Synthesis, Absolute Configurations, and Biological Activities of Floral Scent Compounds from Night-Blooming Araceae
- Author(s)
- Patrick Stamm, Florian Etl, Artur Campos D. Maia, Stefan Dötterl, Stefan Schulz
- Abstract
The uncommon jasmone derivatives dehydrojasmone, isojasmol, and isojasmyl acetate, floral scent compounds from night-blooming Araceae, were synthesized in a scalable synthesis employing conjugate addition with a selenoacetal as the key step. The stereoselective strategy with subsequent enzymatic kinetic resolution allowed determining the absolute configuration of the natural compounds by GC on a chiral phase. The homoterpene (E)-4,8-dimethyl-1,3,7-nonatrien-5-yl acetate, another uncommon scent compound, was obtained by α-regioselective aldehyde prenylation. The biological activities of dehydrojasmone and isojasmol were investigated in field assays, showing that these unique volatiles are able to selectively attract specific cyclocephaline scarab beetle pollinators.
- Organisation(s)
- Department of Botany and Biodiversity Research
- External organisation(s)
- Technische Universität Carolo-Wilhelmina zu Braunschweig, Universidade Federal da Paraíba, Paris-Lodron Universität Salzburg
- Journal
- The Journal of Organic Chemistry
- Volume
- 86
- Pages
- 5245-5254
- No. of pages
- 10
- ISSN
- 0022-3263
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.joc.1c00145
- Publication date
- 2021
- Peer reviewed
- Yes
- Austrian Fields of Science 2012
- 106008 Botany, 106012 Evolutionary research, 106042 Systematic botany
- Keywords
- Portal url
- https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/en/publications/98258434-fe9a-436c-9c47-878d1b83daf9