A Unified Approach for the Stereoselective Total Synthesis of Pyridone Alkaloids and Their Neuritogenic Activity was written by Jessen, Henning Jacob;Schumacher, Andreas;Shaw, Travis;Pfaltz, Andreas;Gademann, Karl. And the article was included in Angewandte Chemie, International Edition in 2011.Computed Properties of C14H15BO4 This article mentions the following:
The stereoselective total syntheses of the pyridone alkaloids pretenellin B (I), farinosone A (II), militarinone D (III), and the unknown precursor prebassianin B (IV), as well as their resp. enantiomers have been reported. These pyridone polyenes display general neuritogenic activity in the PC-12 cell model. In addition, the previously unknown absolute configuration of the natural products was assigned. In the experiment, the researchers used many compounds, for example, (4-((4-Methoxybenzyl)oxy)phenyl)boronic acid (cas: 156635-90-4Computed Properties of C14H15BO4).
(4-((4-Methoxybenzyl)oxy)phenyl)boronic acid (cas: 156635-90-4) belongs to ethers. Ether is less polar than esters, alcohols or amines because of the oxygen atom that is unable to participate in hydrogen bonding due to the presence of bulky alkyl groups on both sides of the oxygen atom. At room temperature, ethers are pleasant-smelling colourless liquids. Relative to alcohols, ethers are generally less dense, are less soluble in water, and have lower boiling points. They are relatively unreactive, and as a result they are useful as solvents for fats, oils, waxes, perfumes, resins, dyes, gums, and hydrocarbons. Vapours of certain ethers are used as insecticides, miticides, and fumigants for soil.Computed Properties of C14H15BO4
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