Ketoisophorone transformation by Marchantia polymorpha and Nicotiana tabacum cultured cells

Mohamed Elamir F. Hegazy, Toshifumi Hirata, Ahmed Abdel-Lateff, Mohamed H. Abd El-Razek, Abou El Hamd H. Mohamed, Nahed M. Hassan, Paul W. Paré, Ahmed A. Mahmoud

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Abstract

Stereospecific olefin (C=C) and carbonyl (C=O) reduction of the readily available prochiral compound ketoisophorone (2,2,6-trimethyl-2-cyclohexene-1,4- dione) (1) by Marchantia polymorpha and Nicotiana tabacum cell suspension cultures produce the chiral products (6R)-levodione (2), (4R,5S)-4-hydroxy-3,3, 5-trimethylcyclohexanone (3), and (4R,6R)-actinol (4) as well as the minor components (4R)-hydroxyisophorone (5) and (4S)-phorenol (6).

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)403-408
Number of pages6
JournalZeitschrift fur Naturforschung - Section C Journal of Biosciences
Volume63
Issue number5-6
DOIs
StatePublished - 2008

Keywords

  • Cultured plant cells
  • Hydrogenation
  • Ketoisophorone

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