrosol was obtained in high yield and purity, as confirmed by NMR spectra and HPLC profile. By using a similar methodology, lipophilic hydroxytyrosol derivatives, utilized as additives in pharmaceutical, food, and cosmetic preparations, were prepared. In fact, at first the chemoselective protection of the alcoholic group of tyrosol and homovanillyl alcohol was performed by using acyl chlorides without any catalyst to obtain the corresponding lipophilic derivatives, and then these compounds were converted in good yield and high purity into the hydroxytyrosol derivatives by oxidative/reductive pathway with IBX or DMP and Na2S2O4.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
1520-5118
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
8
pubmed:volume
56
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
8897-904
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2008
pubmed:articleTitle
Convenient synthesis of hydroxytyrosol and its lipophilic derivatives from tyrosol or homovanillyl alcohol.
pubmed:affiliation
Dipartimento di Agrobiologia e Agrochimica, Università degli Studi della Tuscia, Via S. Camillo De Lellis snc, 01100 Viterbo, Italy. berninir@unitus.it
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't