1111086-84-0Relevant articles and documents
Production of (S)-β-Nitro Alcohols by Enantioselective C?C Bond Cleavage with an R-Selective Hydroxynitrile Lyase
Rao, D. H. Sreenivasa,Padhi, Santosh Kumar
, p. 371 - 378 (2019/01/08)
Hydroxynitrile lyase (HNL)-catalysed stereoselective synthesis of β-nitro alcohols from aldehydes and nitroalkanes is considered an efficient biocatalytic approach. However, only one S-selective HNL—Hevea brasiliensis (HbHNL)—exists that is appropriate for the synthesis of (S)-β-nitro alcohols from the corresponding aldehydes. Further, synthesis catalysed by HbHNL is limited by low specific activity and moderate yields. We have prepared a number of (S)-β-nitro alcohols, by kinetic resolution with the aid of an R-selective HNL from Arabidopsis thaliana (AtHNL). Optimization of the reaction conditions for AtHNL-catalysed stereoselective C?C bond cleavage of racemic 2-nitro-1-phenylethanol (NPE) produced (S)-NPE (together with benzaldehyde and nitromethane, largely from the R enantiomer) in up to 99 % ee and with 47 % conversion. This is the fastest HNL-catalysed route known so far for the synthesis of a series of (S)-β-nitro alcohols. This approach widens the application of AtHNL for the synthesis not only of (R)- but also of (S)-β-nitro alcohols from the appropriate substrates. Without the need for the discovery of a new enzyme, but rather by use of a retro-Henry approach, it was used to generate a number of (S)-β-nitro alcohols by taking advantage of the substrate selectivity of AtHNL.
An efficient synthesis of α-hydroxy phosphonates and 2-nitroalkanols using Ba(OH)2 as catalyst
Pandi, Muthupandi,Chanani, Prem Kumar,Govindasamy, Sekar
, p. 119 - 123 (2012/10/29)
The α-hydroxy phosphonates have been synthesized using simple, inexpensive, and commonly available Ba(OH)2·8H2O at room temperature and quantitative yields were obtained in just 15 min for most of the reactions. On applying the same reaction condition to aqueous mediated Henry reaction, 2-nitroalkanols were obtained in good to excellent yield within 15 min.
