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ArticleNature communications2022

Oxygen mediated oxidative couplings of flavones in alkaline water.

Xin Yang, Sophie Hui Min Lim, Jiachen Lin, Jie Wu, Haidi Tang, Fengyue Zhao, Fang Liu, Chenghua Sun, Xiangcheng Shi, Yulong Kuang and 10 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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8 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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20 authors.

Xin YangDepartment of Food Science and Technology, National University of Singapore, 2 Science Drive 2, Singapore, 117542, Republic of Singapore.
Sophie Hui Min LimDepartment of Food Science and Technology, National University of Singapore, 2 Science Drive 2, Singapore, 117542, Republic of Singapore.
Jiachen LinDepartment of Food Science and Technology, National University of Singapore, 2 Science Drive 2, Singapore, 117542, Republic of Singapore.
Jie WuDepartment of Chemistry, National University of Singapore, 3 Science Drive 3, Singapore, 117543, Republic of Singapore.ORCID 0000-0002-9865-180X
Haidi TangDepartment of Chemistry, National University of Singapore, 3 Science Drive 3, Singapore, 117543, Republic of Singapore.
Fengyue ZhaoCollege of Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, 210095, Nanjing, China.
Fang LiuCollege of Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, 210095, Nanjing, China.
Chenghua SunDepartment of Chemistry and Biotechnology, FSET, Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn, VIC, 3122, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-7654-669X
Xiangcheng ShiDepartment of Chemistry, National University of Singapore, 3 Science Drive 3, Singapore, 117543, Republic of Singapore.
Yulong KuangDepartment of Chemistry, National University of Singapore, 3 Science Drive 3, Singapore, 117543, Republic of Singapore.
Joanne Yi Hui ToyDepartment of Food Science and Technology, National University of Singapore, 2 Science Drive 2, Singapore, 117542, Republic of Singapore.
Ke DuDepartment of Food Science and Technology, National University of Singapore, 2 Science Drive 2, Singapore, 117542, Republic of Singapore.
Yuannian ZhangDepartment of Food Science and Technology, National University of Singapore, 2 Science Drive 2, Singapore, 117542, Republic of Singapore.
Xiang WangDepartment of Food Science and Technology, National University of Singapore, 2 Science Drive 2, Singapore, 117542, Republic of Singapore.
Mingtai SunDepartment of Food Science and Technology, National University of Singapore, 2 Science Drive 2, Singapore, 117542, Republic of Singapore.
Zhixuan SongDepartment of Food Science and Technology, National University of Singapore, 2 Science Drive 2, Singapore, 117542, Republic of Singapore.
Tian WangDepartment of Chemistry, National University of Singapore, 3 Science Drive 3, Singapore, 117543, Republic of Singapore.
Ji'en WuDepartment of Chemistry, National University of Singapore, 3 Science Drive 3, Singapore, 117543, Republic of Singapore.
K N HoukDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA. houk@chem.ucla.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-8387-5261
Dejian HuangDepartment of Food Science and Technology, National University of Singapore, 2 Science Drive 2, Singapore, 117542, Republic of Singapore. dejian@nus.edu.sg.ORCID 0000-0002-2305-3960

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Catalyzed oxidative C-C bond coupling reactions play an important role in the chemical synthesis of complex natural products of medicinal importance. However, the poor functional group tolerance renders them unfit for the synthesis of naturally occurring polyphenolic flavones. We find that molecular oxygen in alkaline water acts as a hydrogen atom acceptor and oxidant in catalyst-free (without added catalyst) oxidative coupling of luteolin and other flavones. By this facile method, we achieve the synthesis of a small collection of flavone dimers and trimers including naturally occurring dicranolomin, philonotisflavone, dehydrohegoflavone, distichumtriluteolin, and cyclodistichumtriluteolin. Mechanistic studies using both experimental and computational chemistry uncover the underlying reasons for optimal pH, oxygen availability, and counter-cations that define the success of the reaction. We expect our reaction opens up a green and sustainable way to synthesize flavonoid dimers and oligomers using the readily available monomeric flavonoids isolated from biomass and exploiting their use for health care products and treatment of diseases.

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FlavonesOxygenCatalysisOxidative CouplingWaterFlavonesOxygenWater

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PMID36307433
PMCPMC9614196

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