Pyrone

4 -pyrone

Pyrones or pyranones are a group of cyclic chemical compounds from the group of oxygen-containing heterocycles. They contain an unsaturated six-membered ring with an oxygen atom and a keto group. There are two isomeric compounds: 2- pyrone and 4 -pyrone. The 2- pyrone structure is found in nature as part of the coumarin ring system and as part of multiple bacterial signaling molecules. 4 -pyrone is also present in some natural chemical compounds such as maltol and kojic acid.

Swell

  • Introduction to Organic Chemistry, Andrew Streitwieser, Jr. and Clayton H. Heathcock, Third Edition, pp. 1038-1040. ISBN 0-02-418140-4
  • Alexander O Brachmann, Sophie Brameyer inter alia: Pyrones as bacterial signaling molecules. In: Nature Chemical Biology. 2013, p, doi: 10.1038/nchembio.1295.
  • Pyran
  • Substance Group
  • Signal transduction
2-Pyrone 4-Pyrone Digital Object Identifier
666090
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