ON THE BEHAVIOR OF MONOLIGNOL GLUCOSIDES IN LIGNIN BIOSYNTHESIS .1. SYNTHESIS OF MONOLIGNOL GLUCOSIDES LABELED WITH H-2 AT THE HYDROXYMETHYL GROUP OF SIDE-CHAIN, AND POLYMERIZATION OF THE LABELED MONOLIGNOLS IN-VITRO
N. Matsui et al., ON THE BEHAVIOR OF MONOLIGNOL GLUCOSIDES IN LIGNIN BIOSYNTHESIS .1. SYNTHESIS OF MONOLIGNOL GLUCOSIDES LABELED WITH H-2 AT THE HYDROXYMETHYL GROUP OF SIDE-CHAIN, AND POLYMERIZATION OF THE LABELED MONOLIGNOLS IN-VITRO, Holzforschung, 48(3), 1994, pp. 215-221
For selective labeling of specific structural units of protolignin in
the plant cell wall, three kinds of precursor of lignin biosynthesis,
p-glucocoumaryl alcohol, coniferin and syringin labeled with H-2 at th
e hydroxymethyl group of side chain (gamma-position) were synthesized.
The H-2 at gamma-position was retained during the dehydrogenative pol
ymerization of labeled monolignol in vitro. On thioacidolysis, the pol
ylignol labeled at side chain gamma-position with H-2 gave thioethers
of monomeric degradation products which retained the H-2. These facts
indicate that gamma-labeled monolignol glucosides are useful in tracer
experiments on lignin biosynthesis.