Catalytic hydrogenation of isoflavones. The preparation of (±)-equol and related isoflavans
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- 1 January 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by CSIRO Publishing in Australian Journal of Chemistry
- Vol. 31 (2) , 455-457
- https://doi.org/10.1071/ch9780455
Abstract
Hydrogenation of daidzein, or preferably its O,O-diacetyl derivative, gives (±)-equol in good yield only over Pd/C prepared according to the Wessely and Prillinger method, whereas other Pd/C catalysts give mixtures of products. Hydrogenation of O,O,O-triacetylgenistein can be used to prepare isoflavan-4',5,7-triol.Keywords
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