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Phenylacetaldehyde is an aldehyde that consists of acetaldehyde bearing a phenyl substituent; the parent member of the phenylacetaldehyde class of compounds. It has a role as a human metabolite, a Saccharomyces cerevisiae metabolite, an Escherichia coli metabolite and a mouse metabolite.
Phenyl acetate is the ester of phenol and acetic acid.It can be produced by reacting phenol with acetic anhydride or acetyl chloride.. Phenyl acetate can be separated into phenol and an acetate salt, via saponification: heating the phenyl acetate with a strong base, such as sodium hydroxide, will produce phenol and an acetate salt (sodium acetate, if sodium hydroxide were used).
Phenylglyoxal was first prepared by thermal decomposition of the sulfite derivative of the oxime: [5]. C 6 H 5 C(O)CH(NOSO 2 H) + 2 H 2 O → C 6 H 5 C(O)CHO + NH 4 HSO 4. More conveniently, it can be prepared from methyl benzoate by reaction with KCH 2 S(O)CH 3 to give PhC(O)CH(SCH 3)(OH), which is oxidized with copper(II) acetate. [6]
[3] [4] In both species, it is subsequently metabolized into 4-hydroxyphenylacetate by aldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH) enzymes in humans and the phenylacetaldehyde dehydrogenase (feaB) enzyme in E. coli. [3] [4] [5] The condensation of 4-hydroxyphenylacetaldehyde and dopamine is a key step in the biosynthesis of benzylisoquinoline alkaloids.
The Wacker process or the Hoechst-Wacker process (named after the chemical companies of the same name) refers to the oxidation of ethylene to acetaldehyde in the presence of palladium(II) chloride and copper(II) chloride as the catalyst. [1]
The Leuckart reaction is the chemical reaction that converts aldehydes or ketones to amines.The reaction is an example of reductive amination. [1] The reaction, named after Rudolf Leuckart, uses either ammonium formate or formamide as the nitrogen donor and reducing agent.
In organic chemistry, a cyanohydrin reaction is an organic reaction in which an aldehyde (−CH=O) or ketone (>C=O) reacts with a cyanide anion (N≡C −) or a nitrile (−C≡N) to form a cyanohydrin (>C(OH)C≡N).
In enzymology, a phenylacetaldehyde dehydrogenase (EC 1.2.1.39) is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction. phenylacetaldehyde + NAD + + H 2 O phenylacetate + NADH + 2 H +. The 3 substrates of this enzyme are phenylacetaldehyde, NAD +, and H 2 O, whereas its 3 products are phenylacetate, NADH, and H +.