Cyclopentanemethanol (CPEM) is a metabolite found in or produced by Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Cyclopentanemethanol can be used as a receptor reagent for the preparation of cyclopentyl methyl β-d -glucoside (CPEM-β-G). The compound was found to have an inhibitory effect on sweet amygdalinase activity (Ki=0.15±0.02 mM). The inhibitory activity of CPEM itself on sweet amygdalinase was weak and uncompetitive type. However, the introduction of glucose molecules as glycosyl groups into CPEM converted its inhibitory type into a competitive one[1].
Cyclopentanemethanol was used to study catalytic reduction of 6-bromo-1-hexene by nickel (I) salen electrogenerated at a glassy carbon electrode in acetonitrile containing tetramethylammonium tetrafluoroborate by cyclic voltammetry and controlled-potential electrolysis.
[1] 高田 正保 小川 浩一. 環状アルキルβ- D -グルコピラノシドの酵素合成およびその植物起源 β-グルコシダーゼに対する阻害活性[J]. Journal of applied glycoscience, 2004. DOI:10.5458/JAG.51.197.
