10.1248/cpb.38.312
The research focuses on the development of functional biomimetic coenzyme models, specifically the synthesis of chiral 5-deazaflavin derivatives. The purpose of this study was to prepare new types of chiral deazaflavin derivatives that could effectively discriminate the enantiotopic faces of carbonyls in asymmetric reduction reactions, potentially serving as models for enzymatic systems. The researchers synthesized 5-deazaflavin derivatives with chiral substituents at the C(6) position and a chiral tertiary asymmetric carbon center at C(5). They used various chemicals in the process, including 8-chloro derivative, chiral primary amines such as (+)-dehydroabietylamine and (S)-(-)-phenylethylamine, dicyclohexylcarbodimide (DCC), and N-(tert-butoxycarbonyl)-L-valine.