title: Monoamine Oxidase-Catalyzed Oxidative Rearrangement of trans,trans-1-(Aminomethyl)-2-methoxy-3-phenylcyclopropane.
abstract: trans,trans-1-(Aminomethyl)-2-methoxy-3-phenylcyclopropane (3) was synthesized in three steps from (Z)-beta-methoxystyrene and ethyl diazoacetate. Compound 3 was shown to be a substrate and inactivator of mitochondrial beef liver monoamine oxidase (MAO) with a partition ratio of 1428. MAO-catalyzed oxidation of 3 produces one major metabolite, isolated and identified by GCOSY, GHMQC, and GHMBC NMR techniques to be trans,trans-2-methoxy-3-phenyl-1-N-[(3-phenyl-N-pyrrolyl)methyl]cyclopropane (7). A mechanism, supported by a model reaction, is proposed for the formation of this metabolite.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Cell Biology, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208-3113.
authors.forename: Xingliang
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: Shengtian
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Richard B.
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Silverman