Incorporation of dioxygen into the hydroxylated product during the C-C single bond cleavage of 1,2-bis(p-methoxyphenyl)propane-1,3-diol catalysed by hemin. A novel model system for the hemoprotein ligninase

• Main Authors: Tsuyoshi Habe, Mikio Shimada, Tadashi Okamoto, Bhinyo Panijpan, Takayoshi Higuchi
• Other Authors: Kyoto University
• Format: Article
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
• Online Access: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/30756
• Institution: Mahidol University

Oxidation of the lignin model compound 1,2-bis(p-methoxyphenyl)propane-1,3- diol (1) catalysed by hemin in the presence of t-butyl hydroperoxide and18O2yielded p-methoxyphenylethane-1,2-diol (2) with 83%18O incorporation into the newly formed hydroxy group and p-anisaldehyde (3) as the initial Cα-Cβ...