- A heterogeneous cis-dihydroxylation catalyst with stable, site-isolated osmium-diolate reaction centers
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Involatile OsO4! A tetrasubstituted olefin is immobilized on SiO2 and reacts with OsO4 to form a stable osmate (IV) ester (see scheme), which is a leak-proof heterogeneous catalyst for the cis-dihydroxylation of olefins.
- Severeyns, An,De Vos, Dirk E.,Fiermans, Lucien,Verpoort, Francis,Grobet, Piet J.,Jacobs, Pierre A.
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- Idesia polycarpa (Salicaceae) leaf constituents and their toxic effect on Cerura vinula and Lymantria dispar (Lepidoptera) larvae
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Phytochemical investigation of Idesia polycarpa (Salicaceae) resulted in the structure elucidation of nine previously undescribed phenolic natural products along with six known compounds. The compounds are structurally related to salicinoids that are known defense compounds from Salix and Populus species. The I. polycarpa diet was toxic, as shown in feeding experiments with larvae of Lymantria dispar, an herbivorous broadleaf tree generalist insect, and with larvae of Cerura vinula, a specialist adapted to poplar. The survival rate and mass gain of larvae was significantly lower when they fed on I. polycarpa leaves, compared to larvae fed on Populus nigra leaves. Potential reasons for the poor performance of both herbivores on I. polycarpa leaves are discussed.
- Feistel, Felix,Paetz, Christian,Lorenz, Sybille,Beran, Franziska,Kunert, Grit,Schneider, Bernd
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- Ionic liquid-immobilized catalytic system for biomimetic dihydroxylation of olefins
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A biomimetic catalytic system for dihydroxylation of olefins consisting of OsO4, N-methylmorpholine, and a flavin has been immobilized in an ionic liquid. This immobilized catalytic system is highly efficient for dihydroxylation with 30% aqueous H2O2 and it can be reused (at least 5 times) without loss of activity.
- Closson, Adam,Johansson, Mikael,Baeckvall, Jan-E.
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- Osmium(III) and osmium(V) complexes bearing a macrocyclic ligand: A simple and efficient catalytic system for cis-dihydroxylation of alkenes with hydrogen peroxide
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A simple protocol that uses [OsIII(OH)(H2O)(L-N 4Me2)](PF6)2 (1; L-N 4Me2=N,N′-dimethyl-2,11-diaza[3.3](2,6) pyridinophane) as a catalyst and H2O2 as a terminal oxidant for efficient cis-1,2-dihydroxylation of alkenes is presented. Unfunctionalized (or aliphatic) alkenes and alkenes/styrenes containing electron-withdrawing groups are selectively oxidized to the corresponding vicinal diols in good to excellent yields (46-99 %). In the catalytic reactions, the stoichiometry of alkene:H2O2 is 1:1, and thus the oxidant efficiency is very high. For the dihydroxylation of cyclohexene, the catalytic amount of 1 can be reduced to 0.01 mol % to achieve a very high turnover number of 5500. The active oxidant is identified as the Os V(O)(OH) species (2), which is formed via the hydroperoxide adduct, an OsIII(OOH) species. The active oxidant 2 is successfully isolated and crystallographically characterized. The wizard of Os: A simple protocol that uses [OsIII(OH)(H2O)(L-N4Me 2)](PF6)2 (1) and H2O2 for efficient cis-1,2-dihydroxylation of alkenes is presented. Unfunctionalized (or aliphatic) alkenes and alkenes/styrenes containing electron-withdrawing groups were converted into the corresponding vicinal diols in good to excellent yields. It has been confirmed that the OsV(O)(OH) species (2) is the active oxidant, which is formed via the hydroperoxide adduct A. Copyright
- Sugimoto, Hideki,Ashikari, Kenji,Itoh, Shinobu
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- Kinetics of Osmium Tetraoxide Catalyzed Trimethylamine N-Oxide Oxidations of Cyclohexene and α-Pinene to Diols
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The kinetics of the osmium tetraoxide catalyzed oxidation of cyclohexene and of α-pinene with trimethylamine N-oxide in aqueous tert-butyl alcohol are first order in total osmium species, first order in trimethylamine N-oxide, and zero order in alkene but are strongly dependent on which alkene is used.Thus, the rate-determining step is attack of the trimethylamine N-oxide on the osmium(VI) ester, which is the major reservoir of osmium in the system.The reaction of cyclohexene is inhibited by pyridine with an inverse first-order dependence.Addition of α-pinene in slight excess of the osmium tetraoxide inhibits the oxidation of cyclohexene by more than 2 orders of magnitude, but additional α-pinene has no further effect.The oxidation of α-pinene is not inhibited by pyridine or cyclohexene.Oxidation of trans-stilbene in the presence of α-pinene results in slight (3percent) but mechanistically significant asymmetric induction.A side reaction in the dihydroxylation of α-pinene, overoxidation to α-hydroxy ketone, is suppressed by increasing the concentration of trimethylamine N-oxide.
- Erdik, Ender,Matteson, Donald S.
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- Contribution of flavonoids and catechol to the reduction of ICAM-1 expression in endothelial cells by a standardised Willow bark extract
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Introduction: A quantified aqueous Willow bark extract (STW 33-I) was tested concerning its inhibitory activity on TNF-α induced ICAM-1 expression in human microvascular endothelial cells (HMEC-1) and further fractionated to isolate the active compounds.
- Freischmidt,Jürgenliemk,Kraus,Okpanyi,Müller,Kelber,Weiser,Heilmann
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- EPR, 1H and 2H NMR, and reactivity studies of the iron-oxygen intermediates in bioinspired catalyst systems
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Complexes [(BPMEN)FeII(CH3CN)2](ClO 4)2 (1, BPMEN = N,N′-dimethyl-N,N′-bis(2- pyridylmethyl)-1,2-diaminoethane) and [(TPA)FeII(CH 3CN)2](ClO4)2 (2, TPA = tris(2-pyridylmethyl)amine) are among the best nonheme iron-based catalysts for bioinspired oxidation of hydrocarbons. Using EPR and 1H and 2H NMR spectroscopy, the iron-oxygen intermediates formed in the catalyst systems 1,2/H2O2; 1,2/H2O 2/CH3COOH; 1,2/CH3CO3H; 1,2/m-CPBA; 1,2/PhIO; 1,2/tBuOOH; and 1,2/tBuOOH/CH3COOH have been studied (m-CPBA is m-chloroperbenzoic acid). The following intermediates have been observed: [(L)FeIII(OOR)(S)]2+, [(L)FeIV=O(S)]2+ (L = BPMEN or TPA, R = H or tBu, S = CH3CN or H2O), and the iron-oxygen species 1c (L = BPMEN) and 2c (L = TPA). It has been shown that 1c and 2c directly react with cyclohexene to yield cyclohexene oxide, whereas [(L)Fe IV=O(S)]2+ react with cyclohexene to yield mainly products of allylic oxidation. [(L)FeIII(OOR)(S)]2+ are inert in this reaction. The analysis of EPR and reactivity data shows that only those catalyst systems which display EPR spectra of 1c and 2c are able to selectively epoxidize cyclohexene, thus bearing strong evidence in favor of the key role of 1c and 2c in selective epoxidation. 1c and 2c were tentatively assigned to the oxoiron(V) intermediates.
- Lyakin, Oleg Y.,Bryliakov, Konstantin P.,Talsi, Evgenii P.
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- A New Regio- and Stereo-selective Functionalization of Allylic and Homoallylic Alcohols
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A new, highly regio- and stereo-selective synthesis of cyclic iodocarbonates of allylic and homoallylic alcohols involving cyclofunctionalization of the corresponding alcohol carbonates is described.
- Cardillo, Giuliana,Orena, Mario,Porzi, Gianni,Sandri, Sergio
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- Structure and catalytic activity of a new iron(ii) complex with a tetradentate carboxamide ligand: The effect of the outer-sphere donor on the chemoselectivity of the metal complex catalyst
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The interaction between Fe(ClO4) or Fe(OTf)2(MeCN) 2 and 2 equiv of the potentially tetraden- tate ligand bis(2-pyridyl)methyl-2-pyridinecarboxamide (Py2CHNHCOPy, tpcaH) yields the iron(II) com- plex [FeII(tpcaH)2]X2 (X = ClO4, OTf), in which, according to X-ray crystallography data, tpcaH is facially coordinated to the iron atom as a tridentate ligand through the carbonyl group and two pyridyl donors of the bis(2-pyridyl)methylcarboxamide moiety and the third pyridyl group is uninvolved in coordination. The oxi- dation of saturated and unsaturated hydrocarbons with hydrogen peroxide involving this complex has been investigated. The presence of the uncoordinated nitrogen donor in the outer coordination sphere of the com- plex exerts a crucial effect on it catalytic properties. Pleiades Publishing, Ltd., 2012.
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- Selective Isomerization via Transient Thermodynamic Control: Dynamic Epimerization of trans to cis Diols
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Traditional approaches to stereoselective synthesis require high levels of enantio- and diastereocontrol in every step that forms a new stereocenter. Here, we report an alternative approach, in which the stereochemistry of organic substrates is selectivel
- Macmillan, David W. C.,Oswood, Christian J.
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- Electrochemical Borylation of Alkyl Halides: Fast, Scalable Access to Alkyl Boronic Esters
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Herein, a fast, scalable, and transition-metal-free borylation of alkyl halides (X = I, Br, Cl) enabled by electroreduction is reported. This process provides an efficient and practical access to primary, secondary, and tertiary boronic esters at a high current. More than 70 examples, including the late-stage borylation of natural products and drug derivatives, are furnished at room temperature, thereby demonstrating the broad utility and functional-group tolerance of this protocol. Mechanistic studies disclosed that B2cat2 serves as both a reagent and a cathodic mediator, enabling electroreduction of difficult-to-reduce alkyl bromides or chlorides at a low potential.
- Cao, Yangmin,Hu, Ping,Huang, Cheng,Liu, Zhao,Lu, Qingquan,Ma, Wan,Peng, Pan,Qi, Xiaotian,Wang, Bingbing
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- Enantiotopic Discrimination by Coordination-Desymmetrized meso-Ligands
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The first examples of enantiopure catalysts that are chiral merely due to coordination of different metal ions at enantiotopic positions of an achiral meso-ligand are reported. These catalysts exhibit a pseudo-Cs symmetry and are able to catalyze reactions demanding simultaneous involvement of two catalytic sites. The latter was demonstrated by application in the asymmetric ring-opening of meso-epoxides.
- Li, Yutang,Lidskog, Anna,Armengol-Relats, Helena,Pham, Thanh Huong,Favraud, Antoine,Nicolas, Maxime,Dawaigher, Sami,Xiao, Zeyun,Ma, Dayou,Lindb?ck, Emil,Strand, Daniel,W?rnmark, Kenneth
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- Olefin reaction in the catalyst and the olefin production
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a catalyst for obtaining an olefin in high selectivity with a vicinal diol as a raw material.SOLUTION: A catalyst for olefination reaction for use in a reaction to produce an olefin by a reaction of a polyol, having two adjacent carbon atoms each having a hydroxy group, with hydrogen comprises: a carrier; at least one oxide selected from the group consisting of oxides of the group 6 elements and oxides of the group 7 elements supported on the carrier; and at least one metal selected from the group consisting of silver, iridium, and gold supported on the carrier.SELECTED DRAWING: None
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- SYNTHESIS AND APPLICATION OF CHIRAL SUBSTITUTED POLYVINYLPYRROLIDINONES
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Chiral polyvinylpyrrolidinone (CSPVP), complexes of CSPVP with a core species, such as a metallic nanocluster catalyst, and enantioselective oxidation reactions utilizing such complexes are disclosed. The CSPVP complexes can be used in asymmetric oxidation of diols, enantioselective oxidation of alkenes, and carbon-carbon bond forming reactions, for example. The CSPVP can also be complexed with biomolecules such as proteins, DNA, and RNA, and used as nanocarriers for siRNA or dsRNA delivery.
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- Well-confined polyoxometalate-ionic liquid in silicic framework for environmentally friendly asymmetric di-hydroxylation of olefins
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Chiral 1,2-diols with a high yield could be directly prepared from asymmetric di-hydroxylation of olefins via an eco-friendly and enduring catalyst, in which abundant "chiral pools" of polyoxometalate-ionic liquid were target-designed into the silicic framework (POM-ILS) and well stabilized in aqueous media.
- Liang, Dong,Wang, Yan,Wang, Sifan,Song, Chengkun,Shi, Yonghe,Liu, Qinghao,Zhu, Hailin,Li, Xia,Liu, Laishuan,Zhu, Na
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- Preparation of Highly Active Monometallic Rhenium Catalysts for Selective Synthesis of 1,4-Butanediol from 1,4-Anhydroerythritol
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1,4-Butanediol can be produced from 1,4-anhydroerythritol through the co-catalysis of monometallic mixed catalysts (ReOx/CeO2+ReOx/C) in the one-pot reduction with H2. The highest yield of 1,4-butanediol was over 80 %, which is similar to the value obtained over ReOx–Au/CeO2+ReOx/C catalysts. Mixed catalysts of CeO2+ReOx/C showed almost the same performance, giving 89 % yield of 1,4-butanediol. The reactivity trends of possible intermediates suggest that the reaction mechanism over ReOx/CeO2+ReOx/C is similar to that over ReOx–Au/CeO2+ReOx/C: deoxydehydration (DODH) of 1,4-anhydroerythritol to 2,5-dihydrofuran over ReOx species on the CeO2 support with the promotion of H2 activation by ReOx/C, isomerization of 2,5-dihydrofuran to 2,3-dihydrofuran catalyzed by ReOx on the C support, hydration of 2,3-dihydrofuran catalyzed by C, and hydrogenation to 1,4-butanediol catalyzed by ReOx/C. The reaction order of conversion of 1,4-anhydroerythritol with respect to H2 pressure is almost zero and this indicates that the rate-determining step is the formation of 2,5-dihydrofuran from the coordinated substrate with reduced Re in the DODH step. The activity of ReOx/CeO2+ReOx/C is higher than that of ReOx–Au/CeO2+ReOx/C, which is probably related to the reducibility of ReOx/C and the mobility of the Re species between the supports. High-valent Re species such as Re7+ on the CeO2 and C supports are mobile in the solvent; however, low-valent Re species, including metallic Re species, have much lower mobility. Metallic Re and cationic low-valent Re species with high reducibility and low mobility can be present on the carbon support as a trigger for H2 activation and promoter of the reduction of Re species on CeO2. The presence of noble metals such as Au can enhance the reducibility through the activation of H2 molecules on the noble metal and the formation of spilt-over hydrogen over noble metal/CeO2, as indicated by H2 temperature-programmed reduction. The higher reducibility of ReOx–Au/CeO2 lowers the DODH activity of ReOx–Au/CeO2+ReOx/C in comparison with ReOx/CeO2+ReOx/C by restricting the movement of Re species from C to CeO2.
- Wang, Tianmiao,Tamura, Masazumi,Nakagawa, Yoshinao,Tomishige, Keiichi
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- Oxidizing Ability of a Dioxygen-Activating Nonheme Iron(II)-Benzilate Complex Immobilized on Gold Nanoparticles
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An iron(II)-benzilate complex [(TPASH)FeII(benzilate)]ClO4@C8Au (2) (TPASH = 11-((6-((bis(pyridin-2-ylmethyl)amino)methyl)pyridin-2-yl)methoxy)undecane-1-thiol) immobilized on octanethiol stabilized gold nanoparticles (C8Au) of core diameter less than 5 nm has been prepared to evaluate its reactivity toward O2-dependent oxidations compared to a nonimmobilized complex [(TPA-O-Allyl)FeII(benzilate)]ClO4 (1a) (TPA-O-Allyl = N-((6-(allyloxymethyl)pyridin-2-yl)methyl)(pyridin-2-yl)-N-(pyridin-2-ylmethyl)methanamine). X-ray crystal structure of the nonimmobilized complex 1a reveals a six-coordinate iron(II) center in which the TPA-O-Allyl acts as a pentadentate ligand and the benzilate anion binds in monodentate fashion. Both the complexes (1a and 2) react with dioxygen under ambient conditions to form benzophenone as the sole product through decarboxylation of the coordinated benzilate. Interception studies reveal that a nucleophilic iron-oxygen intermediate is formed in the decarboxylation reaction. The oxidants from both the complexes are able to carry out oxo atom transfer reactions. The immobilized complex 2 not only performs faster decarboxylation but also exhibits enhanced reactivity in oxo atom transfer to sulfides. Importantly, the immobilized complex 2, unlike 1a, displays catalytic turnovers in sulfide oxidation. However, the complexes are not efficient to carry out cis-dihydroxylation of alkenes. Although the immobilized complex yields a slightly higher amount of cis-diol from 1-octene, restricted access of dioxygen and substrates at the coordinatively saturated metal centers of the complexes likely makes the resulting iron-oxygen species less active in oxygen atom transfer to alkenes. The results implicate that surface immobilized nonheme iron complexes containing accessible coordination sites would exhibit better reactivity in O2-dependent oxygenation reactions.
- Sheet, Debobrata,Bera, Abhijit,Jana, Rahul Dev,Paine, Tapan Kanti
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- Controlling Selectivity in Alkene Oxidation: Anion Driven Epoxidation or Dihydroxylation Catalysed by [Iron(III)(Pyridine-Containing Ligand)] Complexes
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A highly reactive and selective catalytic system comprising Fe(III) and macrocyclic pyridine-containing ligands (Pc-L) for alkene oxidation by using hydrogen peroxide is reported herein. Four new stable iron(III) complexes have been isolated and characterized. Importantly, depending on the anion of the iron(III) metal complex employed as catalyst, a completely reversed selectivity was observed. When X=OTf, a selective dihydroxylation reaction took place. On the other hand, employing X=Cl resulted in the epoxide as the major product. The reaction proved to be quite general, tolerating aromatic and aliphatic alkenes as well as internal or terminal double bonds and both epoxides and diol products were obtained in good yields with good to excellent selectivities (up to 93 % isolated yield and d.r.=99 : 1). The catalytic system proved its robustness by performing several catalytic cycles, without observing catalyst deactivation. The use of acetone as a solvent and hydrogen peroxide as terminal oxidant renders this catalytic system appealing.
- Tseberlidis, Giorgio,Demonti, Luca,Pirovano, Valentina,Scavini, Marco,Cappelli, Serena,Rizzato, Silvia,Vicente, Rubén,Caselli, Alessandro
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- An Efficient Deprotection of 2,6-Bis(trifluoromethyl)phenylboronic Esters via Catalytic Protodeboronation Using Tetrabutyl ammonium Fluoride
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We herein describe an efficient deprotection of 2,6-bis(trifluoromethyl)phenylboronic esters, which serve as effective protective groups for 1,2- or 1,3-diols in various organic transformations, via protodeboronation by using a catalytic amount of tetrabutylammonium fluoride (TBAF).
- Makino, Kazuishi,Nojima, Shinya,Shimada, Naoyuki,Urata, Sari
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- Aromatic Donor-Acceptor Interaction-Based Co(III)-salen Self-Assemblies and Their Applications in Asymmetric Ring Opening of Epoxides
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Aromatic donor-acceptor interaction as the driving force to assemble cooperative catalysts is described. Pyrene/naphthalenediimide functionalized Co(III)-salen complexes self-assembled into bimetallic catalysts through aromatic donor-acceptor interactions and showed high catalytic activity and selectivity in the asymmetric ring opening of various epoxides. Control experiments, nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy titrations, mass spectrometry measurement, and X-ray crystal structure analysis confirmed that the catalysts assembled based on the aromatic donor-acceptor interaction, which can be a valuable noncovalent interaction in supramolecular catalyst development.
- Liang, Jian,Soucie, Luke N.,Blechschmidt, Daniel R.,Yoder, Aaron,Gustafson, Addie,Liu, Yu
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- Organic salts and merrifield resin supported [PM12O40]3? (M = Mo or W) as catalysts for adipic acid synthesis
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Adipic acid (AA) was obtained by catalyzed oxidation of cyclohexene, epoxycyclohexane, or cyclohexanediol under organic solvent-free conditions using aqueous hydrogen peroxide (30%) as an oxidizing agent and molybdenum- or tungsten-based Keggin polyoxometalates (POMs) surrounded by organic cations or ionically supported on functionalized Merrifield resins. Operating under these environmentally friendly, greener conditions and with low catalyst loading (0.025% for the molecular salts and 0.001–0.007% for the supported POMs), AA could be produced in interesting yields.
- Pisk, Jana,Agustin, Dominique,Poli, Rinaldo
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- Epoxidation of cyclohexene with H2O2 over efficient water-tolerant heterogeneous catalysts composed of mono-substituted phosphotungstic acid on co-functionalized SBA-15
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A series of Keggin-type heteropolyacid-based heterogeneous catalysts (Co-/Fe-/Cu-POM-octyl-NH3-SBA-15) were synthesized via immobilized transition metal mono- substituted phosphotungstic acids (Co-/Fe-/Cu-POM) on octyl-amino-co-functionalized mesoporous silica SBA-15 (octyl-NH2-SBA-15). Characterization results indicated that Co-/Fe-/Cu-POM units were highly dispersed in mesochannels of SBA-15, and both types of Br?nsted and Lewis acid sites existed in Co-/Fe-/Cu-POM-octyl-NH3-SBA-15 catalysts. Co-POM-octyl-NH3-SBA-15 catalyst showed excellent catalytic performance in H2O2-mediated cyclohexene epoxidation with 83.8% of cyclohexene conversion, 92.8% of cyclohexene oxide selectivity, and 98/2 of epoxidation/allylic oxidation selectivity. The order of catalytic activity was Co-POM-octyl-NH3-SBA-15?>?Fe-POM-octyl-NH3-SBA-15?>?Cu-POM-octyl-NH3-SBA-15. In order to obtain insights into the role of -octyl moieties during catalysis, an octyl-free catalyst (Co-POM-NH3-SBA-15) was also synthesized. In comparison with Co-POM-NH3-SBA-15, Co-POM-octyl-NH3-SBA-15 showed enhanced catalytic properties (viz. activity and selectivity) in cyclohexene epoxidation. Strong chemical bonding between -NH3 + anchored on the surface of SBA-15 and heteropolyanions resulted in excellent stability of Co-POM-octyl-NH3-SBA-15 catalyst, and it could be reused six times without considerable loss of activity.
- Jin, Manman,Niu, Qingtao,Guo, Zhenmei,Lv, Zhiguo
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- Structural and Computational Insight into the Catalytic Mechanism of Limonene Epoxide Hydrolase Mutants in Stereoselective Transformations
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Directed evolution of limonene epoxide hydrolase (LEH), which catalyzes the hydrolytic desymmetrization reactions of cyclopentene oxide and cyclohexene oxide, results in (R,R)- and (S,S)-selective mutants. Their crystal structures combined with extensive theoretical computations shed light on the mechanistic intricacies of this widely used enzyme. From the computed activation energies of various pathways, we discover the underlying stereochemistry for favorable reactions. Surprisingly, some of the most enantioselective mutants that rapidly convert cyclohexene oxide do not catalyze the analogous transformation of the structurally similar cyclopentene oxide, as shown by additional X-ray structures of the variants harboring this slightly smaller substrate. We explain this puzzling observation on the basis of computational calculations which reveal a disrupted alignment between nucleophilic water and cyclopentene oxide due to the pronounced flexibility of the binding pocket. In contrast, in the stereoselective reactions of cyclohexene oxide, reactive conformations are easily reached. The unique combination of structural and computational data allows insight into mechanistic details of this epoxide hydrolase and provides guidance for future protein engineering in reactions of structurally different substrates.
- Sun, Zhoutong,Wu, Lian,Bocola, Marco,Chan, H. C. Stephen,Lonsdale, Richard,Kong, Xu-Dong,Yuan, Shuguang,Zhou, Jiahai,Reetz, Manfred T.
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- One-Pot Enzymatic Synthesis of Cyclic Vicinal Diols from Aliphatic Dialdehydes via Intramolecular C?C Bond Formation and Carbonyl Reduction Using Pyruvate Decarboxylases and Alcohol Dehydrogenases
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An enzymatic cascade reaction was developed for one-pot enantioselective conversion of aliphatic dialdehydes to chiral vicinal diols using pyruvate decarboxylases (PDCs) and alcohol dehydrogenases (ADHs). The PDCs showed promiscuity in catalysing the cyclization of aliphatic dialdehydes through intramolecular stereoselective carbon-carbon bond formation. Consequently, 1,2-cyclopentanediols in three different stereoisomeric forms and 1,2-cyclohexanediols in two different stereoisomeric forms could be prepared with high conversion and stereoisomeric ratio from the respective initial substrates, glutaraldehyde and adipaldehyde. These cascade reactions represent a promising approach to the biocatalytic synthesis of important chiral vicinal diols. (Figure presented.).
- Zhang, Yan,Yao, Peiyuan,Cui, Yunfeng,Wu, Qiaqing,Zhu, Dunming
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- Calix[8]arene as New Platform for Cobalt-Salen Complexes Immobilization and Use in Hydrolytic Kinetic Resolution of Epoxides
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Eight cobalt-salen complexes have been covalently attached to a calix[8]arene platform through a flexible linker by a procedure employing Click chemistry. The corresponding well-defined catalyst proved its efficiency in the hydrolytic kinetic resolution (HKR) of various epoxides through an operative bimetallic cooperative activation, demonstrating highly enhanced activity when compared to its monomeric analogue. As an insoluble complex, this multisite cobalt-salen catalyst could be easily recovered and reused in successive catalytic runs. Products were isolated by a simple filtration with virtually no cobalt traces and without requiring a prior purification by flash chromatography.
- Abdellah, Ibrahim,Martini, Cyril,Dos Santos, Amandine,Dragoe, Diana,Guérineau, Vincent,Huc, Vincent,Schulz, Emmanuelle
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- Synthesis of titanium containing MCM-41 from industrial hexafluorosilicic acid as epoxidation catalyst
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The industrial by-product hexafluorosilicic acid was investigated as silicate source for titanium containing MCM-41 (Si/Ti–MCM-41) synthesis. An extended and detailed study, which includes the effects of several factors such as the state and content of Ti, surfactant/Si ratio and template removal technique on the physicochemical properties and catalytic activity of Si/Ti–MCM-41, is presented; The Si/Ti–MCM-41 was also characterized by powder X-ray diffraction, N2 adsorption-desorption, fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, ultraviolet-visible spectrophotometer, thermal gravimetric measurements, X-ray fluorescence and scanning electron microscopy. The results show that the specific surface area and pore volume of the molecular sieve reach 1040 m2 g?1 and 0.74 cm3 g?1 under the hydrothermal conditions of the Si/Ti mole ratio equal to 60, CTAB/Si mole ratio to 0.81, hydrothermal temperature at 343 K and time for 3 h. The catalytic performance shows that samples have higher activity and selectivity for cyclohexene epoxidation to produce cyclohexene oxide. With the reaction temperature 333 K and mole ratio of cyclohexene/tertiary butyl peroxide hydrogen equal to 1, the highest cyclohexene conversion and epoxide selectivity is 79.23% and 95%, respectively. The catalyst activity has not obvious change with two times recycles.
- Liu, Tieliang,Jin, Fang,Wang, Xianqiao,Fan, Yangchun,Yuan, Ming
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- Micro reaction device reverse 1, 2-cyclohexanediol method
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The invention discloses a micro reaction device reverse 1, 2-cyclohexanediol method, the method mixes oxidation of hydrogen aqueous solution and formic acid, results in epoxy reagent, then reacts in sequence with cyclohexene and caustic soda solution in a micro reactor of a micro reaction device, the solution works without any catalyst in the reaction process, compared with available technologies, the method works without the intermediate cyclohexene oxide and catalyst, the production rate of the product obtained is high, the by-product is reduced, the 1, 2-cyclohexanediol can be applied in serialized and automated production.
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- Towards a global greener process: from solvent-less synthesis of molybdenum(vi) ONO Schiff base complexes to catalyzed olefin epoxidation under organic-solvent-free conditions
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Nine Schiff base ligands derived from o-hydroxyaldehydes (2-hydroxybenzaldehyde, 2-hydroxy-3-methoxybenzaldehyde, 2-hydroxy- 1-naphthaldehyde) and nine corresponding dioxomolybdenum(vi) complexes, cis-[MoO2L(CH3OH)] or cis-[MoO2L(CH3OH)]·CH3OH and dinuclear [MoO2L]2, have been prepared using the conventional solution-based method as well as mechanochemically, by liquid assisted grinding (LAG). All products have been characterised by means of IR spectroscopy, thermal analyses and also by powder and five molybdenum complexes by single crystal X-ray diffraction. The crystal structure analysis of mononuclear complexes reveal distorted octahedral Mo(vi) coordination by ONO donor atoms from a dianionic tridentate Schiff base ligand, two oxido oxygen atoms from the MoO22+ moiety and an oxygen atom from the MeOH molecule trans to the oxido oxygen atom. Due to the trans effect of the oxido oxygen atom, Mo-O(MeOH) is the longest bond distance within the Mo coordination sphere and it expected to be the point of maximum reactivity of the complexes. All complexes have been studied as pre(catalysts) for the epoxidation of cis-cyclooctene, cyclohexene and (R)-limonene using aqueous tert-butyl peroxide (TBHP) as the oxidant and in the absence of an organic solvent.
- Cindri?, Marina,Pavlovi?, Gordana,Katava, Robert,Agustin, Dominique
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- Mechanistically Driven Development of an Iron Catalyst for Selective Syn-Dihydroxylation of Alkenes with Aqueous Hydrogen Peroxide
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Product release is the rate-determining step in the arene syn-dihydroxylation reaction taking place at Rieske oxygenase enzymes and is regarded as a difficult problem to be resolved in the design of iron catalysts for olefin syn-dihydroxylation with potential utility in organic synthesis. Toward this end, in this work a novel catalyst bearing a sterically encumbered tetradentate ligand based in the tpa (tpa = tris(2-methylpyridyl)amine) scaffold, [FeII(CF3SO3)2(5-tips3tpa)], 1 has been designed. The steric demand of the ligand was envisioned as a key element to support a high catalytic activity by isolating the metal center, preventing bimolecular decomposition paths and facilitating product release. In synergistic combination with a Lewis acid that helps sequestering the product, 1 provides good to excellent yields of diol products (up to 97% isolated yield), in short reaction times under mild experimental conditions using a slight excess (1.5 equiv) of aqueous hydrogen peroxide, from the oxidation of a broad range of olefins. Predictable site selective syn-dihydroxylation of diolefins is shown. The encumbered nature of the ligand also provides a unique tool that has been used in combination with isotopic analysis to define the nature of the active species and the mechanism of activation of H2O2. Furthermore, 1 is shown to be a competent synthetic tool for preparing O-labeled diols using water as oxygen source.
- Borrell, Margarida,Costas, Miquel
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p. 12821 - 12829
(2017/09/25)
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- Reductive Activation of O2 by Non-Heme Iron(II) Benzilate Complexes of N4 Ligands: Effect of Ligand Topology on the Reactivity of O2-Derived Oxidant
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A series of iron(II) benzilate complexes (1-7) with general formula [(L)FeII(benzilate)]+ have been isolated and characterized to study the effect of supporting ligand (L) on the reactivity of metal-based oxidant generated in the reaction with dioxygen. Five tripodal N4 ligands (tris(2-pyridylmethyl)amine (TPA in 1), tris(6-methyl-2-pyridylmethyl)amine (6-Me3-TPA in 2), N1,N1-dimethyl-N2,N2-bis(2-pyridylmethyl)ethane-1,2-diamine (iso-BPMEN in 3), N1,N1-dimethyl-N2,N2-bis(6-methyl-2-pyridylmethyl)ethane-1,2-diamine (6-Me2-iso-BPMEN in 4), and tris(2-benzimidazolylmethyl)amine (TBimA in 7)) along with two linear tetradentate amine ligands (N1,N2-dimethyl-N1,N2-bis(2-pyridylmethyl)ethane-1,2-diamine (BPMEN in 5) and N1,N2-dimethyl-N1,N2-bis(6-methyl-2-pyridylmethyl)ethane-1,2-diamine (6-Me2-BPMEN in 6)) were employed in the study. Single-crystal X-ray structural studies reveal that each of the complex cations of 1-3 and 5 contains a mononuclear six-coordinate iron(II) center coordinated by a monoanionic benzilate, whereas complex 7 contains a mononuclear five-coordinate iron(II) center. Benzilate binds to the iron center in a monodentate fashion via one of the carboxylate oxygens in 1 and 7, but it coordinates in a bidentate chelating mode through carboxylate oxygen and neutral hydroxy oxygen in 2, 3, and 5. All of the iron(II) complexes react with dioxygen to exhibit quantitative decarboxylation of benzilic acid to benzophenone. In the decarboxylation pathway, dioxygen becomes reduced on the iron center and the resulting iron-oxygen oxidant shows versatile reactivity. The oxidants are nucleophilic in nature and oxidize sulfide to sulfoxide and sulfone. Furthermore, complexes 2 and 4-6 react with alkenes to produce cis-diols in moderate yields with the incorporation of both the oxygen atoms of dioxygen. The oxygen atoms of the nucleophilic oxidants do not exchange with water. On the basis of interception studies, nucleophilic iron(II) hydroperoxides are proposed to generate in situ in the reaction pathways. The difference in reactivity of the complexes toward external substrates could be attributed to the geometry of the O2-derived iron-oxygen oxidant. DFT calculations suggest that, among all possible geometries and spin states, high-spin side-on iron(II) hydroperoxides are energetically favorable for the complexes of 6-Me3-TPA, 6-Me2-iso-BPMEN, BPMEN, and 6-Me2-BPMEN ligands, while high spin end-on iron(II) hydroperoxides are favorable for the complexes of TPA, iso-BPMEN, and TBimA ligands.
- Chakraborty, Biswarup,Jana, Rahul Dev,Singh, Reena,Paria, Sayantan,Paine, Tapan Kanti
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p. 359 - 371
(2017/01/13)
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- Assessing the stereoselectivity of: Serratia marcescens CECT 977 2,3-butanediol dehydrogenase
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α-Hydroxy ketones and vicinal diols constitute well-known building blocks in organic synthesis. Here we describe one enzyme that enables the enantioselective synthesis of both building blocks starting from diketones. The enzyme 2,3-butanediol dehydrogenase (BudC) from S. marcescens CECT 977 belongs to the NADH-dependent metal-independent short-chain dehydrogenases/reductases family (SDR) and catalyses the selective asymmetric reductions of prochiral α-diketones to the corresponding α-hydroxy ketones and diols. BudC is highly active towards structurally diverse diketones in combination with nicotinamide cofactor regeneration systems. Aliphatic diketones, cyclic diketones and alkyl phenyl diketones are well accepted, whereas their derivatives possessing two bulky groups are not converted. In the reverse reaction vicinal diols are preferred over other substrates with hydroxy/keto groups in non-vicinal positions.
- Médici, Rosario,Stammes, Hanna,Kwakernaak, Stender,Otten, Linda G.,Hanefeld, Ulf
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p. 1831 - 1837
(2017/07/15)
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- Developing a Bench-Scale Green Diboration Reaction toward Industrial Application
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We report a new methodology for the organocatalytic diboration reaction using inexpensive, sustainable, nontoxic, commercially available halogen salts. This is an educative manuscript for the transformation of laboratory scale reactions into a sustainable approach of appeal to industry.
- Farre, Albert,Briggs, Rachel,Pubill-Ulldemolins, Cristina,Bonet, Amadeu
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p. 4775 - 4782
(2017/10/27)
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- Hydrogen Bonding-Assisted Enhancement of the Reaction Rate and Selectivity in the Kinetic Resolution of d,l-1,2-Diols with Chiral Nucleophilic Catalysts
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An extremely efficient acylative kinetic resolution of d,l-1,2-diols in the presence of only 0.5 mol% of binaphthyl-based chiral N,N-4-dimethylaminopyridine was developed (selectivity factor of up to 180). Several key experiments revealed that hydrogen bonding between the tert-alcohol unit(s) of the catalyst and the 1,2-diol unit of the substrate is critical for accelerating the rate of monoacylation and achieving high enantioselectivity. This catalytic system can be applied to a wide range of substrates involving racemic acyclic and cyclic 1,2-diols with high selectivity factors. The kinetic resolution of d,l-hydrobenzoin and trans-1,2-cyclohexanediol on a multigram scale (10 g) also proceeded with high selectivity and under moderate reaction conditions: (i) very low catalyst loading (0.1 mol%); (ii) an easily achievable low reaction temperature (0 °C); (iii) high substrate concentration (1.0 M); and (iv) short reaction time (30 min). (Figure presented.).
- Fujii, Kazuki,Mitsudo, Koichi,Mandai, Hiroki,Suga, Seiji
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p. 2778 - 2788
(2017/08/23)
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- Comparing Different Strategies in Directed Evolution of Enzyme Stereoselectivity: Single- versus Double-Code Saturation Mutagenesis
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Saturation mutagenesis at sites lining the binding pockets of enzymes constitutes a viable protein engineering technique for enhancing or inverting stereoselectivity. Statistical analysis shows that oversampling in the screening step (the bottleneck) increases astronomically as the number of residues in the randomization site increases, which is the reason why reduced amino acid alphabets have been employed, in addition to splitting large sites into smaller ones. Limonene epoxide hydrolase (LEH) has previously served as the experimental platform in these methodological efforts, enabling comparisons between single-code saturation mutagenesis (SCSM) and triple-code saturation mutagenesis (TCSM); these employ either only one or three amino acids, respectively, as building blocks. In this study the comparative platform is extended by exploring the efficacy of double-code saturation mutagenesis (DCSM), in which the reduced amino acid alphabet consists of two members, chosen according to the principles of rational design on the basis of structural information. The hydrolytic desymmetrization of cyclohexene oxide is used as the model reaction, with formation of either (R,R)- or (S,S)-cyclohexane-1,2-diol. DCSM proves to be clearly superior to the likewise tested SCSM, affording both R,R- and S,S-selective mutants. These variants are also good catalysts in reactions of further substrates. Docking computations reveal the basis of enantioselectivity.
- Sun, Zhoutong,Lonsdale, Richard,Li, Guangyue,Reetz, Manfred T.
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p. 1865 - 1872
(2016/11/06)
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- Structure-Guided Triple-Code Saturation Mutagenesis: Efficient Tuning of the Stereoselectivity of an Epoxide Hydrolase
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The directed evolution of enzymes promises to eliminate the long-standing limitations of biocatalysis in organic chemistry and biotechnology - the often-observed limited substrate scope, insufficient activity, and poor regioselectivity or stereoselectivity. Saturation mutagenesis at sites lining the binding pocket with formation of focused libraries has emerged as the technique of choice, but choosing the optimal size of the randomization site and reduced amino acid alphabet for minimizing the labor-determining screening effort remains a challenge. Here, we introduce structure-guided triple-code saturation mutagenesis (TCSM) by encoding three rationally chosen amino acids as building blocks in the randomization of large multiresidue sites. In contrast to conventional NNK codon degeneracy encoding all 20 canonical amino acids and requiring the screening of more than 1015 transformants for 95% library coverage, TCSM requires only small libraries not exceeding 200-800 transformants in one library. The triple code utilizes structural (X-ray) and consensus-derived sequence data, and is therefore designed to match the steric and electrostatic characteristics of the particular enzyme. Using this approach, limonene epoxide hydrolase has been successfully engineered as stereoselective catalysts in the hydrolytic desymmetrization of meso-type epoxides with formation of either (R,R)- or (S,S)-configurated diols on an optional basis and kinetic resolution of chiral substrates. Crystal structures and docking computations support the source of notably enhanced and inverted enantioselectivity.
- Sun, Zhoutong,Lonsdale, Richard,Wu, Lian,Li, Guangyue,Li, Aitao,Wang, Jianbo,Zhou, Jiahai,Reetz, Manfred T.
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p. 1590 - 1597
(2016/03/15)
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- Multiparameter Optimization in Directed Evolution: Engineering Thermostability, Enantioselectivity, and Activity of an Epoxide Hydrolase
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The challenge of optimizing several parameters in the directed evolution of enzymes remains a central issue. In this study we address the thermostability, enantioselectivity, and activity of limonene epoxide hydrolase (LEH) as the catalyst in the hydrolytic desymmetrization of cyclohexene oxide with formation of (R,R)- and (S,S)-cyclohexane-1,2-diol. Wild type LEH shows a thermostability of T5030 = 41 °C and an enanioselectivity of 2% ee (S,S). Two approaches are described herein. In one strategy, the mutations generated previously by Janssen, Baker, and co-workers for notably increased thermostability are combined with mutations evolved earlier for enhanced enantioselectivity. Although highly enantioselective R,R and S,S variants (92-93% ee) with increases in T5030 by 10-11 °C were obtained, relative to wild type LEH the tradeoff in activity was significant. The second strategy based on the simultaneous optimization of both parameters using iterative saturation mutagenesis (ISM) with minimized tradeoff in activity proved to be superior. Several notably improved variants were observed, a reasonable "compromise" being R,R- and S,S-selective LEH variants (80-94% ee) showing enhanced thermostability by 5-10 °C and still reasonable levels of activity. Analysis of the X-ray structure of the S,S variant (94% ee) with and without diol product sheds light on the origin of altered stereoselectivity.
- Li, Guangyue,Zhang, Hui,Sun, Zhoutong,Liu, Xinqi,Reetz, Manfred T.
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p. 3679 - 3687
(2016/07/06)
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- Whole-Cell-Catalyzed Multiple Regio- and Stereoselective Functionalizations in Cascade Reactions Enabled by Directed Evolution
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Biocatalytic cascade reactions using isolated stereoselective enzymes or whole cells in one-pot processes lead to value-added chiral products in a single workup. The concept has been restricted mainly to starting materials and intermediate products that are accepted by the respective wild-type enzymes. In the present study, we exploited directed evolution as a means to create E. coli whole cells for regio- and stereoselective cascade sequences that are not possible using man-made catalysts. The approach is illustrated using P450-BM3 in combination with appropriate alcohol dehydrogenases as catalysts in either two-, three-, or four-step cascade reactions starting from cyclohexane, cyclohexanol, or cyclohexanone, respectively, leading to either (R,R)-, (S,S)-, or meso-cyclohexane-1,2-diol. The one-pot conversion of cyclohexane into (R)- or (S)-2-hydroxycyclohexanone in the absence of ADH is also described.
- Li, Aitao,Ilie, Adriana,Sun, Zhoutong,Lonsdale, Richard,Xu, Jian-He,Reetz, Manfred T.
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p. 12026 - 12029
(2016/11/16)
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- Cu(II)-amino acid–CaAl-layered double hydroxide complexes, recyclable, efficient catalysts in various oxidative transformations
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Intercalated composite materials were prepared with CaAl-layered double hydroxide as host and Cu(II)-amino acid (L-cysteine, L-histidine and L-tyrosine) complex anions as guests. Two methods (intercalation of the ligand first followed by constructing the complex; preforming the complex first, then introducing it among the layers of the host) and optimization of the synthesis conditions were performed to obtain composites having the complex exclusively among the layers. The composite materials were structurally characterized by powder X-ray diffractometry, mid infrared (IR) spectroscopy with ATR (attenuated total reflectance) or photoacoustic detections, transmission and scanning electron microscopies and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. Structural features of the intercalant (coordination number, coordination sites) were elucidated by classical chemical and energy dispersive X-ray analyses, EPR (electron paramagnetic spectroscopy), X-ray absorption and far IR spectroscopies. Structural models based on these methods are also given. Catalytic activities, selectivities and recycling abilities of the substances were studied in the oxidation reactions of cyclohexene with peracetic acid and in situ formed iodosylbenzene as oxidants in the liquid phase. The catalysts were active in the Ullmann coupling reaction as well. The intercalated substances were found to be efficient and highly selective catalysts with very good recycling abilities.
- Varga, Gábor,Ziegenheim, Szilveszter,Muráth, Szabolcs,Csendes, Zita,Kukovecz, ákos,Kónya, Zoltán,Carlson, Stefan,Korecz, László,Varga, Erika,Pusztai, Péter,Sipos, Pál,Pálinkó, István
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- Performance, Structure, and Mechanism of ReOx-Pd/CeO2 Catalyst for Simultaneous Removal of Vicinal OH Groups with H2
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The ceria-supported rhenium catalyst modified with palladium (ReOx-Pd/CeO2 (Re = 2 wt %, Pd/Re = 0.25)) is still the best catalyst for simultaneous hydrodeoxygenation. Higher Re loading amount decreased the activity. The simultaneous hydrodeoxygenation of cyclic vicinal diols occurs with high cis-stereoselectivity. ReOx-Pd/CeO2 catalysts were characterized by means of XRD, TEM, H2-TPR, XAFS, XPS, Raman, and DFT calculations. The Re species on ReOx-Pd/CeO2 (Re = 2 wt %, Pd/Re = 0.25) catalyst after reduction and after stoichiometric reaction of 1,2-hexanediol to 1-hexene were ReIV and ReVI, and the ReIV species were converted to ReVI through the stoichiometric reaction. The Re species on ReOx-Pd/CeO2 are proposed to be randomly located on the CeO2 surface, and probably only monomeric Re species have catalytic activity for simultaneous hydrodeoxygenation. This model can explain the higher activity of Re = 2 wt % catalyst than those of higher Re loading catalysts. The reaction is proposed to proceed by the tetra/hexavalent redox cycle of the Re center in the catalysis followed by hydrogenation.
- Ota, Nobuhiko,Tamura, Masazumi,Nakagawa, Yoshinao,Okumura, Kazu,Tomishige, Keiichi
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p. 3213 - 3226
(2016/07/06)
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- Amine Catalysis for the Organocatalytic Diboration of Challenging Alkenes
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The generation of in situ sp2–sp3diboron adducts has revolutionised the synthesis of organoboranes. Organocatalytic diboration reactions have represented a milestone in terms of unpredictable reactivity of these adducts. However, current methodologies have limitations in terms of substrate scope, selectivity and functional group tolerance. Here a new methodology based on the use of simple amines as catalyst is reported. This methodology provides a completely selective transformation overcoming current substrate scope and functional/protecting group limitations. Mechanistic studies have been included in this report.
- Farre, Albert,Soares, Kaline,Briggs, Rachel A.,Balanta, Angelica,Benoit, David M.,Bonet, Amadeu
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p. 17552 - 17556
(2016/11/28)
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- Synthetic method of chiral vicinal diol and product thereof
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The invention provides a synthetic method of chiral vicinal diol, which comprises the following steps: (1) adding alkene used as a precursor of the chiral vicinal diol and dichloromethane into a reaction device, adding alkali, and then at a temperature of minus 50 DEG C to minus 15 DEG C, adding a phase-transfer catalyst and then adding potassium permanganate or sodium permanganate in batches to perform a reaction so as to obtain an intermediate a; (2) adding the intermediate a into the reaction device, adding ethyl ether and petroleum ether with stirring, then adding boric acid in batches, and dropwise adding aqueous solution of potassium hydroxide to perform a reaction so as to obtain an intermediate b; (3) adding the intermediate b into the reaction device, adding ethyl ether and water, and then under the ice bath cooling condition, dropwise adding hydrofluoric acid, and stirring overnight at a low temperature to obtain the chiral vicinal diol. According to the synthetic method provided by the invention, the potassium permanganate or the sodium permanganate which is cheap, has low toxicity and pollutes the environment a little is used as a reaction reagent, and industrial synthetic production of a chiral vicinal diol compound is achieved.
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- Mixing and matching chiral cobalt- and manganese-based calix-salen catalysts for the asymmetric hydrolytic ring opening of epoxides
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Homochiral oligomeric salen macrocycles possessing aromatic spacers have been prepared as new calix-salen derivatives. The corresponding cobalt and manganese complexes were synthesized and characterized, and their catalytic activities have been studied in the challenging hydrolysis of meso epoxides. While manganese calix-salen complexes were not active in the studied reactions, the dual heterobimetallic system, using an equimolar combination of cobalt and manganese calix-salen derivatives proved to be more enantioselective than the sole cobalt system. Furthermore, as heterogeneous complexes, the catalytic mixture could be easily recovered by simple filtration and successfully reengaged in subsequent catalytic runs. Interestingly, no need for cobalt reactivation was noticed to maintain maximum efficiency of this dual system. The matched Co/Mn dual catalyst was also used to promote the dynamic hydrolytic kinetic resolution of epibromohydrin.
- Dandachi, Hiba,Zaborova, Elena,Kolodziej, Emilie,David, Olivier R.P.,Hannedouche, Jér?me,Mellah, Mohamed,Jaber, Nada,Schulz, Emmanuelle
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p. 246 - 253
(2017/03/01)
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- Selective transition-metal-free vicinal cis-dihydroxylation of saturated hydrocarbons
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A transition-metal-free cis-dihydroxylation of saturated hydrocarbons under ambient reaction conditions has been developed. The described approach allows a direct and selective synthesis of vicinal diols. The new reaction thereby proceeds via radical iodination and a sequence of oxidation steps. A broad scope of one-pot dual C(sp3)-H bond functionalization for the selective synthesis of vicinal syn-diols was demonstrated.
- Bering, Luis,Antonchick, Andrey P.
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p. 452 - 457
(2016/12/30)
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- Uncovering Key Structural Features of an Enantioselective Peptide-Catalyzed Acylation Utilizing Advanced NMR Techniques
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We report on a detailed NMR spectroscopic study of the catalyst-substrate interaction of a highly enantioselective oligopeptide catalyst that is used for the kinetic resolution of trans-cycloalkane-1,2-diols via monoacylation. The extraordinary selectivity has been rationalized by molecular dynamics as well as density functional theory (DFT) computations. Herein we describe the conformational analysis of the organocatalyst studied by a combination of nuclear Overhauser effect (NOE) and residual dipolar coupling (RDC)-based methods that resulted in an ensemble of four final conformers. To corroborate the proposed mechanism, we also investigated the catalyst in mixtures with both trans-cyclohexane-1,2-diol enantiomers separately, using advanced NMR methods such as T1relaxation time and diffusion-ordered spectroscopy (DOSY) measurements to probe molecular aggregation. We determined intramolecular distance changes within the catalyst after diol addition from quantitative NOE data. Finally, we developed a pure shift EASY ROESY experiment using PSYCHE homodecoupling to directly observe intermolecular NOE contacts between the trans-1,2-diol and the cyclohexyl moiety of the catalyst hidden by spectral overlap in conventional spectra. All experimental NMR data support the results proposed by earlier computations including the proposed key role of dispersion interaction.
- Procházková, Eli?ka,Kolmer, Andreas,Ilgen, Julian,Schwab, Mira,Kaltschnee, Lukas,Fredersdorf, Maic,Schmidts, Volker,Wende, Raffael C.,Schreiner, Peter R.,Thiele, Christina M.
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p. 15754 - 15759
(2016/12/16)
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- Chiral-Substituted Poly-N-vinylpyrrolidinones and Bimetallic Nanoclusters in Catalytic Asymmetric Oxidation Reactions
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A new class of poly-N-vinylpyrrolidinones containing an asymmetric center at C5 of the pyrrolidinone ring were synthesized from l-amino acids. The polymers, particularly 17, were used to stabilize nanoclusters such as Pd/Au for the catalytic asymmetric oxidations of 1,3- and 1,2-cycloalkanediols and alkenes, and Cu/Au was used for C-H oxidation of cycloalkanes. It was found that the bulkier the C5 substituent in the pyrrolidinone ring, the greater the optical yields produced. Both oxidative kinetic resolution of (±)-1,3- and 1,2-trans-cycloalkanediols and desymmetrization of meso cis-diols took place with 0.15 mol % Pd/Au (3:1)-17 under oxygen atmosphere in water to give excellent chemical and optical yields of (S)-hydroxy ketones. Various alkenes were oxidized with 0.5 mol % Pd/Au (3:1)-17 under 30 psi of oxygen in water to give the dihydroxylated products in >93% ee. Oxidation of (R)-limonene at 25 °C occurred at the C-1,2-cyclic alkene function yielding (1S,2R,4R)-dihydroxylimonene 49 in 92% yield. Importantly, cycloalkanes were oxidized with 1 mol % Cu/Au (3:1)-17 and 30% H2O2 in acetonitrile to afford chiral ketones in very good to excellent chemical and optical yields. Alkene function was not oxidized under the reaction conditions. Mechanisms were proposed for the oxidation reactions, and observed stereo- and regio-chemistry were summarized.
- Hao, Bo,Gunaratna, Medha J.,Zhang, Man,Weerasekara, Sahani,Seiwald, Sarah N.,Nguyen, Vu T.,Meier, Alex,Hua, Duy H.
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p. 16839 - 16848
(2017/01/10)
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- A photoinduced cyclization cascade - Total synthesis of (-)-leuconoxine
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A protecting-group-free and enantioselective total synthesis of the monoterpenoid indole alkaloid (-)-leuconoxine was accomplished. The key step comprises a novel photoinduced domino macrocyclization/transannular cyclization involving the Witkop cyclization, for which additional mechanistic evidence is provided. This process furnishes a diaza[5.5.6.6]fenestrane skeleton, which is a hitherto unprecedented structure element.
- Pfaffenbach, Magnus,Gaich, Tanja
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p. 6355 - 6357
(2015/04/22)
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- Facile and highly diastereoselective synthesis of syn- and cis-1,2-diol derivatives from protected α-hydroxy ketones
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An efficient method for the synthesis of monoprotected syn- or cis-1,2-diol derivatives by reduction of easily accessible α-(2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidinyloxy) ketones is reported. The α-(tetramethylpiperidinyloxy) group as the stereodirecting group induces in unhindered acyclic or cyclic ketones complete syn- or cis-diastereoselectivity, respectively, with L-Selectride. For more hindered derivatives, where L-Selectride becomes unreactive, LiAlH4 proved effective, essentially showing the same high selectivity. The diastereoselectivity of the reduction can be rationalized for acyclic ketones by the Felkin-Anh model, whereas for cyclic substrates, attack from the face opposite to the tetramethylpiperidinyloxy group predictably prevails with high selectivity regardless of the substitution pattern. The liberation of free diols was achieved by reductive N-O bond cleavage of the alkoxyamine unit. Monoprotected syn- and cis-1,2-diols were synthesized by reduction of ketones bearing the stereodirecting α-(2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidinyloxy) group. The latter induces syn- or cis-selectivity in unhindered acyclic or cyclic ketones with L-Selectride, whereas the smaller LiAlH4 induced excellent diastereoselectivity with hindered ketones. Free 1,2-diols were liberated by reductive N-O bond cleavage.
- Jahn, Emanuela,Smr?ek, Jakub,Pohl, Radek,Císa?ová, Ivana,Jones, Peter G.,Jahn, Ullrich
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p. 7785 - 7798
(2015/12/31)
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- Synergistic effects of Ni and acid sites for hydrogenation and C-O bond cleavage of substituted phenols
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The cleavage of C-O bonds in phenol, catechol, and guaiacol has been explored with mono- and dual-functional catalysts containing Ni and/or HZSM-5 in the aqueous phase. The aromatic ring of phenol is hydrogenated in the first step, and the C-O bond of the resulting cyclohexanol is dehydrated in sequence. The initial turnover frequency (TOF) of phenol hydrodeoxygenation increases in parallel with the acid site concentration irrespective of the concentration of the accessible surface Ni atoms. For catechol and guaiacol conversion, Ni catalyzes the hydrogenolysis of the C-O bonds in addition to arene hydrogenation. For catechol, the hydrogenation of the aromatic ring and the hydrogenolysis of the phenolic -OH group occur in parallel with a ratio of 8 : 1. The saturated cyclohexane-1,2-diol can be further dehydrated over HZSM-5 or hydrogenolyzed on Ni to complete hydrodeoxygenation. Guaiacol undergoes primarily hydrogenolysis (75%) to phenol via demethoxylation, and the hydrogenation route accounts for only 25%. This is attributed to the steric effects arising from the adjacent sp3 hybrid O-CH3 group. 2-Methoxycyclohexanol (from guaiacol hydrogenation) reacts further either via hydrogenolysis by Ni to cyclohexanol or via acid catalyzed demethoxylation and rearrangement steps followed by the subsequent hydrogenation of the intermediately formed olefins. On Ni/HZSM-5, the hydrodeoxygenation activities are much higher for the phenolic monomers than for their respective saturated analogues, pointing to the importance of sp2 orbitals. The presence of proximal acid sites increases the activities of Ni in the presence of H2 by a synergistic action. This journal is
- Song, Wenji,Liu, Yuanshuai,Barth, Eszter,Zhao, Chen,Lercher, Johannes A.
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p. 1204 - 1218
(2015/03/04)
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- A facile synthesis of vicinal cis-diols from olefins catalyzed by in situ generated MnxOy nanoaggregates
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A novel protocol for the practical and green synthesis of vicinal cis-diols from 10.0 mmol olefins by using 5.0 mmol KMnO4 as oxidant and 30.0 mmol H2O2 as co-oxidant is reported. The presented procedure is easy to carry out and enables the direct transformation of linear and cyclic alkenes to the corresponding vicinal cis-diols. The synthesis of vicinal cis-diols by dihydroxylation of olefins with a KMnO4/H2O2 system was catalyzed by in situ generated MnxOy nanoaggregates. The use of H2O2 as a co-oxidant is the key for the protocol to synthesize vicinal cis-diols in high yields, because it assists the oxidation of MnxOy nanoaggregates, which have an active role in the oxidation reaction medium.
- Dalmizrak, Di?dem,G?ksu, Haydar,Gültekin, Mehmet Serdar
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p. 20751 - 20755
(2015/03/18)
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- Osmium on chelate resin: Nonvolatile catalyst for the synthesis of DIOLS from alkenes
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Osmium tetraoxide (OsO4) was immobilized on a commercially available chelate resin DIAION CR11 (CR11) just by simply immersing it in a methanol solution of OsO4 at room temperature. The resulting purple solid, 5% Os/CR11, indicated no volatility, and effectively catalyzed the oxidation of various alkenes to the corresponding diols.
- Monguchi, Yasunari,Wakayama, Fumika,Takada, Hitoshi,Sawama, Yoshinari,Sajiki, Hironao
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p. 700 - 704
(2015/03/14)
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- Olefin cis-Dihydroxylation and Aliphatic C-H Bond Oxygenation by a Dioxygen-Derived Electrophilic Iron-Oxygen Oxidant
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Many iron-containing enzymes involve metal-oxygen oxidants to carry out O2-dependent transformation reactions. However, the selective oxidation of C-H and C-C bonds by biomimetic complexes using O2 remains a major challenge in bioinspired catalysis. The reactivity of iron-oxygen oxidants generated from an FeII-benzilate complex of a facial N3 ligand were thus investigated. The complex reacted with O2 to form a nucleophilic oxidant, whereas an electrophilic oxidant, intercepted by external substrates, was generated in the presence of a Lewis acid. Based on the mechanistic studies, a nucleophilic FeII-hydroperoxo species is proposed to form from the benzilate complex, which undergoes heterolytic O-O bond cleavage in the presence of a Lewis acid to generate an FeIV-oxo-hydroxo oxidant. The electrophilic iron-oxygen oxidant selectively oxidizes sulfides to sulfoxides, alkenes to cis-diols, and it hydroxylates the C-H bonds of alkanes, including that of cyclohexane. Lewis acid mediated O-O bond cleavage: A nucleophilic iron(II)-hydroperoxo oxidant, formed upon oxidative decarboxylation of an iron(II)-α-hydroxy acid complex, undergoes heterolytic O-O bond cleavage in the presence of a Lewis acid to generate an electrophilic iron(IV)-oxo-hydroxo oxidant. The electrophilic oxidant oxidizes sulfides to sulfoxides and alkenes to cis-diols, and it hydroxylates the strong C-H bonds of aliphatic substrates.
- Chatterjee, Sayanti,Paine, Tapan Kanti
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p. 9338 - 9342
(2015/08/06)
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- Dioxygen activation and two consecutive oxidative decarboxylations of phenylpyruvate by nonheme iron(ii) complexes: Functional models of hydroxymandelate synthase (HMS) and CloR
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Two mononuclear iron(ii)-phenylpyruvate complexes of monoanionic facial N3 ligands are reported to react with dioxygen to undergo two consecutive oxidative decarboxylation steps via an iron-mandelate complex mimicking the function of HMS and CloR.
- Sheet, Debobrata,Bhattacharya, Shrabanti,Paine, Tapan Kanti
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p. 7681 - 7684
(2015/05/19)
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- Enantioselective Cascade Biocatalysis via Epoxide Hydrolysis and Alcohol Oxidation: One-Pot Synthesis of (R)-α-Hydroxy Ketones from Meso- or Racemic Epoxides
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A new type of cascade biocatalysis was developed for one-pot enantioselective conversion of a meso- or racemic epoxide to an α-hydroxy ketone in high ee via an epoxide hydrolase-catalyzed hydrolysis of the epoxide, an alcohol dehydrogenase-catalyzed oxidation of the diol intermediate, and an enzyme-catalyzed cofactor regeneration. In vitro cascade biotransformation of meso-epoxides (cyclopentene oxide 1a, cyclohexene oxide 1b, and cycloheptene oxide 1c) was achieved with cell-free extracts containing recombinant SpEH (epoxide hydrolase from Sphingomonas sp. HXN-200), BDHA (butanediol dehydrogenase from Bacillus subtilis BGSC1A1), and LDH (lactate dehydrogenase form Bacillus subtilis) or NOX (NADH oxidase from Lactobacillus brevis DSM 20054), respectively, giving the corresponding (R)-α-hydroxycyclopentanone 3a, (R)-α-hydroxycyclohexanone 3b, and (R)-α-hydroxycycloheptanone 3c in 98-99% ee and 70-50% conversion with TTN of NAD+-recycling of 5500-26000. Cascade catalysis with mixed cells of Escherichia coli (SpEH) and E. coli (BDHA-NOX) converted 100-300 mM meso-epoxides 1a-1c to (R)-α-hydroxy ketones 3a-3c in 98-99% ee and 85-57% conversion. Cells of E. coli (SpEH-BDHA-NOX) coexpressing all three enzymes were also proven as good catalysts for the cascade conversion of 100-200 mM meso-epoxides 1a-1c, giving (R)-α-hydroxy ketones 3a-3c in 98-99% ee and 79-52% conversion. The cascade biocatalysis for one-pot synthesis of α-hydroxy ketone in high ee was also successfully demonstrated with a racemic epoxide (1,2,3,4-tetrahydronaphthalene-1,2-oxide 1d) as the substrate. By using two whole-cells based approaches, (R)-α-hydroxytetralone 3d was obtained in 99% ee and 49-40% conversion from 20 to 5 mM racemic epoxide 1d. Preparative cascade biotransformation of cyclohexene oxide 1b gave (R)-α-hydroxycyclohexanone 3b in 98% ee with 70% isolated yield. The developed new type of cascade biocatalysis is enantioselective, green, and often high yielding. The concept might be generally applicable to produce other useful enantiopure α-hydroxy ketones from the corresponding meso- or racemic epoxides by cascade catalysis using appropriate enzymes. (Chemical Equation Presented).
- Zhang, Jiandong,Wu, Shuke,Wu, Jinchuan,Li, Zhi
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- Reshaping an Enzyme Binding Pocket for Enhanced and Inverted Stereoselectivity: Use of Smallest Amino Acid Alphabets in Directed Evolution
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Directed evolution based on saturation mutagenesis at sites lining the binding pocket is a commonly practiced strategy for enhancing or inverting the stereoselectivity of enzymes for use in organic chemistry or biotechnology. However, as the number of residues in a randomization site increases to five or more, the screening effort for 95% library coverage increases astronomically until it is no longer feasible. We propose the use of a single amino acid for saturation mutagenesis at superlarge randomization sites comprising 10 or more residues. When used to reshape the binding pocket of limonene epoxide hydrolase, this strategy, which drastically reduces the search space and thus the screening effort, resulted in R,R- and S,S-selective mutants for the hydrolytic desymmetrization of cyclohexene oxide and other epoxides. X-ray crystal structures and docking studies of the mutants unveiled the source of stereoselectivity and shed light on the mechanistic intricacies of this enzyme.
- Sun, Zhoutong,Lonsdale, Richard,Kong, Xu-Dong,Xu, Jian-He,Zhou, Jiahai,Reetz, Manfred T.
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p. 12410 - 12415
(2015/10/12)
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- Cis -1,2-Aminohydroxylation of Alkenes Involving a Catalytic Cycle of Osmium(III) and Osmium(V) Centers: OsV(O)(NHTs) Active Oxidant with a Macrocyclic Tetradentate Ligand
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Catalytic activity of [OsIII(OH)(H2O)(L-N4Me2)](PF6)2 (1: L-N4Me2 = N,N′-dimethyl-2,11-diaza-[3,3](2,6)pyridinophane) in 1,2-cis-aminohydroxylation of alkenes with sodium N-chloro-4-methylbenzenesulfonamide (chloramine-T) is explored. Simple alkenes as well as those containing several types of substituents are converted to the corresponding 1,2-aminoalcohols in modest to high yields. The aminoalcohol products have exclusively cis conformation with respect to the introduced -OH and -NHTs groups. The spectroscopic measurements including cold mass spectroscopic study of the reaction product of complex 1 and chloromine-T as well as density functional theory (DFT) calculations indicate that an oxido-aminato-osmium(V) species [OsV(O)(NHTs)(L-N4Me2)](PF6)2 (2) is an active oxidant for the aminohydroxylation. The DFT calculations further indicate that the reaction involves a [3 + 2] cycloaddition between 2 and alkene, and the regioselectivity in the aminohydroxylation of unsymmetrical alkenes is determined by the orientation that bears less steric hindrance from the tosylamino group, which leads to the energetically more preferred product isomer.
- Sugimoto, Hideki,Mikami, Akine,Kai, Kenichiro,Sajith,Shiota, Yoshihito,Yoshizawa, Kazunari,Asano, Kaori,Suzuki, Takeyuki,Itoh, Shinobu
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p. 7073 - 7082
(2015/08/03)
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- The influences of Al species and Ti species on the catalytic epoxidation over Si/Ti-pillared MCM-36 synthesized from MCM-22
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A novel mesopore silica-aluminium material, i.e., Si/Ti-MCM-36 derivatives were prepared with Si/Ti mixed oxide as a pillar. The influences of acidity from Al species and the coordination state of Ti species on the catalytic cylcohexene epoxidation with t-butylhydroperoxide (TBHP) as the oxidant were investigated. The mesoporous structures were confirmed by XRD and N2 ads/desorption experiment. The acidity and surface polarity were characterized by NH3-TPD, 27Al 2D MQ MAS NMR and 29Si MAS NMR. The Ti coordination state was identified with UV-Vis spectra. By using 27Al 2D MQ MAS NMR technique, the Al species from the different eight crystallographically T (Si, Al) positions of MWW zeolite were identified, which are associated with bridging hydroxyl groups such as the Bronsted acid site. It was found that the Si/Ti-MCM-36 samples, whether with tetrahedrally (Td) or octahedrally (Oh) coordinated state Ti species, are all inactive for the cyclohexene epoxidation. A further acid treatment of the Si/Ti-MCM-36 samples can greatly expel Al species from the MWW structure, which largely decrease the acidity and transfer the acid-catalyzed decomposition of t-butylhydroperoxide to Ti catalyzed cyclohexene epoxidation. It shows that not only the amount of Al species but also their framework crystallographic positions have a great influence on the epoxidation activity. Furthermore, the grafting of the tetra-isopropoxide on the acid treated Si/Ti-MCM-36 can increase its hydrophobicity and epoxidation activity. Moreover, the Td TiO4 in the units has been confirmed to be the most active site for the epoxidation reaction.
- Jin, Fang,Huang, Shingjong,Cheng, Soofin,Wu, Yuanxin,Chang, Chih-Cheng,Huang, Yu-Wei
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p. 3007 - 3016
(2015/05/20)
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- Silica microspheres containing high density surface hydroxyl groups as efficient epoxidation catalysts
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Uniformly sized silica microspheres were synthesized by a hydrolysis-condensation method. The obtained material was etched with a mild aqueous potassium hydroxide solution for different periods of time to break their Si-O-Si bonds and increases the density of hydroxyl groups on their surfaces. The resulting materials were then used as transition metal-free catalysts for oxidation of olefins in the presence of hydrogen peroxide as a green oxidant. The materials were thoroughly characterized using various physicochemical techniques. These highly populated hydroxyl groups on the surface of silica microspheres were proven to be responsible for excellent conversion (up to 93%) and epoxide selectivity (up to 100%) for various olefins. Quantum mechanical calculations also corroborate the experimental findings. Furthermore, both experimental and theoretical studies show that tertiary silanols were present at the active sites of the catalyst surface and were responsible for olefin epoxidation.
- Chandra, Prakash,Doke, Dhananjay S.,Umbarkar, Shubhangi B.,Vanka, Kumar,Biradar, Ankush V.
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p. 21125 - 21131
(2015/03/30)
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- Alcohol cross-coupling for the kinetic resolution of diols via oxidative esterification
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We present an organocatalytic C-O-bond cross-coupling strategy to kinetically resolve racemic diols with aromatic and aliphatic alcohols, yielding enantioenriched esters. This one-pot protocol utilizes an oligopeptide multicatalyst, m-CPBA as the oxidant, and N,N-diisopropylcarbodiimide as the activating agent. Racemic acyclic diols as well as trans-cycloalkane-1,2-diols were kinetically resolved, achieving high selectivities and good yields for the products and recovered diols.
- Hofmann, Christine,Schümann, Jan M.,Schreiner, Peter R.
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p. 1972 - 1978
(2015/02/19)
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