• Reproductive and Developmental Biology
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• v.32 no.3
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• pp.141-146
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• 2008

To search a new porcine pheromonal odorant, the models of four type (2D-QSAR, HQSAR, CoMFA & CoMSlA) were derived from quantitative structure-activity relationship (QSAR) between tetrahydrofuran-2-yl family compounds and their observed binding affinity constants (Obs.p$[Od]_{50}$). The optimized CoMFA model (predictability; $r^{2}_{cv.}(q^2)$=0.886 & correlation coefficient: $r^{2}_{ncv.}$=0.984) from ligand based approaches was confirmed as the best model among them. The $N^{1}$-allyl-$N^{2}$-(tetrahydrofuran-2-yl)methyl)oxalamide (P1), 2-(4-trimethylammoniummethylcyclohexyloxy)tetrahydrofurane (P5) and 2-(3-trimethylammoniummethylcyclohexyloxy)tetrahydrofurane (P6) molecules predicted as porcine pheromonal odorant by the CoMFA model were showed relatively high binding affinity constant values (Pred.p$[Od]_{50}=8{\sim}10$) and very lower toxicity values against some sorts of toxicity.

• Korean Journal of Pharmacognosy
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• v.44 no.1
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• pp.6-9
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• 2013

Two fraxinellone-based hydrogenated derivatives were prepared from fraxinellone, a well-known degraded limonin, via catalytic hydrogenation in the presence of $PtO_2$ in HOAc. Their structures were confirmed as (3S,3aR,3'R)-3a,7-dimethyl-3-(tetrahydrofuran-3-yl)-3a,4,5,6-tetrahydroisobenzofuran-1(3H)-one and (3S,3aR,2'R)-3-((R)-1-hydroxybutan-2-yl)-3a,7-dimethyl-3a,4,5,6-tetrahydroisobenzofuran-1(3H)-one on the basis of 2D NMR assignments. The $^{13}C$ NMR assignments of two quaternary carbons in the ${\alpha}$,${\beta}$-unsaturated carbonyl moiety of ${\gamma}$-butyrolactone core of fraxinellone should be revised.