TY - JOUR AU - Majeed, Anju; Nagabhushanam, Kalyanam; Majeed, Muhammed; Thomas, Samuel Manoharan; Thajuddin, Nooruddin TI - An Expeditious, Green and Protecting-Group-Free Synthesis of a Potent Secondary Metabolite Calebin-A and Its Analogues SN - 2509-9396 PY - 2017 JO - SynOpen JF - SynOpen LA - EN VL - 01 IS - 01 SP - 0125 EP - 0128 DA - 2017/10/20 KW - Calebin-A KW - Curcuma longa KW - ferulic acid ester KW - phase-transfer catalyst (PTC) KW - green synthesis AB - The synthesis of Calebin-A (10a) and analogues (10b–d), which are minor but pharmacologically active components (<0.01% of the oleoresin) of curcuma longa, is described. This flexible synthesis is achieved under near neutral conditions in water/solvent biphasic medium at room temperature without involving any protecting groups. PB - Georg Thieme Verlag DO - 10.1055/s-0036-1591507 UR - http://www.thieme-connect.de/products/ejournals/abstract/10.1055/s-0036-1591507 ER -