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J Am Chem Soc
; 134(46): 18889-91, 2012 Nov 21.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-23126387
RESUMO
As society faces a future of dwindling petrochemical supplies at increasing cost, much attention has been focused on methods to degrade biomass into renewable commodity-chemical building blocks. Reported here is a powerful complementary approach that amplifies the complexity of molecular structures present in plant materials. Essential-oil phenylpropenoids are transformed via acrylate cross-metathesis into potent antioxidants that are widely used in perfumery and cosmetics, and in treating disorders associated with oxidative damage.