title: Mechanism of wine lactone formation: demonstration of stereoselective cyclization and 1,3-hydride shift.
abstract: The cyclization mechanism of (E)-2,6-dimethyl-6-hydroxyocta-2,7-dienoic acid to wine lactone under acidic aqueous conditions was investigated using the two stereoselectively deuterium-labeled precursors (2E,6R,7Z)-[8-2H]-2,6-dimethyl-6-hydroxyocta-2,7-dienoic acid and (2E,7E)-(+/-)-[8-2H]-2,6-dimethyl-6-hydroxyocta-2,7-dienoic acid. A detailed analysis of the generated wine lactone isomers by enantioselective multidimensional gas chromatography (MDGC)/ion trap tandem mass spectrometry demonstrates that the formation of wine lactone proceeds via a nonenzymatic stereoselective cationic cyclization cascade that includes a 1,3-hydride shift. Usually, such mechanisms are features of cyclization reactions that are catalyzed by terpene cyclases. This nonenzymatic conversion of an acyclic precursor to a bicyclic monoterpene under relevant cationic cyclization conditions has rarely been observed and confirms recent suggestions that the precursor itself can provide the chemical functionality required for specific steps in the cyclization cascade.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Lebensmittelchemie, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main, Max-von-Laue-Strasse 9, D-60438 Frankfurt (Main), Germany.
authors.forename: Fang
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Luan
authors.forename: Andreas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Degenhardt
authors.forename: Armin
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mosandl
authors.forename: Matthias
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wüst
mesh_terms: D003500:Cyclization; D003903:Deuterium; D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; D007553:Isotope Labeling; D007783:Lactones / Q000032:analysis* / Q000138:chemical synthesis*; D013237:Stereoisomerism; D014920:Wine / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D007783:Lactones; D003903:Deuterium