- Access to Optically Enriched α-Aryloxycarboxylic Esters via Carbene-Catalyzed Dynamic Kinetic Resolution and Transesterification
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Optically active α-aryloxycarboxylic acids and their derivatives are important functional molecules. Disclosed here is a carbene-catalyzed dynamic kinetic resolution and transesterification reaction for access to this class of molecules with up to 99% yields and 99:1 er values. Addition of a chiral carbene catalyst to the ester substrate leads to two diastereomeric azolium ester intermediates that can quickly epimerize to each other and thus allows for effective dynamic kinetic resolution to be realized. The optically enriched ester products from our reaction can be quickly transformed to chiral herbicides and other bioactive molecules.
- Liu, Bin,Song, Runjiang,Xu, Jun,Majhi, Pankaj Kumar,Yang, Xing,Yang, Song,Jin, Zhichao,Chi, Yonggui Robin
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supporting information
p. 3335 - 3338
(2020/04/30)
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- PROTEASOME CHYMOTRYPSIN-LIKE INHIBITION USING PI-1833 ANALOGS
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Focused library synthesis and medicinal chemistry on an oxadiazole- isopropylamide core proteasome inhibitor provided the lead compound that strongly inhibits CT-L activity. Structure activity relationship studies indicate the amide moiety and two phenyl rings are sensitive toward synthetic modifications. Only para-substitution in the A-ring was important to maintain potent CT-L inhibitory activity. Hydrophobic residues in the A-ring?s para-position and meta-pyridyl group at the B- ring significantly improved inhibition. The meta-pyridyl moiety improved cell permeability. The length of the aliphatic chain at the para position of the A-ring is critical with propyl yielding the most potent inhibitor, whereas shorter (i.e. ethyl, methyl or hydrogen) or longer (i.e. butyl, propyl and hexyl) chains demonstrating progressively less potency. Introduction of a stereogenic center next to the ether moiety (i.e. substitution of one of the hydrogens by methyl) demonstrated chiral discrimination in proteasome CT-L activity inhibition (the S-enantiomer was 35-40 fold more potent than the R-enantiomer)
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(2012/10/08)
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- A great improvement of the enantioselectivity of lipase-catalyzed hydrolysis and esterification using co-solvents as an additive
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Addition of co-solvents such as tetrahydrofuran resulted in a great improvement of the enantioselectivity of lipase-catalyzed hydrolysis of butyl 2-(4-substituted phenoxy)propanoates in an aqueous buffer solution. On the other hand, lipase lyophilized from an aqueous solution containing the co-solvents catalyzed highly enantioselective esterification of 2-(4-substituted phenoxy)propionic acids, 2-(4-isobutylphenyl)propionic acid (ibuprofen), and 2-(6-methoxy-2-naph-thyl)propionic acid (naproxen) in an organic solvent. An increase in the E value up to two orders of magnitude was observed for some substrates. The origin of the enantioselectivity enhancement caused by the co-solvent addition was mainly attributed to a significant deceleration in the initial reaction rate for the incorrectly binding enantiomer, as compared with that for the correctly binding enantiomer. From the results of FT-1R, CD, and ESR spectra, the co-solvent addition was also found to bring about a partial destruction of the tertiary structure of lipase.
- Nishigaki, Tomohiro,Yasufuku, Yoshitaka,Murakami, Sayuri,Ebara, Yasuhito,Ueji, Shin-Ichi
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experimental part
p. 617 - 622
(2009/04/11)
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- Chlorination of 2-phenoxypropanoic acid with NCP in aqueous acetic acid: Using a novel ortho-para relationship and the para/meta ratio of substituent effects for mechanism elucidation
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(Graph Presented) Rate constants were measured for the oxidative chlorodehydrogenation of (R,S)-2-phenoxypropanoic acid and nine ortho-, ten para- and five meta-substituted derivatives using (R,S)-1-chloro-3-methyl-2,6- diphenylpiperidin-4-one (NCP) as chlorinating agent. The kinetics was run in 50% (v/v) aqueous acetic acid acidified with perchloric acid under pseudo-first-order conditions with respect to NCP at temperature intervals of 5 K between 298 and 318 K, except at the highest temperature for the meta derivatives. The dependence of rate constants on temperature was analyzed in terms of the isokinetic relationship (IKR). For the 20 reactions studied at five different temperatures, tne isokinetic temperature was estimated to be 382 K, which suggests the preferential involvement of water molecules in the rate-determining step. The dependence of rate constants on meta and para substitution was analyzed using the tetralinear extension of the Hammett equation. The parameter λ for the para/meta ratio of polar substituent effects was estimated to be 0.926, and its electrostatic modeling suggests the formation of an activated complex bearing an electric charge near the oxygen atom belonging to the phenoxy group. A new approach is introduced for examining the effect of ortho substituents on reaction rates. Using IKR-determined values of activation enthalpies for a set of nine pairs of substrates with a given substituent, a linear correlation is found between activation enthalpies of ortho and para derivatives. The correlation is interpreted in terms of the selectivity of the reactant toward para- or ortho-monosubstituted substrates, the slope of which being related to the ortho effect. This slope is thought to be approximated by the ratio of polar substituent effects from ortho and para positions in benzene derivatives. Using the electrostatic theory of through-space interactions and a dipole length of 0.153 nm, this ratio was calculated at various positions of a charged reaction center along the benzene C1-C4 axis, being about 2.5 near the ring and decreasing steeply with increasing distance until reaching a minimum value of -0.565 at 1.3 nm beyond the aromatic ring. Activation enthalpies and entropies were estimated for substrates bearing the isoselective substituent in either ortho and para positions, being demonstrated that they are much different from the values for the parent substrate. The electrophilic attack on the phenolic oxygen atom by the protonated chlorinating agent is proposed as the rate-determining step, this step being followed by the fast rearrangement of the intermediate thus formed, leading to products containing chlorine in the aromatic ring.
- Segurado, Manuel A. P.,Reis, Joao Carlos R.,De Oliveira, Jaime D. Gomes,Kabilan, Senthamaraikannan,Shanthi, Manohar
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p. 5327 - 5336
(2008/02/07)
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- How Does Lipase Flexibility Affect Its Enantioselectivity in Organic Solvents? A Possible Role of CH...π Association in Stabilization of Enzyme-Substrate Complex
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For lipase-catalyzed reactions of 2-(4-substitued phenoxy)propionic acids with alcohols in organic solvents containing a small amount of water, the increase of the lipase flexibility brought about by addition of water is found to be favorable for the indu
- Watanabe, Keiichi,Uno, Tetsuya,Koshiba, Takashi,Okamoto, Takashi,Ebara, Yasuhito,Ueji, Shin-Ichi
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p. 543 - 548
(2007/10/03)
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- Microbial deracemization of α-substituted carboxylic acids: Substrate specificity and mechanistic investigation
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A new enzymatic method for the preparation of optically active α-substituted carboxylic acids is reported. This technique is called deracemization reaction, which provides us with a route to obtain the enantiomerically pure compounds, theoretically in 100% yield starting from the racemic mixture. This means that the synthesis of a racemate is almost equal to the synthesis of the optically active compound, and this concept is entirely different from the commonly accepted one in the asymmetric synthesis. Using the growing cell system of Nocardia diaphanozonaria JCM3208, racemates of 2-aryl- and 2-aryloxypropanoic acid are deracemized smoothly and (R)-form-enriched products are recovered in high chemical yield (>50%). In addition, using optically active starting compounds and deuterated derivatives as well as inhibitors, we have disclosed the fact that a new type of enzyme takes part in this biotransformation, and that the reaction proceeds probably via the same mechanism as that in rat liver.
- Kato, Dai-Ichiro,Mitsuda, Satoshi,Ohta, Hiromichi
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p. 7234 - 7242
(2007/10/03)
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- Kinetics and mechanism of thermal gas-phase elimination of α-substituted carboxylic acids: Role of relative basicity of α-substituents and acidity of incipient proton
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2-Phenoxypropanoic acid together with five of its aryl derivatives, its phenylthio and its N-phenylamino analogues were pyrolyzed at 494-566 K. The reactions were homogeneous, polar and free from catalytic and radical pathways, and obeyed a first-order rate equation. The limits of the Arrhenius log A (s-1) and E (kJ mol-1) values obtained for these reactions averaged 11.98 ± 1.71 and 158.1 ± 17.4, respectively. Analysis of the pyrolysates showed the elimination products to be carbon monoxide, acetaldehyde and the corresponding phenol, thiophenol or aniline compounds. The pyrolysis of 2-phenoxy- and 2-(N-phenylamino)-1-propanol was also investigated over the temperature range 638-792 K. The kinetic results and products analysis lend support to a reaction pathway involving a five-membered cyclic polar transition state. Copyright
- Al-Awadi, Nouria A.,Kaul, Kamini,El-Dusouqui, Osman M. E.
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p. 499 - 504
(2007/10/03)
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- Optical resolution of aryloxypropionic acids and their esters by HPLC on cellulose tris-3,5-dimethyl-triphenylcarbamate derivative
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Chiral chromatographic resolution of a series of antiphlogistic 2- aryloxypropionic acids and their methyl and ethyl esters was performed using a Chiralcel OD column. The CSP selected resolved most of the acids and esters efficiently, the enantiomers being well separated without requiring time consuming analysis. Chromatographic separation of R enriched samples was performed to determine the correct elution order. Using eluting systems such as hexane and 2-propanol, or hexane, 2-propanol and formic acid, the S enantiomer of all acids and esters was always found to elute first. We also considered the role of electron-donating or electron-withdrawing substituents (at the aryloxylic moiety) on the chiral resolution. It was shown that the electronic features of the substituents have more influence on the chiral interactions between the solutes and the CSP than their steric hindrance. Finally we determined, by molecular models, the interaction between CSP and solutes. In this way were able to determine all the potential sites for interactions, which are compatible with the conformations of the compounds and the structure of the stationary phase, and point out those interactions which enable chiral resolution.
- Azzolina,Collina,Ghislandi
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p. 1401 - 1416
(2007/10/02)
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