Synthesis of 1, 2, 3, 4-tetrahydroxybenzene from D-glucose: exploiting myo-inositol as a precursor to aromatic chemicals

CA Hansen, AB Dean, KM Draths…

Index: Hansen, Chad A.; Dean, Amy B.; Draths; Frost Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1999 , vol. 121, # 15 p. 3799 - 3800

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Abstract

Polyhydroxy benzenes and quinones possessing the oxygenation pattern of 1, 2, 3, 4- tetrahydroxybenzene 1 often display biological activity. Aurantiogliocladin 2 and fumigatin 3 are antibiotics. 1 Coenzyme Qn) 10 4 is an essential antioxidant in humans protecting low- density lipoproteins from atherosclerosisrelated oxidative modification. 2 Dillapiole 5 is a pyrethrin synergist and responsible for the sedative effect of Perilla frutescens leaves. 3 A ...