- Substrate binding to Candida tenuis xylose reductase during catalysis
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Candida tenuis xylose reductase (CtXR) is studied by in situ NMR, saturation transfer difference (STD) NMR, and molecular docking with respect to its substrate and coenzyme binding in ternary complexes. The natural substrate Xyl as well as Glc and methyl-glucosides preferentially bind as α-anomers of the pyranose forms. These α-anomers are transformed faster, predominately leading to STD effects in the formed products, and can be better docked into the CtXR active site than the β-anomer. The reduction is initiated by α-Xylp ring opening prior to hydride transfer from NADH. Binding and transformation of unnatural 2,4-dichloroacetophenone is not as good, although it is reduced with very high catalytic efficiency. STD NMR indicates a reasonable amount to leave the ternary complex in unreduced form. The molecular docking calculation confirms this result, as only a couple of the investigated ternary complexes allow reduction of the substrates.
- Vogl, Michael,Brecker, Lothar
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- Cinchona-Alkaloid-Derived NNP Ligand for Iridium-Catalyzed Asymmetric Hydrogenation of Ketones
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Most ligands applied for asymmetric hydrogenation are synthesized via multistep reactions with expensive chemical reagents. Herein, a series of novel and easily accessed cinchona-alkaloid-based NNP ligands have been developed in two steps. By combining [Ir(COD)Cl]2, 39 ketones including aromatic, heteroaryl, and alkyl ketones have been hydrogenated, all affording valuable chiral alcohols with 96.0-99.9% ee. A plausible reaction mechanism was discussed by NMR, HRMS, and DFT, and an activating model involving trihydride was verified.
- Zhang, Lin,Zhang, Ling,Chen, Qian,Li, Linlin,Jiang, Jian,Sun, Hao,Zhao, Chong,Yang, Yuanyong,Li, Chun
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p. 415 - 419
(2022/01/12)
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- Biocatalytic preparation of a key intermediate of antifungal drugs using an alcohol dehydrogenase with high organic tolerance
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In this study, an alcohol dehydrogenase derived from Lactobacillus kefir (LkADH) was engineered and a simple and practical bioreduction system was developed for the preparation of (R)-2-chloro-1-(2, 4-dichlorophenyl) ethanol ((R)-CDPO), a key intermediate for the synthesis of antifungal drugs. Through active pocket iterative saturation mutagenesis, mutant LkADH-D18 (Y190C/V196L/M206H/D150H) was obtained with high stereoselectivity (99% ee, R vs 87% ee, S) and increased activity (0.44 μmol·min?1·mg?1). LkADH-D18 demonstrated NAD(P)H regeneration capability using a high concentration of isopropanol (IPA) as a co-substrate. Using 40% IPA (v/v), 400 mM of (R)-CDPO (90.1 g·L-1) was obtained via complete substrate conversion using 40 mg·mL?1 LkADH-D18 wet cells. The biocatalytic process catalyzed at constant pH with the cheap co-solvent IPA contributed to improved isolated yield of (R)-CDPO (97%), lower reaction cost, and simpler downstream purification, indicating the potential utility of LkADH-D18 in future industrial applications.
- Yan, Jinrong,Wang, Xiaojing,Li, Fangling,Yang, Lei,Shi, Guixiang,Sun, Weihang,Shao, Lei,Huang, Junhai,Wu, Kai
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(2021/10/20)
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- Manganese-Catalyzed Enantioselective Hydrogenation of Simple Ketones Using an Imidazole-Based Chiral PNN Tridentate Ligand
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A series of Mn(I) catalysts containing imidazole-based chiral PNN tridentate ligands with controllable 'side arm' groups have been established, enabling the inexpensive base-promoted asymmetric hydrogenation of simple ketones with outstanding activities (up to 8200 TON) and good enantioselectivities (up to 88.5percent ee). This protocol features wide substrate scope and functional group tolerance, thereby providing easy access to a key intermediate of crizotinib.
- Chen, Jiachen,Hou, Huacui,Ling, Fei,Nian, Sanfei,Wu, Feifei,Xu, Min,Yi, Xiao,Zhong, Weihui
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p. 285 - 289
(2020/02/18)
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- Optimisation, scope and advantages of the synthesis of chiral phenylethanols using whole seeds of Bauhinia variegata L. (Fabaceae) as a new and stereoselective bio-reducer of carbonyl compounds
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With the aim of finding new methods for environmentally friendly synthesis of chiral phenylethanols, a screening was carried out to identify seeds that could be used as a biocatalyst capable of reducing stereoselectively prochiral ketones. As a result, seeds of Bauhinia variegata L. (Fabaceae) were identified as being an efficient and stereoselective biological reducer of acetophenone to produce (S)-1-phenylethanol (conversion of 98% and 99 e.e.%). Then, to optimise the reductive process, the effects of some variables such as temperature, load of substrate, pH, co-solvent, and reuse and storability of the seeds as a function of time were established. Utilising the optimal reaction conditions, nineteen substituted acetophenones were reduced to their corresponding chiral alcohols with a conversion ranging from 30% to 98% and enantiomeric excess of between 65% and >99%, and in addition, useful key intermediates were also obtained by the synthesis of drugs. The scope and advantages of this new biocatalytic synthetic method are also discussed.Research highlights A screening was carried out to identify seeds that could be used as a biocatalyst Seeds of Bauhinia variegata have been identified as an efficient biocatalyst to reduce carbonyl compounds. Acetophenone and substituted acetophenones were reduced with high stereoselectivity. Some key intermediates were synthetised using this methodology. Seeds can be stored for twenty-four months without loss of activity.
- Aimar, Mario L.,Bordón, Daniela L.,Cantero, Juan J.,Decarlini, María F.,Demmel, Gabriela I.,Rossi, Laura I.,Ruiz, Gustavo M.,Vázquez, Ana M.
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- Enzymatic chemical transformations of aldehydes, ketones, esters and alcohols using plant fragments as the only biocatalyst: Ximenia americana grains
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The present study demonstrated the ability of Ximenia american as a biocatalyst in reduction, hydrolysis and esterification reactions. The reduction reactions of aldehydes and ketones, ester hydrolysis and esterification of alcohols were carried out with interesting results. Reduction of ketones afforded yields of 6–60% with ee in the range of 35–>99% and that of aldehydes in yields of 51–99%. On the other hand, ester hydrolysis afforded yields of 58–98% with ee in the range 34–87%, while esterification of alcohols in 18–99% yields. Experimental conditions for all reactions have been defined using standard substrates as indicated in results and discussion. Some of the products are the potential building blocks for the synthesis of molecules which are of pharmaceutical and agrochemical importance.
- da Silva, Romézio Alves Carvalho,de Mesquita, Bruna Marques,de Farias, Iolanda Frota,do Nascimento, Patrícia Georgiana Garcia,de Lemos, Telma Leda Gomes,Queiroz Monte, Francisco José
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(2018/01/05)
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- A comparative study on asymmetric reduction of ketones using the growing and resting cells of marine-derived fungi
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Whole-cell biocatalysts offer a highly enantioselective, minimally polluting route to optically active alcohols. Currently, most of the whole-cell catalytic performance involves resting cells rather than growing cell biotransformation, which is one-step process that benefits from the simultaneous growth and biotransformation, eliminating the need for catalysts preparation. In this paper, asymmetric reduction of 14 aromatic ketones to the corresponding enantiomerically pure alcohols was successfully conducted using the growing and resting cells of marine-derived fungi under optimized conditions. Good yields and excellent enantioselectivities were achieved with both methods. Although substrate inhibition might be a limiting factor for growing cell biotransformation, the selected strain can still completely convert 10-mM substrates into the desired products. The resting cell biotransformation showed a capacity to be recycled nine times without a significant decrease in the activity. This is the first study to perform asymmetric reduction of ketones by one-step growing cell biotransformation.
- Liu, Hui,Chen, Bi-Shuang,Ribeiro de Souza, Fayene Zeferino,Liu, Lan
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- Development of Ferrocene-Based Diamine-Phosphine-Sulfonamide Ligands for Iridium-Catalyzed Asymmetric Hydrogenation of Ketones
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A series of air-stable, easily accessible tridentate ferrocene-based diamine-phosphine sulfonamide (f-diaphos) ligands were successfully developed for iridium-catalyzed asymmetric hydrogenation of ketones. The f-diaphos ligands exhibited excellent enantioselectivity and superb reactivity in Ir-catalyzed asymmetric hydrogenation of ketones (for arylalkyl ketones, (S)-selectivity, up to 99.4% ee, and 100 000 TON; for diaryl ketones, (R)-selectivity, up to 98.2% ee, and 10 000 TON). This protocol could be easily conducted on gram scale, thereby providing a chance to various drugs.
- Ling, Fei,Nian, Sanfei,Chen, Jiachen,Luo, Wenjun,Wang, Ze,Lv, Yaping,Zhong, Weihui
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(2018/09/06)
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- N,O- vs N,C-Chelation in Half-Sandwich Iridium Complexes: A Dramatic Effect on Enantioselectivity in Asymmetric Transfer Hydrogenation of Ketones
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Cyclometalation of [Cp?IrCl2]2 with methyl (S)-2-phenyl-4,5-dihydrooxazole-4-carboxylate in the presence of NaOAc selectively led to a N,C- or N,O-chelated Cp?Ir(III) complex, depending on whether or not water was present in the reaction. While derived from the same precursor, these two complexes behaved in a dramatically different manner in asymmetric transfer hydrogenation (ATH) of ketones by formic acid, with the N,O-chelated complex being much more selective and active. The sense of asymmetric induction is also different, with the N,O-complex affording S while the N,C-analogue R alcohols. Further study revealed that the nature of the base additive considerably impacts the enantioselectivity and the effective HCOOH/amine ratios. These observations show the importance of ligand coordination mode and using the right base for ATH reactions.
- Zhou, Gang,Aboo, Ahmed H.,Robertson, Craig M.,Liu, Ruixia,Li, Zhenhua,Luzyanin, Konstantin,Berry, Neil G.,Chen, Weiping,Xiao, Jianliang
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p. 8020 - 8026
(2018/09/06)
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- Rhodium complex with unsymmetrical vicinal diamine ligand: excellent catalyst for asymmetric transfer hydrogenation of ketones
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New unsymmetrical vicinal diamine ligands with systematic variation in the regio and stereo positions in the amine and sulphonamide groups were synthesized from cheap starting material such as norephedrine. Catalytic Asymmetric Transfer Hydrogenation (ATH) of aromatic alkyl ketones has been investigated using transition metal complexes and new derivatives of monotosylated unsymmetrical vicinal diamine ligands using sodium formate as the hydrogen source, in water and methanol. Chiral secondary alcohols were obtained with excellent enantioselectivity (>95% ee) and conversion of ketones (>95%) with [Rh(Cp)Cl2]2 and ligand 4 as a catalyst. Enantioselectivity was found to be slightly higher with the use of methanol as a solvent for ATH of ketones with sodium formate as the hydrogen source compared to water as a solvent and was found to be consistent with all the ketones investigated. The reaction mixture is homogeneous in methanol unlike in water, where substrate and product are insoluble in water and form separate phase, sodium formate being soluble in water. The activity and enantioselectivity obtained for ATH of ketones using [Rh(Cp)Cl2]2 and unsymmetrical vicinal diamine ligand as catalyst was comparable with the C2 symmetric benchmark ligands like TsDPEN ((1R,2R)-N-(p-tolylsulfonyl)-1,2-diphenylethylene-diamine), and TsCYDN ((1R,2R)-N-(p-tolylsulfonyl)-1,2-cyclohexyl,diamine) under similar reaction conditions. To the best of our knowledge, this is first example of the ATH of ketones with good activity and high enantioselectivity with [Rh(Cp)Cl2]2 and unsymmetrical vicinal diamine ligands as catalyst systems.
- Deshpande, Sudhindra H.,Shende, Vaishali S.,Shingote, Savita K.,Chakravarty, Debamitra,Puranik, Vedavati G.,Chaudhari, Raghunath V.,Kelkar, Ashutosh A.
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(2015/06/25)
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- Candida tenuis xylose reductase catalyzed reduction of aryl ketones for enantioselective synthesis of active oxetine derivatives
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Candida tenuis xylose reductase shows high catalytic efficiencies in carbonyl reduction of acetophenone and 1-phenyl-1-propanone derivatives. The quite low substrate solubility in aqueous buffer systems is circumvented by addition of methanol or by two-phase solvent systems. In the latter, methanol improves the substrate phase transfer as solvent mediator and leads to reasonable space/time yields. Resulting enantiomerically pure chiral alcohols are key intermediates for synthesis of active pharmaceutical ingredients. (R)-Atomoxetine is exemplarily synthesized in four steps, and the further use for generation of other oxetine derivatives and a polo-like kinase 1 inhibitor are discussed. Copyright
- Vogl, Michael,Brecker, Lothar,Kratzer, Regina,Nidetzky, Bernd
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- Asymmetric Catalytic Hydrogenation of Prochiral Ketones and Aldehydes
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Process for stereoselective hydrogenation by reacting racemic aldehydes or ketones having a stereogenic carbon atom in the position relative to the C(O) group and containing the structural element —(O)C—C—CH— by means of hydrogen in the presence of a base and a ruthenium complex containing a bidentate ligand having coordinating P and N atoms, a monophosphine ligand and anionic and/or uncharged ligands as homogeneous catalyst, with the charge being balanced by one or two monovalent acid anions or a divalent acid anion when uncharged ligands are present.
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- A class of readily available optically pure 7,7′-disubstituted BINAPs for asymmetric catalysis
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A class of optically pure 7,7′-disubstituted BINAPs have been prepared starting with a catalytic asymmetric oxidative coupling reaction. A general, concise, and straightforward synthetic procedure has been established, and is suitable for all optically pure 7,7′-disubstituted BINAPs 1a-h, regardless of the substituents' structure in the 7,7′-positions. The catalytic potential of this class of ligands has been investigated in the highly enantioselective Rh-catalyzed 1,4-addition of aryl boronic acids to enones (up to 99.8% ee), and Ru-catalyzed asymmetric hydrogenation of simple aromatic ketones (up to S/C=100,000, up to 98% ee) and β-ketoesters (up to S/C=10,000, up to 99.8% ee), respectively.
- Yuan, Wei-Cheng,Cun, Lin-Feng,Mi, Ai-Qiao,Jiang, Yao-Zhong,Gong, Liu-Zhu
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p. 4130 - 4141
(2009/09/30)
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- Asymmetric reduction of halo-substituted arylalkanones with Rhizopus arrhizus
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The Rhizopus arrhizus-mediated asymmetric reduction of various haloaryl alkanones furnished the respective (S)-carbinols with good to excellent enantioselectivities. It was found that the reaction course was primarily governed by the relative position of the halogen with respect to the carbonyl group, and its size. The relative order of efficacies of the nature of the halogen and their substitution pattern were Br > Cl > F and o- > p- > m-. The ortho-effect was the most predominant factor in the stereochemical outcome of the reaction, which was also confirmed with some non-halo-substituted acetophenones.
- Salvi, Neeta A.,Chattopadhyay, Subrata
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- Recoverable fluorous CBS methodology for asymmetric reduction of ketones
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(Chemical Equation Presented) An operationally simple and recoverable fluorous CBS methodology was developed. The in situ-generated fluorous oxazaborolidine efficiently catalyzed the reduction of ketones with high enantioselectivity and reactivity. The subsequent recycling of the fluorous prolinol precatalyst was achieved by fluorous solid-phase extraction.
- Dalicsek, Zoltan,Pollreisz, Ferenc,Goemoery, Agnes,Soos, Tibor
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(2007/10/03)
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- Production of (R)-chiral alcohols by a hydrogen-transfer bioreduction with NADH-dependent Leifsonia alcohol dehydrogenase (LSADH)
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Alcohol dehydrogenase (LSADH) isolated from Leifsonia sp. S749 was used to produce (R)-chiral alcohols. The enzyme with a broad substrate range reduced various prochiral ketones and keto esters to yield optically active secondary alcohols with a high enantiomeric excess. LSADH transferred the pro-S hydrogen of NADH to the carbonyl moiety of phenyl trifluoromethyl ketone 13 through its re face to give (S)-1-phenyl-2,2,2-trifluoroethanol 40. LSADH was able to efficiently reproduce NADH when 2-propanol was used as a hydrogen donor in the reaction mixture.
- Inoue, Kousuke,Makino, Yoshihide,Itoh, Nobuya
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- Stereoselective oxidation and reduction by immobilized Geotrichum candidum in an organic solvent
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Cells of the fungus, Geotrichwn candidum, were immobilized on a water-absorbing polymer and used for stereoselective oxidation and reduction in an organic solvent using cyclohexanone, cyclopentanol or alkan-2-ols as additive. Enantiomerically pure (.β)-1-arylethanols were obtained by the stereoselective oxidation of racemic 1-arylethanols, whereas enantiomerically pure (S)- 1-arylethanols were obtained by the reduction of the corresponding ketones, in contrast to reduction in water by the free cells in which (R)- or (S)- 1-arylethanols were produced in low ee. The reaction mechanism was investigated by measuring the partition of the substrates and products between the organic phase and aqueous phase in the polymer around which the cells were immobilized. Deuterated compounds were used to determine the role of the additives.
- Nakamura, Kaoru,Inoue, Yuko,Matsuda, Tomoko,Misawa, Ibuki
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p. 2397 - 2402
(2007/10/03)
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