TY  - JOUR
AB  - The synthetic protocol for the reduction of alcohols to hydrocarbons by using hydriodic acid, first described by Kiliani more than 140 years ago, was improved to be more applicable to organic synthesis. Instead of a strongly acidic, aqueous solution, a biphasic toluene-water reaction medium was used, which allowed the conversion of primary, secondary and tertiary benzylic alcohols, in good yields and short reaction times, into the corresponding hydrocarbons. Red phosphorous was used as the stoichiometric reducing agent. Keto, ester, amide or ether groups are tolerated, and catalytic amounts of hydriodic acid (0.2 equiv) in the presence of 0.6 equiv phosphorous are sufficient to achieve conversion.
AU  - Dobmeier, M.*
AU  - Herrmann, J.M.*
AU  - Lenoir, D.
AU  - König, B.*
C1  - 7258
C2  - 29618
SP  - 330-336
TI  - Reduction of benzylic alcohols and α-hydroxycarbonyl compounds by hydriodic acid in a biphasic reaction medium.
JO  - Beilstein J. Org. Chem.
VL  - 8
PB  - Beilstein-Institut
PY  - 2012
ER  - 

TY  - JOUR
AB  - Xanthomonas campestris is a phytopathogenic bacterium and causes many diseases of agricultural relevance. Volatiles were shown to be important in inter- and intraorganismic attraction and defense reactions. Recently it became apparent that also bacteria emit a plethora of volatiles, which influence other organisms such as invertebrates, plants and fungi. As a first step to study volatile-based bacterial–plant interactions, the emission profile of Xanthomonas c. pv. vesicatoria 85-10 was determined by using GC/MS and PTR–MS techniques. More than 50 compounds were emitted by this species, the majority comprising ketones and methylketones. The structure of the dominant compound, 10-methylundecan-2-one, was assigned on the basis of its analytical data, obtained by GC/MS and verified by comparison of these data with those of a synthetic reference sample. Application of commercially available decan-2-one, undecan-2-one, dodecan-2-one, and the newly synthesized 10-methylundecan-2-one in bi-partite Petri dish bioassays revealed growth promotions in low quantities (0.01 to 10 μmol), whereas decan-2-one at 100 μmol caused growth inhibitions of the fungus Rhizoctonia solani. Volatile emission profiles of the bacteria were different for growth on media (nutrient broth) with or without glucose.
AU  - Weise, T.*
AU  - Kai, M.*
AU  - Gummesson, A.
AU  - Troeger, A.*
AU  - von Reuß, S.*
AU  - Piepenborn, S.*
AU  - Kosterka, F.*
AU  - Sklorz, M.
AU  - Zimmermann, R.
AU  - Francke, W.*
AU  - Piechulla, B.*
C1  - 7418
C2  - 29714
SP  - 579-596
TI  - Volatile organic compounds produced by the phytopathogenic bacterium Xanthomonas campestris pv. vesicatoria 85-10.
JO  - Beilstein J. Org. Chem.
VL  - 8
PB  - Beilstein-Institut 
PY  - 2012
ER  -