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Asymmetric Synthesis of (R)-(-)-O-desmethylangolensin using (R,R)-(-)-Pseudoephedrine as Chiral Auxiliary

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dc.date.accessioned 2015-05-19T15:19:25Z und
dc.date.accessioned 2017-10-24T12:19:08Z
dc.date.available 2015-05-19T15:19:25Z und
dc.date.available 2017-10-24T12:19:08Z
dc.date.issued 2015-05-19T15:19:25Z
dc.identifier.uri http://radr.hulib.helsinki.fi/handle/10138.1/4704 und
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10138.1/4704
dc.title Asymmetric Synthesis of (R)-(-)-O-desmethylangolensin using (R,R)-(-)-Pseudoephedrine as Chiral Auxiliary en
ethesis.discipline Organic chemistry en
ethesis.discipline Orgaaninen kemia fi
ethesis.discipline Organisk kemi sv
ethesis.department.URI http://data.hulib.helsinki.fi/id/c2dd677c-da9c-4011-94b0-27b1585ac1cb
ethesis.department Kemiska institutionen sv
ethesis.department Department of Chemistry en
ethesis.department Kemian laitos fi
ethesis.faculty Matematisk-naturvetenskapliga fakulteten sv
ethesis.faculty Matemaattis-luonnontieteellinen tiedekunta fi
ethesis.faculty Faculty of Science en
ethesis.faculty.URI http://data.hulib.helsinki.fi/id/8d59209f-6614-4edd-9744-1ebdaf1d13ca
ethesis.university.URI http://data.hulib.helsinki.fi/id/50ae46d8-7ba9-4821-877c-c994c78b0d97
ethesis.university Helsingfors universitet sv
ethesis.university University of Helsinki en
ethesis.university Helsingin yliopisto fi
dct.creator Haikal, Rana
dct.issued 2015
dct.language.ISO639-2 eng
dct.abstract O-Desmethylangolensin (O-DMA) is a product of anaerobic intestinal bacterial metabolism of the isoflavone daidzein, which is found mainly in soy foods. Because of its structural similarity to natural estrogen, it was found to have a strong binding affinity to human estrogen receptor β, thus explaining its anticarcinogenic activity among other biological actions. Because of its biological importance, the main aim of this study is to propose a synthetic route using (R,R)-(-)-Pseudoephedrine as chiral auxiliary to synthesize enantiopure (R)-(-)-O-DMA. Pseudoephedrine has been previously found to be an excellent chiral auxiliary; its amide is stable, easily prepared and its enolate is highly reactive and can undergo many useful transformations including alkylation reactions. 4-Hydroxyphenylacetic acid was used as starting material. Diastereoselective α-methylation of the pseudoephedrine amide was done using LDA in THF with subsequent addition of methyl iodide. The method was found successful; however, the yield (55%) and %ee (4.5%) were low, thus further adjustments are needed. en
dct.language en
ethesis.language.URI http://data.hulib.helsinki.fi/id/languages/eng
ethesis.language English en
ethesis.language englanti fi
ethesis.language engelska sv
ethesis.thesistype pro gradu-avhandlingar sv
ethesis.thesistype pro gradu -tutkielmat fi
ethesis.thesistype master's thesis en
ethesis.thesistype.URI http://data.hulib.helsinki.fi/id/thesistypes/mastersthesis
dct.identifier.urn URN:NBN:fi-fe2017112251810
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