The goal of this work is the synthesis of a tocopherol/carotenoid hybridderivative (1, figure II). The novel derivative is believed to exhibitsynergistic antioxidant effects between its chromanol and polyene consituents.The synthesis of 1 was completed up to and including theimmediate precursor 12.Commercially avaliable Trolox (7) was reduced by Red-Al® to 8(step a) in 95% yield. Chromanol aldehyde 9 was formed by Swernoxidation of 8 in 65% yield (step b). Wittig reaction between 9 andphosphonium salt 10 afforded 11 in 33% yield and varying cis : transratio (step c), and subsequent elongation produced 12 (14% yield, stepd). The Wittig reactions were performed with reflux and microwaveirradiation.Various attempts at protecting the phenolic group in intermediate8 by silylation or benzylation did only lead to formation of 8B.Oxidation of 8 by the Dess-Martin oxidation formed the unexpectedquinone-like derivative 27. Efforts to protect the phenolic group in intermediate9 by benzoylation and silylation only produced 9A, foundto be unsoluble in all common laboratory solvents.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:ntnu-16805 |
| Date | January 2012 |
| Creators | Haugland, Marius Myreng |
| Publisher | Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet, Institutt for kjemi, Institutt for kjemi |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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