| abstract |
The invention relates to a method for the chemical synthesis of capsinoids, natural compounds with proven biological activity, from vanillin, comprising the protection of the alcohol group thereof, reduction of aldehyde to alcohol, sterification of same and deprotection of the first protected alcohol group. In this way, the desired compounds are generated with high purity and said compounds can be easily separated with no mixing owing to the competitive sterification on the aromatic ring. |