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Chemoenzymatic synthesis of (4S)- and (4R)-4-methyl-2-oxoglutaric acids, precursors of glutamic acid analogues
Helaine, Virgil,Bolte, Jean
, p. 3403 - 3406 (1999)
Alkylation of dimethyl 2,2-dimethoxyglutarate followed by enzymatic resolution afforded (4S)- and (4R)-4-methyl-2-oxoglutaric acid in an enantiomerically pure form. The activity of glutamic oxalacetic transaminase towards these compounds has been measured. Their enzymatic transamination provides an efficient synthesis of (4S)- and (4R)-4-methyl-L-glutamic acids which are very useful for characterisation of glutamate receptors in the central nervous system.
The first example of asymmetric Michael reaction catalyzed by chiral alkali metal alkoxides
Belokon',Kochetkov,Churkina,Chesnokov,Smirnov,Ikonnikov,Orlova
, p. 74 - 81 (1998)
Some chiral sodium alkoxides can be used as catalysts in the asymmetric Michael reaction as exemplified by the 1,4-addition of an achiral NiII complex of the Schiff base derived from glycine and N-(2-pyridylcarbonyl)-o-aminobenzophenone (1) to
Chemoenzymatic synthesis of a series of 4-substituted glutamate analogues and pharmacological characterization at human glutamate transporters subtypes 1-3
Alaux, Sebastien,Kusk, Mie,Sagot, Emanuelle,Bolte, Jean,Jensen, Anders A.,Br?uner-Osborne, Hans,Gefflaut, Thierry,Bunch, Lennart
, p. 7980 - 7992 (2007/10/03)
A series of nine L-2,4-s;yrc-4-alkylglutamic acid analogues (1a-i) were synthesized in high yield and high enantiomeric excess (>99% ee) from their corresponding 4-substituted ketoglutaric acids (2a-i), using the enzyme aspartate aminotransferase (AAT) from pig heart or E. coli. The synthesized compounds were evaluated as potential ligands for the glutamate transporters EAAT1, EAAT2, and EAAT3 (excitatory amino acid transporter, subtypes 1-3) in the FLIPR membrane potential (FMP) assay. We found a distinct change in the pharmacological profile when the 4-methyl group (compound 1a, an EAAT1 substrate and EAAT2,3 inhibitor) was extended to a 4-ethyl group, compound 1b, as this analogue is an inhibitor at all three subtypes, EAAT1-3. Furthermore, we conclude that both large and bulky hydrophobic substituents in the 4-position of L-2,4-syn Glu are allowed by all three glutamate transporter subtypes EAAT1-3 while maintaining inhibitory activity.
2,8'-Disubstituted-1,1'-Binaphthyls: A New Pattern in Chiral Ligands
Vyskocil, Stepan,Meca, Ludek,Tislerova, Iva,Cisarova, Ivana,Polasek, Miroslav,Harutyunyan, Syuzanna R.,Belokon, Yuri N.,Stead, Russel M. J.,Farrugia, Louis,Lockhart, Stephen C.,Mitchell, William L.,Kocovsky, Pavel
, p. 4633 - 4648 (2007/10/03)
The title binaphthyls 19 and 26, which are the positional isomers of 2-methoxy-2'-(diphenylphosphino)-1,1'-binaphthyl (MOP, 19) and 2-amino-2'-hydroxy-1,1'-binaphthyl (NOBIN, 26), have been synthesized by Suzuki coupling as the key step (10 + 15 -> 18), followed by functional group transformations, involving C-P and C-N bond formation (18 -> 19 and 18 -> 23). Racemic intermediate 22 was resolved by cocrystallization with N-benzylcinchonidinium chloride and the absolute configuration determined by X-ray crystallography. These novel binaphthyls are configurationally stable and, as such, potentially usable as chiral ligands in asymmetric reactions. Michael addition of the glycine-derived enolate 40 to methyl acrylate, carried out in the presence of (R)-(-)-27 as the chiral phase-transfer catalyst, afforded L-glutamic acid (S)-(+)-43 of 92% ee (after hydrolysis of the primary product).