- Stabilization of Hydroxynitrile Lyases from Two Variants of Passion Fruit, Passiflora edulis Sims and Passiflora edulis Forma flavicarpa, by C-Terminal Truncation
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Because the synthesis of chiral compounds generally requires a broad range of substrate specificity and stable enzymes, screening for better enzymes and/or improvement of enzyme properties through molecular approaches is necessary for sustainable industri
- Nuylert, Aem,Motojima, Fumihiro,Khanongnuch, Chartchai,Hongpattarakere, Tipparat,Asano, Yasuhisa
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p. 181 - 189
(2019/12/12)
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- Supported Ionic Liquid-Like Phases (SILLPs) as Immobilised Catalysts for the Multistep and Multicatalytic Continuous Flow Synthesis of Chiral Cyanohydrins
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Supported Ionic Liquid-Like Phases have been found to be efficient organocatalysts for the synthesis of cyanohydrin esters under solvent-free conditions by an “electrophile-nucleophile dual activation” based on hydrogen bond formation. The combination of
- Peris, Edgar,Porcar, Raúl,Burguete, María Isabel,García-Verdugo, Eduardo,Luis, Santiago V.
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p. 1955 - 1962
(2019/03/13)
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- Hydroxynitrile Lyase Isozymes from Prunus communis: Identification, Characterization and Synthetic Applications
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Biocatalysts originating from Badamu (Prunus communis) have been applied to catalyze the asymmetric synthesis of (R)-4-methylsulfanylmandelonitrile, a key building block of thiamphenicol and florfenicol. Here, four hydroxynitrile lyase (HNL) isozymes from Badamu were cloned and heterologously expressed in Pichia pastoris. The biochemical properties and catalytic performances of these isozymes were comprehensively explored to evaluate their efficiency and selectivity in asymmetric synthesis. Among then, PcHNL5 was identified with outstanding activity and enantioselectivity in asymmetric hydrocyanation. Under the optimized mild biphasic reaction conditions, seventeen prochiral aromatic aldehydes were converted to valuable chiral cyanohydrins with good yields (up to 94%) and excellent optical purities (up to >99.9% ee), which provide a facile access to numerous chiral amino alcohols, hypoglycemic agents, angiotension converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors and β-blockers. This work therefore underlines the importance of discovering the most potent biocatalyst among a group of isozymes for converting unnatural substrates into value-added products. (Figure presented.).
- Zheng, Yu-Cong,Xu, Jian-He,Wang, Hui,Lin, Guo-Qiang,Hong, Ran,Yu, Hui-Lei
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supporting information
p. 1185 - 1193
(2017/04/13)
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- Solid phase behavior in the chiral systems of various 2-hydroxy-2-phenylacetic acid (mandelic acid) derivatives
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The solid phase behavior of a series of monosubstituted F-, Cl-, Br-, I-, and CH3- and two 2,4-halogen-disubstituted 2-hydroxy-2-phenylacetic acid (mandelic acid) derivatives was investigated. The study includes detailed information about melting temperature, melting enthalpy, X-ray diffraction data, as well as selected binary phase diagrams of the respective chiral systems. Aside from the known metastable conglomerate 2-chloromandelic acid, evidence for two more metastable conglomerates was found.
- Von Langermann, Jan,Temmel, Erik,Seidel-Morgenstern, Andreas,Lorenz, Heike
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p. 721 - 728
(2015/03/30)
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- Design of nitrilases with superior activity and enantioselectivity towards sterically hindered nitrile by protein engineering
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Abstract The enantioselective hydrolysis of ortho-chloromandelonitrile with nitrilase is one of the most attractive approaches to prepare (R)-ortho-chloromandelic acid. To date, efforts to develop this nitrilase-mediated process were plagued by either insufficient eep (enantiomeric excess of product) or low activity due to the steric hindrance from the ortho-substituted substrate. To improve the nitrilase potential for producing (R)-ortho-chloromandelic acid, an enhancement of both activity and enantioselectivity towards sterically hindered nitriles would be highly desirable. Molecular docking of the (R)-ortho-chloromandelonitrile into the active site of wild-type 2A6 nitrilase (nitA) allowed the identification of proximal nitA active site residues. Several residues (52, 132, 189 and 190) were selected as targets for single and double point mutation to improve nitA activity and enantioselectivity towards ortho-chloromandelonitrile. Targeted mutagenesis yielded several nitA variants with superior activity and enantioselectivity. The best mutant T132A/F189T exhibited a 4.37-fold higher specific activity (7.39 U/mg) towards ortho-chloromandelonitrile than the wild-type nitA. More importantly, the enantioselectivity (E) was improved from 17.34 to >200, resulting in a highly enantiopure product. Molecular docking experiments further support the enhanced activity and enantioselectivity shown experimentally and the structural effects of this amino acid substitution on the active site of nitA are provided. The amino acids at sites 189 and 132 determine the activity and enantioselectivity towards ortho-chloromandelonitrile. With mutant T132A/F189T as a catalyst, a maximum of 450 mM of (R)-ortho-chloromandelic acid was produced with a 90% conversion and >99% eep within 3 h. This is the first time that a high productivity of (R)-ortho-chloromandelic acid of up to 671.76 g L-1d-1 using a nitrilase-mediated approach is reported. The engineered T132A/F189T variant represents a promising and competitive biocatalyst for practical application in synthesizing (R)-ortho-chloromandelic acid.
- Xue, Ya-Ping,Shi, Cheng-Ci,Xu, Zhe,Jiao, Biao,Liu, Zhi-Qiang,Huang, Jian-Feng,Zheng, Yu-Guo,Shen, Yin-Chu
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p. 1741 - 1750
(2015/06/02)
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- Improving the properties of bacterial r-selective hydroxynitrile lyases for industrial applications
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Hydroxynitrile lyases (HNLs) catalyse the reversible cleavage of cyanohydrins to carbonyl compounds and HCN. The recent discovery of bacterial HNLs with a cupin fold gave rise to a new promising class of these enzymes. They are interesting candidates for the synthesis of cyanohydrins on an industrial scale owing to their high expression levels in Escherichia coli. The activity and enantioselectivity of the manganese-dependent HNL from Granulicella tundricola (GtHNL) were significantly improved by site-saturation mutagenesis of active site amino acids. The combination of beneficial mutations resulted in a variant with 490-fold higher specific activity in comparison to the wild-type enzyme. More importantly, GtHNL-A40H/V42T/Q110H is a highly competitive alternative for the synthesis of chiral cyanohydrins, such as 2-chlorobenzaldehyde cyanohydrin, (R)-2-hydroxy-4-phenylbutyronitrile, and (R)-2-hydroxy-4-phenyl-3-butene nitrile, which serve as intermediates for the synthesis of pharmaceuticals.
- Wiedner, Romana,Kothbauer, Bettina,Pavkov-Keller, Tea,Gruber-Khadjawi, Mandana,Gruber, Karl,Schwab, Helmut,Steiner, Kerstin
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p. 325 - 332
(2015/03/05)
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- (R)-selective hydroxynitrile lyase variants with a cupin fold having improved substrate scope and the use thereof
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The present invention relates to an improved recombinant cupin-hydroxynitrile lyase (HNL), which is capable to catalyze the asymmetric cyanohydrin reaction, wherein the recombinant cupin-HNL comprises at least one amino acid substitution, preferably at le
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- Efficient production of (R)-o-chloromandelic acid by recombinant escherichia coli cells harboring nitrilase from burkholderia cenocepacia J2315
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A solvent engineering approach and an extended fed-batch reaction mode were introduced to increase the activity and enantioselectivity and alleviate the substrate inhibition of nitrilase BCJ2315 from Burkholderia cenocepacia J2315 toward o-chloromandelonitrile. Among the seven water-miscible organic solvents tested, ethanol (30%, v/v) demonstrated the highest reaction conversion (55.7%) and enantioselectivity (enantiomeric excess, 98.2% ee) compared with those of the control [which did not contain any organic solvent (13% and 89.2%, respectively)] and was thus chosen as the suitable cosolvent. In the extended fed-batch reaction mode, o-chloromandelonitrile (solubilized in ethanol, 5 M) was continuously fed into the reaction mixture containing ethanol as cosolvent (20%, v/v) to ensure an optimal reaction rate by adjusting the feeding rate and simultaneously increasing the enantioselectivity due to the increased concentration of ethanol. Finally, a maximum of 415 mM of product was produced with an enantiomeric excess value of 97.6% ee. The hydrolysis process was easily scaled up to 2 L, demonstrating that the described biocatalytic process was rationally designed and could be applied further on an industrial scale.
- Wang, Hualei,Sun, Huihui,Gao, Wenyuan,Wei, Dongzhi
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p. 767 - 773
(2014/07/08)
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- Enantioselective cyanosilylation of aldehydes catalyzed by novel camphor derived Schiff bases-titanium(IV) complexes
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Five tridentate Schiff bases have been prepared from (1R,2S,3R,4S)-3-amino- 1,7,7-trimethylbicyclo[2.2.1]heptan-2-ol and salicylaldehydes. X-ray structure investigation revealed differences in their molecular conformation, and their titanium(IV) complexes
- B?ocka, Ewelina,Bosiak, Mariusz J.,We?niak, Miros?aw,Ludwiczak, Agnieszka,Wojtczak, Andrzej
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p. 554 - 562
(2014/05/06)
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- Chiral linear polymers bonded alternatively with salen and 1,4-dialkoxybenzene: Synthesis and application for Ti-catalyzed asymmetric TMSCN addition to aldehydes
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The synthesis of chiral linear polymers 1a-b having salen and 1,4-dioctyloxybenzene as alternate segments has been accomplished. The GPC analysis showed the molecular weights corresponding to ca. 15 (Mw = 10,999, Mn = 9165 and PDI = 1.20) repeating units for 1a and ca. 8 (Mw = 8547, Mn = 7883 and PDI = 1.08) repeating units for 1b. Polymers 1a-b have been studied with Ti(OiPr)4 as a recyclable catalyst for the asymmetric addition of TMSCN to aldehydes while the selectivity of the polymer catalyst is identical to that of the monomer. The reactions are efficient affording the cyanohydrins with up to 88% ee. The selectivity of the polymer based catalyst 9a is found to be the same to that of the monomer 10a. The reaction provides the advantages of simplified product isolation and easy recovery and recyclability of polymer catalyst 9a without any loss of activity or selectivity.
- Sakthivel, Sekarpandi,Punniyamurthy, Tharmalingam
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experimental part
p. 2834 - 2840
(2011/03/19)
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- Asymmetric synthesis of a new salen type-titanium complex as the catalyst for asymmetric trimethylsilylcyanation of aldehydes
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This work describes the asymmetric synthesis of a new salen-type ligand via a Diels-Alder reaction and Curtius rearrangement. The ligand with a norbornane skeleton was used in the trimethylsilylcyanation of aldehydes, but the enantioselectivity was 55%ee. The norborane skeleton was cleaved to destroy this rigidity, and the eanatioselectivity was thereby increased to 85%ee.
- Lin, Zheng-Chang,Chen, Chinpiao
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experimental part
p. 726 - 737
(2011/04/23)
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- Asymmetric cyanohydrin formation from aldehydes catalyzed by manganese Schiff base complexes
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The catalyst generated in situ from Mn(OAc)2 and a chiral Schiff base ligand exhibited excellent catalytic abilities in asymmetric cyanohydrin formation from aldehydes with sodium cyanide in up to 99% enantioselectivity and good yield.
- Qu, Yanyang,Jing, Linhai,Wu, Zhiqing,Wu, Di,Zhou, Xiangge
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experimental part
p. 187 - 190
(2010/04/28)
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- Enantioselective cyanosilylation of aldehydes catalyzed by a novel N,N′-dioxide-Ti(OiPr)4 bifunctional catalyst
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A novel bifunctional asymmetric catalyst containing N-oxide and titanium(IV) was developed and applied to the asymmetric cyanosilylation of aldehydes. Optically active trimethylsilyl cyanohydrin ethers were obtained up to 99% yield and 80% ee in the presence of 5 mol % catalyst loading at -78 °C. Based on the experimental results, the catalytic cycle was proposed as a pathway in which Lewis acid and Lewis base activated aldehyde and trimethylsilylcyanide (TMSCN), respectively.
- Zeng, Baiqing,Zhou, Xin,Liu, Xiaohua,Feng, Xiaoming
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p. 5129 - 5136
(2008/02/01)
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- Synthesis of the bifunctional BINOL ligands and their applications in the asymmetric additions to carbonyl compounds
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Efficient one-step syntheses of the bifunctional BINOL and H8BINOL ligands (S)-6 and (S)-8 have been developed from the reaction of BINOL and H8BINOL with morpholinomethanol, respectively. The X-ray analyses of these compounds have revealed their structural similarity and difference. The bifunctional H8BINOL (S)-8 is found to be highly enantioselective for the reaction of diphenylzinc with many aliphatic and aromatic aldehydes and especially is the most enantioselective catalyst for linear aliphatic aldehydes. Unlike other catalysts developed for the diphenylzinc addition which often require the addition of a significant amount of diethylzinc with cooling (or heating) the reaction mixture in order to achieve high enantioselectivity, using (S)-8 needs no additive and gives excellent results at room temperature. (S)-8 in combination with diethylzinc and Ti(OiPr)4 can catalyze the highly enantioselective phenylacetylene addition to aromatic aldehydes. It can also promote the phenylacetylene addition to acetophenone at room temperature though the enantioselectivity is not very high yet. Without using Ti(OiPr)4 and a Lewis base additive, (S)-8 in combination with diethylzinc can catalyze the reaction of methyl propiolate with an aldehyde to form the highly functional γ-hydroxy-α,β-acetylenic esters except that the enantioselectivity is low at this stage. The bifunctional BINOL ligand (S)-6 in combination with Me2AlCl is found to be a highly enantioselective catalyst for the addition of TMSCN to both aromatic and aliphatic aldehydes.
- Qin, Ying-Chuan,Liu, Lan,Sabat, Michal,Pu, Lin
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p. 9335 - 9348
(2007/10/03)
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- Cross-linked aggregates of (R)-oxynitrilase: A stable, recyclable biocatalyst for enantioselective hydrocyanation
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(Chemical Equation Presented) The (R)-oxynitrilase from almonds was immobilized as a cross-linked enzyme aggregate (CLEA) via precipitation with 1,2-dimethoxyethane and subsequent cross-linking using glutaraldehyde. The resulting preparation was a highly
- Van Langen, Luuk M.,Selassa, Rhoderick P.,Van Rantwijk, Fred,Sheldon, Roger A.
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p. 327 - 329
(2007/10/03)
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- Optically active catalysts
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An optically active catalyst containing a salen ligand of formula (II) and vanadium at oxidation stage (IV), wherein the groups R, R′ and R″ of the salen ligand independently of one another represent hydrogen, branched or unbranched C1-C10 alkyl groups or an O(C1-C4-alkyl) group or F, Cl, Br or I, an optionally substituted aryl group, or —(CH2)m— whereby m represents a whole number ranging between 1 and 8 and the catalyst contains between 1.4 and 10 equivalents of a salen ligand for an equivalent of vanadium (IV).
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- Highly enantioselective cyanosilylation of aldehydes catalyzed by novel β-amino alcohol-titanium complexes
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The β-amino alcohol 1b-Ti(Oi-Pr)4 complex has been shown to catalyze the enantioselective cyanosilylation of aldehydes efficiently. In the presence of 5 mol % of 1b-Ti(Oi-Pr)4 complex catalyst, the aromatic, conjugated, heteroaromatic, and aliphatic aldehydes were converted to their corresponding trimethylsilyl ethers of cyanohydrins in 90-99% yields with up to 94% ee under mild conditions.
- Li, Yan,He, Bin,Qin, Bo,Feng, Xiaoming,Zhang, Guolin
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(2007/10/03)
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- OPTICALLY ACTIVE MIXTURES COMPRISING VANADYL-SALEN COMPLEXES
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The invention relates to mixtures comprising vanadyl-salen complexes with 10 to 99.9 wt.% of a compound of formula VOm(Salen)n (I), with m ? n and m 1-C10 alkyl, or a group O(C1-C4 alkyl), or F, Cl, Br or I, an optionally substituted aryl group or -(CH2)m-, where m = a whole number between 1 and 8 and n in formula (I) is a whole number ≥ 2.
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- METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION OF OPTICALLY-ACTIVE CYANOHYDRINS AND THE CORRESPONDING MANDELIC ACIDS
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The invention relates to a method for the production of optically-active cyanohydrins and the corresponding α-hydroxycarboxylic acids, from an aldehyde, a CN source and an optically-active vanadyl-salen catalyst in a biphasic liquid/liquid system, whereby the reaction mixture is reacted at a temperature of 0 to 60 °C. 0.8 to 10 equivalents of cyanide and 0.000005 to 0.05 equivalents of vanadyl-salen catalyst, based on the aldehyde (concentration 0.5 to 4 mol/Liter of solvent) are used. After the reaction the optically-active cyanohydrin, or the corresponding optically-active α-hydroxycarboxylic acid from acid hydrolysis, can be isolated with good enantiomeric excess. The vanadyl-salen catalyst used comprises a salen ligand, whereby the ratio of salen ligand: vanadium (IV) in the catalyst lies in the range 1.4: 1 to 10: 1.
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- Enantioselective addition of trimethylsilyl cyanide to aldehydes catalysed by bifunctional BINOLAM-AlCl versus monofunctional BINOL-AlCl complexes
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A highly enantioselective cyanation of aldehydes takes place by using a bifunctional catalyst derived from 3,3′-bis(diethylaminomethyl) substituted binaphthol (BINOLAM) and dimethylaluminium chloride. The addition is of wide scope and runs best in toluene at temperatures ranging from -20 to -40°C, in the presence of 4 A? MS and triphenylphosphine oxide as additives. The (R)- or (S)-cyanohydrins result when using (S)- or (R)-BINOLAM-AlCl complexes, respectively. The valuable ligand can be recovered by simple extractive work-up and recycled without loss of efficiency (both in terms of chemical and stereochemical yields). This methodology is applied to the Shibasaki synthesis of epothilone A. All the evidence available for the BINOLAM-AlCl enantioselective addition of TMSCN to aldehydes call for the intervention of a hydrocyanation reaction, addition of a catalytic amount of hydrogen cyanide, generated in situ, to an aldehyde, followed by O-silylation. In order to determine the role of the basic amino groups of BINOLAM, comparative studies are carried out with the monofunctional 1,1′-binaphthol-derived complex BINOL-AlCl. Graphical Abstract.
- Casas, Jesús,Nájera, Carmen,Sansano, José M.,Saá, José M.
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p. 10487 - 10496
(2007/10/03)
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- Method for producing optically active cyanohydrins and their corresponding acids
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The invention relates to a method for producing optically active cyanohydrins and the corresponding α-hydroxy-carboxylic acids, starting from an aldehyde, hydrogen cyanide and an optically active vanadyl-salen catalyst, whereby the reaction mixture is reacted at a temperature of between 0 and 60° C. Between 0.8 and 10 equivalents of hydrogen cyanide and between 0.0001 and 0.05 equivalents of vanadyl-salen catalyst in relation to the aldehyde, (concentration of between 0.5 and 4 mol/litre solvent), are preferably used. After said reaction the optically active cyanohydrin or after an acid hydrolysis the corresponding optically active α-hydroxycarboxylic acid can be isolated with a surplus of enantiomers. The vanadium catalyst used in the invention contains a salen ligand, whereby the ratio salen ligand: vanadium (IV) in the catalyst ranges between 1.4:1 and 10:1.
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- BINOLAM, a recoverable chiral ligand for bifunctional enantioselective catalysis: The asymmetric synthesis of cyanohydrins
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(Matrix presented) A new bifunctional catalytic system based on a monometallic aluminum complex is used for the efficient enantioselective cyanation of aldehydes. The ligand (S)- or (R)-2,2′-bis(diethylaminomethyl)-substituted binaphthol (BINOLAM) used is
- Casas, Jesus,Najera, Carmen,Sansano, Jose M.,Saa, Jose M.
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p. 2589 - 2592
(2007/10/03)
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- Ueber die erste rekombinante Hydroxynitril-Lyase und ihre Anwendung in der Synthese von (S)-Cyanhydrinen
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Keywords: Asymmetrische Synthesen; (S)-Cyanhydrine; Enzymkatalyse; Lyasen
- Foerster, Siegfried,Roos, Juergen,Effenberger, Franz,Wajant, Harald,Sprauer, Achim
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p. 493 - 494
(2007/10/03)
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- Asymmetric synthesis XXVII: Asymmetric catalytic trimethylsilylcyanation of aldehydes by novel Ti-chiral Schiff base complexes
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Enantioselective catalytic trimethylsilylcyanations of aldehydes with 48% to 92% e.e. have been studied using the novel Ti-chiral Schiff base complexes. We have found that the catalyst led to high enantioselectivity when the molar ratio of the Schiff base
- Jiang,Zhou,Hu,Li,Mi
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p. 2915 - 2916
(2007/10/03)
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- Asymmetric Hydrocyanation of a Range of Aromatic and Aliphatic Aldehydes
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A range of aryl, alkyl and heterocyclic aldehydes have been treated with hydrogen cyanide in the presence of the 'Inoue' catalyst, (R,R)- or (S,S)-cyclo.Most aryl aldehydes with electron-donating substituents in the m-or p-positions give high enantiomeric excess (e.e) values (>=80percent) but aryl aldehydes with strong electron-withdrawing substituents gave moderate e.e. values (=50percent).These moderate values are believed to be due to partial racemization of the product cyanohydrins in the presence of the mildly basic catalyst.In contrast to the reactions of aryl aldehydes, reactions of alkyl aldehydes and of ketones gave low e.e. values (=30percent) and an explanation is proposed.
- Matthews, Barry R.,Jackson, W. Roy,Jayatilake, Gamini S.,Wilshire, Colin,Jacobs, Howard A.
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p. 1697 - 1710
(2007/10/02)
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