DehydrozingeroneDehydrozingerone is a phenolic α,β-unsaturated ketone found in ginger. It is a structural "half-analogue" of curcumin and is used as a scaffold in research on antioxidant, antimicrobial and anti-inflammatory properties.ProductionDehydrozingerone is typically prepared by a base-catalyzed Claisen–Schmidt condensation of vanillin with acetone:UsesThe common preparative transformation is selective reduction to produce the saturated ketone zingerone: