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which is enzymatically hydroxylated adjacent to the double bond
2.5. Enzymatic conversions
resulting in arene hydrates that spontaneously decay under water
elimination.
Enzymatic conversions were carried out using 2 mM 1,2- or
1
,4-dihydronaphthalene and 2 mM H O2 in 20 mM potassium
2
phosphate buffer (pH 7) with 20% acetonitrile as co-solvent in
2
. Experimental
a total volume of 0.5 mL at room temperature. 90 nM AaeUPO
−
1
−1
assayed with veratryl alcohol, 120 U mg , 46 kDa)
(
0.5 U mL
2.1. Commercially available chemicals
−
1
or 440 nM CraUPO (0.5 U mL
assayed with veratryl alcohol,
5.8 U mg , 44 kDa) purified with FPLC [7,18] were used in all
−
1
2
All chemicals were purchased at the highest purity avail-
experiments.
able. 1,2-Dihydronaphthalene, 1,4-dihydronaphthalene, solvents
and reagents were obtained from Sigma–Aldrich (Taufkirchen,
Initial enzymatic conversion was followed by HPLC after 2 min
reaction time; after 30 min, the reaction was assumed to be fin-
ished and the reaction mixture acidified (5 L 6 M HCl, pH < 2) to
completely convert the naphthalene hydrates to naphthalene.
Germany), 1,4-epoxy-1,4-dihydronaphthalene from TCI Europe
Zwijndrecht, Belgium) and 18O-labeled H2 O from ICON Isotopes
NJ, USA).
18
(
(
2
2.2. 1,4-Dihydronaphthalene oxide and 1,2-dihydronaphthalene
2.6. High performance liquid chromatography (HPLC)
oxide
HPLC analysis (Agilent 1200 Series, DAD) was performed on
1
,4-Dihydronaphthalene oxide and 1,2-dihydronaphthalene
a Gemini-NX(2) (3 , 150 mm × 2 mm) column in gradient mode
◦
−1
oxide were synthesized by epoxidation of 1,4-dihydronaphthalene
and 1,2-dihydronaphthalene, respectively, using mCPBA in
dichloromethane as oxidant (at 0 C, 12 h) according to Hibbert
and Burt [15]. 1,4-Dihydronaphthalene oxide GC/MS (EI, m/z) 146
72), 128 (83), 117 (79), 115 (100), 1,4-dihydronaphthalene oxide
(0.01% HCOOH, pH 3.5 (A)/MeCN (B)) at 40 C and 0.3 mL min . The
gradient was raised from 15% B at 2 min to 95% B at 11 min and held
for further 4 min. To obtain highly pure samples of naphthalene
hydrates, semi preparative HPLC on a Merck Lichrospher (5 m,
◦
−
1
(
100 mm × 4.6 mm) was run isocratically in 30% B at 1 mL min
−
1
GC/MS (EI, m/z) 146 (63), 117 (29), 115 (21), 104 (100).
and fractions were collected (0.2 mL min ) right after the detector,
re-chromatographed and extracted with dichloromethane for sub-
sequent GC/MS-analysis. Quantification of individual compounds
was based on the peak area at 258 nm. Spectra were recorded in the
range from 210 to 500 nm (0.5 nm steps) at a frequency of 10 Hz.
Isomeric naphthalene hydrates were estimated as the sum derived
from conversion balancing. 1,2-dihydronaphthalene oxide con-
centration was additionally confirmed by 1,2-dihydronaphthalene
oxidation with a recombinant UPO from Novozymes (rNovo) that
exclusively catalyzes epoxidation.
2
.3. 2-Hydroxy-1,2-dihydronaphthalene
2
-Hydroxy-1,2-dihydronaphthalene was prepared from 1,4-
dihydronaphthalene oxide by rearrangement (1 M KOH/EtOH abs.,
C, 4 d) [16]. GC/MS (EI, m/z) 146 (100), 128 (84), 145 (64), 115
58).
◦
5
(
2
.4. 1-Hydroxy-1,2-dihydronaphthalene
1
-Hydroxy-1,2-dihydronaphthalene was prepared from 1,4-
epoxy-1,4-dihydronaphthalene by hydroboration with 9-BBN (RT,
0 h, THF anhydr. under nitrogen) and subsequent oxidation
H O /3 N NaOH, RT, 5 h) according to a method of Brown and
2
.7. Gas chromatography/mass spectroscopy (GC/MS)
2
(
GC/MS analysis (Agilent 6890 GC/5790 MSD) of the extracts was
2
2
accomplished using a ZB-5MS (Zebron, 30 m × 0.25 mm ID, 0.25 m
Prasad [17] (GC/MS (EI, m/z) 146 (100), 128 (68), 131 (65), 145 (55)
15 (47)). Due to their instability, naphthalene hydrates could not
be isolated and therefore not directly be quantified.
−1
FT) capillary column at a helium flow of 1.5 mL min . Injection
1
◦
was done at 190 C in the split mode. The initial oven temperature
of 65 C was held for one minute and raised with 45 C min to
◦
◦
−1
O
OH
1
,2-dihydronaphthalene
naphthalene
oxide
2-h yy dd rr oo xx yy -- 11 ,, 22 -- dd ii hh yy dd rr oo nn aa pp hh tt hh aa ll ee nn ee
OH
1
-hydrox yy -1,2-d ii hh ydronap hh thalene
1
,2-dihydronaphthalene
2
3
4
5
Retention time (min)
Fig. 1. GC-TIC analysis of dichloromethane extracts of the enzymatic conversion of 1,2-dihydronaphthalene by AaeUPO (black) and the decay of chemically synthesized
-hydroxy-1,2-dihydronaphthalene (4.27 min) containing naphthalene (3.63 min) formed by interim spontaneous water elimination (blue). Note: 2-hydroxy-1,2-
dihydronaphthalene co-elutes at 4.27 min. (For interpretation of the references to color in this figure legend, the reader is referred to the web version of the article.)
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