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Relevant academic research and scientific papers

Bromoporphyrins as versatile synthons for modular construction of chiral porphyrins: Cobalt-catalyzed highly enantioselective and diastereoselective cyclopropanation

5,10-Bis(2′,6′-dibromophenyl)porphyrins bearing various substituents at the 10 and 20 positions were demonstrated to be versatile synthons for modular construction of chiral porphyrins via palladium-catalyzed amidation reactions with chiral amides. The quadruple carbon-nitrogen bond formation reactions were accomplished in high yields with different chiral amide building blocks under mild conditions, forming a family of D2-symmetric chiral porphyrins. Cobalt(II) complexes of these chiral porphyrins were prepared in high yields and shown to be active catalysts for highly enantioselective and diastereoselective cyclopropanation under a practical one-pot protocol (alkenes as limiting reagents and no slow addition of diazo reagents). Copyright

Catalyst structure and the enantioselective cyclopropanation of alkenes by copper complexes of biaryldiimines: The importance of ligand acceleration

The use of chiral non-racemic biaryl copper(I) complexes in the enantioselective cyclopropanation of a number of olefins with either ethyl or tert-butyl diazoacetate is described. Lack of ligand acceleration and the presence of equilibrium amounts of cata

Selective carbene transfer to amines and olefins catalyzed by ruthenium phthalocyanine complexes with donor substituents

Electron-rich ruthenium phthalocyanine complexes were evaluated in carbene transfer reactions from ethyl diazoacetate (EDA) to aromatic and aliphatic olefins as well as to a wide range of aromatic, heterocyclic and aliphatic amines for the first time. It was revealed that the ruthenium octabutoxyphthalocyanine carbonyl complex [(BuO)8Pc]Ru(CO) is the most efficient catalyst converting electron-rich and electron-poor aromatic olefins to cyclopropane derivatives with high yields (typically 80-100%) and high TON (up to 1000) under low catalyst loading and nearly equimolar substrate/EDA ratio. This catalyst shows a rare efficiency in the carbene insertion into amine N-H bonds. Using a 0.05 mol% catalyst loading, a high amine concentration (1 M) and 1.1 eq. of EDA, a number of structurally divergent amines were selectively converted to mono-substituted glycine derivatives with up to quantitative yields and turnover numbers reaching 2000. High selectivity, large substrate scope, low catalyst loading and practical reaction conditions place [(BuO)8Pc]Ru(CO) among the most efficient catalysts for the carbene insertion into amines.

Controllable stereoinversion in DNA-catalyzed olefin cyclopropanationviacofactor modification

The assembly of DNA with metal-complex cofactors can form promising biocatalysts for asymmetric reactions, although catalytic performance is typically limited by low enantioselectivities and stereo-control remains a challenge. Here, we engineer G-quadruplex-based DNA biocatalysts for an asymmetric cyclopropanation reaction, achieving enantiomeric excess (eetrans) values of up to +91% with controllable stereoinversion, where the enantioselectivity switches to ?72% eetransthrough modification of the Fe-porphyrin cofactor. Complementary circular dichroism, nuclear magnetic resonance, and fluorescence titration experiments show that the porphyrin ligand of the cofactor participates in the regulation of the catalytic enantioselectivityviaa synergetic effect with DNA residues at the active site. These findings underline the important role of cofactor modification in DNA catalysis and thus pave the way for the rational engineering of DNA-based biocatalysts.

A de novo peroxidase is also a promiscuous yet stereoselective carbene transferase

By constructing an in vivo-assembled, catalytically proficient peroxidase, C45, we have recently demonstrated the catalytic potential of simple, de novo-designed heme proteins. Here, we show that C45's enzymatic activity extends to the efficient and stereoselective intermolecular transfer of carbenes to olefins, heterocycles, aldehydes, and amines. Not only is this a report of carbene transferase activity in a completely de novo protein, but also of enzyme-catalyzed ring expansion of aromatic heterocycles via carbene transfer by any enzyme.

Comparative Study of the Electronic Structures of μ-Oxo, μ-Nitrido, and μ-Carbido Diiron Octapropylporphyrazine Complexes and Their Catalytic Activity in Cyclopropanation of Olefins

The electronic structure of three single-Atom bridged diiron octapropylporphyrazine complexes (FePzPr8)2X having Fe(III)-O-Fe(III), Fe(III)-N-Fe(IV) and Fe(IV)-C-Fe(IV) structural units was investigated by M?ssbauer spectroscopy and density functional theory (DFT) calculations. In this series, the isomer shift values decrease, whereas the values of quadrupole splitting become progressively greater indicating the increase of covalency of Fe-X bond in the μ-oxo, μ-nitrido, μ-carbido row. The M?ssbauer data point to low-spin systems for the three complexes, and calculated data with B3LYP-D3 show a singlet state for μ-oxo and μ-carbido and a doublet state for μ-nitrido complexes. An excellent agreement was obtained between B3LYP-D3 optimized geometries and X-ray structural data. Among (FePzPr8)2X complexes, μ-oxo diiron species showed a higher reactivity in the cyclopropanation of styrene by ethyl diazoacetate to afford a 95% product yield with 0.1 mol % catalyst loading. A detailed DFT study allowed to get insight into electronic structure of binuclear carbene species and to confirm their involvement into carbene transfer reactions.

Origin of High Stereocontrol in Olefin Cyclopropanation Catalyzed by an Engineered Carbene Transferase

Recent advances in metalloprotein engineering have led to the development of a myoglobin-based catalyst, Mb(H64V,V68A), capable of promoting the cyclopropanation of vinylarenes with high efficiency and high diastereo- and enantioselectivity. Whereas many enzymes evolved in nature often exhibit catalytic proficiency and exquisite stereoselectivity, how these features are achieved for a non-natural reaction has remained unclear. In this work, the structural determinants responsible for chiral induction and high stereocontrol in Mb(H64V,V68A)-catalyzed cyclopropanation were investigated via a combination of crystallographic, computational (DFT), and structure-activity analyses. Our results show the importance of steric complementarity and noncovalent interactions involving first-sphere active site residues, heme-carbene, and the olefin substrate in dictating the stereochemical outcome of the cyclopropanation reaction. High stereocontrol is achieved through two major mechanisms: first, by enforcing a specific conformation of the heme-bound carbene within the active site, and second, by controlling the geometry of attack of the olefin on the carbene via steric occlusion, attractive van der Waals forces, and protein-mediated π-π interactions with the olefin substrate. These insights could be leveraged to expand the substrate scope of the myoglobin-based cyclopropanation catalyst toward nonactivated olefins and to increase its cyclopropanation activity in the presence of a bulky α-diazo-ester. This work sheds light on the origin of enzyme-catalyzed enantioselective cyclopropanation, furnishing a mechanistic framework for both understanding the reactivity of current systems and guiding the future development of biological catalysts for this class of synthetically important, abiotic transformations.

Iron and Ruthenium Glycoporphyrins: Active Catalysts for the Synthesis of Cyclopropanes and Aziridines

In view of the relevance of cyclopropanes and aziridines as synthetic building blocks as well as active parts in biological and pharmaceutical compounds, the development of sustainable synthetic procedures for obtaining these products continues to be a si

Iron-catalyzed synthesis of cyclopropanes by in situ generation and decomposition of electronically diversified diazo compounds

The modular synthesis of a variety of trans 1,2-disubstituted cyclopropanes in a safe and user-friendly one-pot iron-catalyzed cyclopropanation reaction is described. Easily synthesized N-nosylhydrazones are used as diazo precursors, allowing the in situ generation of electron-rich diazo compounds under mild reaction conditions and their direct participation in the cyclopropanation reaction.

Highly diastereoselective and enantioselective olefin cyclopropanation using engineered myoglobin-based catalysts

Using rational design, an engineered myoglobinbased catalyst capable of catalyzing the cyclopropanation of aryl-substituted olefins with catalytic proficiency (up to 46800 turnovers) and excellent diastereo- and enantioselectivity (98-99.9%) was developed. This transformation could be carried out in the presence of up to 20 gL-1 olefin substrate with no loss in diastereo- and/or enantioselectivity. Mutagenesis and mechanistic studies support a cyclopropanation mechanism mediated by an electrophilic, heme-bound carbene species and a model is provided to rationalize the stereopreference of the protein catalyst. This work shows that myoglobin constitutes a promising and robust scaffold for the development of biocatalysts with carbene-transfer reactivity.