title: Penicillin Acylase-Mediated Synthesis of 2-Acetyl-1-pyrroline and of 2-Propionyl-1-pyrroline, Key Roast-Smelling Odorants in Food. Inclusion Complexes with beta-Cyclodextrin and Their NMR and MS Characterization.
abstract: The synthesis of the strong natural roast odorants 1 and 2 is achieved from the C-6 isomeric alcohols 16 and 21 via the acetylenic C-6 and C-7 amines 8 and 9. Key step in the process is the hydrolysis of the N-phenylacetamides 12 and 13 by means of immobilized penicillin acylase, which affords the 1-amino-4,5-diketones 14 and 15, spontaneously ring closing to 1 and 2. These latter compounds form inclusion complexes with beta-cyclodextrin, as demonstrated by NMR measurements in deuterated water and FAB-MS spectra.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Chimica del Politecnico, Centro CNR per la Chimica delle Sostanze Organiche Naturali, Via Mancinelli 7, 20131 Milano, Italy.
authors.forename: Tito Fabrizio
authors.initials: TF
authors.lastname: Favino
authors.forename: Giovanni
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Fronza
authors.forename: Claudio
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Fuganti
authors.forename: Daniela
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Fuganti
authors.forename: Piero
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Grasselli
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mele