Piperine → Tetrahydropiperine
Reaction equation
[CH:1]1[C:6](/[CH:7]=[CH:8]/[CH:9]=[CH:10]/[C:11]([N:13]2[CH2:18][CH2:17][CH2:16][CH2:15][CH2:14]2)=[O:12])=[CH:5][C:4]2[O:19][CH2:20][O:21][C:3]=2[CH:2]=1.[H][H]>C(O)C.[Pd]>[CH:1]1[C:6]([CH2:7][CH2:8][CH2:9][CH2:10][C:11]([N:13]2[CH2:14][CH2:15][CH2:16][CH2:17][CH2:18]2)=[O:12])=[CH:5][C:4]2[O:19][CH2:20][O:21][C:3]=2[CH:2]=1Participants
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Reactant 2
Product 1
Reagents, catalysts & solvents 2
Procedure
Piperine (2 g, 7 mmol) was hydrogenated in ethanol (50 ml) over 5% Pd—C under a pressure of hydrogen at 10 psi for 30 mins to give tetrahydropiperine (1.59 g, 78% yield) as an oil2.
Sources & evidence
- ORD record
- ord-ba11e7bffb1549a1afdcb62974ffff8d
- Source dataset
- uspto-grants-2004_01
- Patent number
- US06680391B2
Reaction notes
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