Microbial transformation of nitrogen-containing heterocyclic compounds. I. Hydroxylation of isomeric mono- and dimethylpyridines by microscopic fungi was written by Modyanova, L. V.;Vorob’eva, L. I.;Shibilkina, O. K.;Dovgilevich, E. V.;Terent’ev, P. B.;Kost, A. N.. And the article was included in Biotekhnologiya in 1990.Reference of 1122-71-0 This article mentions the following:
By screening a number of museum microorganism cultures a group of microscopic fungi active in transforming mono- and dimethylpyridines was detected. It is only the Me substituent that undergoes oxidation, not the pyridine ring itself. Peculiarities of oxidative transformation of isomeric mono- and dimethylpyridines to the corresponding hydroxymethylpyridines were elucidated. For methylpyridines the pyridylcarbinol yield was independent of the Me substituent position. For dimethylpyridines only 1 Me group is subjected to hydroxylation, the ratio of the pyridylcarbinols obtained mainly depending on the substituent arrangement in the pyridine ring. In the experiment, the researchers used many compounds, for example, 6-Methyl-2-pyridinemethanol (cas: 1122-71-0Reference of 1122-71-0).
6-Methyl-2-pyridinemethanol (cas: 1122-71-0) belongs to alcohols. Alcohols are weak acids. The most acidic simple alcohols (methanol and ethanol) are about as acidic as water, and most other alcohols are somewhat less acidic. Alcohols may be oxidized to give ketones, aldehydes, and carboxylic acids. These functional groups are useful for further reactions. Oxidation of organic compounds generally increases the number of bonds from carbon to oxygen (or another electronegative element, such as a halogen), and it may decrease the number of bonds to hydrogen.Reference of 1122-71-0
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