Carvalho da Silva, Romezio Alves;Marques de Mesquita, Bruna;Frota de Farias, Iolanda;Garcia do Nascimento, Patricia Georgiana;Gomes de Lemos, Telma Leda;Monte, Francisco Jose Queiroz published 《Enzymatic chemical transformations of aldehydes, ketones, esters and alcohols using plant fragments as the only biocatalyst: Ximenia americana grains》 in 2018. The article was appeared in 《Molecular Catalysis》. They have made some progress in their research.Electric Literature of C10H12O2 The article mentions the following:
The present study demonstrated the ability of Ximenia american as a biocatalyst in reduction, hydrolysis and esterification reactions. The reduction reactions of aldehydes and ketones, ester hydrolysis and esterification of alcs. were carried out with interesting results. Reduction of ketones afforded yields of 6-60% with ee in the range of 35->99% and that of aldehydes in yields of 51-99%. On the other hand, ester hydrolysis afforded yields of 58-98% with ee in the range 34-87%, while esterification of alcs. in 18-99% yields. Exptl. conditions for all reactions have been defined using standard substrates as indicated in results and discussion. Some of the products are the potential building blocks for the synthesis of mols. which are of pharmaceutical and agrochem. importance. To complete the study, the researchers used 1-Phenylethyl acetate (cas: 93-92-5) .
1-Phenylethyl acetate(cas:93-92-5) is a carboxylic ester. Electric Literature of C10H12O2 It may be prepared by acetylation of methyl phenyl carbinol; from 1-bromoethylbenzene and silver acetate in acetic acid; from benzaldehyde by reacting with magnesium methyl bromide and subsequent acetylation.
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