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

Tsuyoshi HabeMikio ShimadaTadashi OkamotoBhinyo PanijpanTakayoshi HiguchiKyoto UniversityMahidol University2018-10-122018-10-121985-01-01Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications. No.19 (1985), 1323-1324002249362-s2.0-37049095685https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/30756Oxidation 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-Cβbond cleavage products.Mahidol UniversityBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyIncorporation 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 ligninaseArticleSCOPUS10.1039/C39850001323