111768-18-4Relevant articles and documents
Metallophosphites as Umpolung Catalysts: The Enantioselective Cross Silyl Benzoin Reaction
Linghu, Xin,Potnick, Justin R.,Johnson, Jeffrey S.
, p. 3070 - 3071 (2004)
Carbonyl polarity reversal (umpolung) has been realized employing metallophosphites as catalysts. As a result, nonenzymatic asymmetric cross silyl benzoin reactions have been achieved, giving optically active silyl ether-protected benzoin adducts. The reaction is general with respect to aryl, alkyl, and heterocyclic substrates with good to excellent yields and good to excellent enantioselectivities. Copyright
Two enantiocomplementary ephedrine dehydrogenases from arthrobacter sp. TS-15 with broad substrate specificity
Shanati, Tarek,Lockie, Cameron,Beloti, Lilian,Grogan, Gideon,Ansorge-Schumacher, Marion B.
, p. 6202 - 6211 (2019/08/15)
The recently identified pseudoephedrine and ephedrine dehydrogenases (PseDH and EDH, respectively) from Arthrobacter sp. TS-15 are NADH-dependent members of the oxidoreductase superfamily of short-chain dehydrogenases/reductases (SDRs). They are specific for the enantioselective oxidation of (+)-(S) N-(pseudo)ephedrine and (-)-(R) N-(pseudo)ephedrine, respectively. Anti-Prelog stereospecific PseDH and Prelog-specific EDH catalyze the regio- A nd enantiospecific reduction of 1-phenyl-1,2-propanedione to (S)-phenylacetylcarbinol and (R)-phenylacetylcarbinol with full conversion and enantiomeric excess of >99%. Moreover, they perform the reduction of a wide range of aryl-aliphatic carbonyl compounds, including ketoamines, ketoesters, and haloketones, to the corresponding enantiopure alcohols. The highest stability of PseDH and EDH was determined to be at a pH range of 6.0-8.0 and 7.5-8.5, respectively. PseDH was more stable than EDH at 25 °C with half-lives of 279 and 38 h, respectively. However, EDH is more stable at 40 °C with a 2-fold greater half-life than at 25 °C. The crystal structure of the PseDH-NAD+ complex, refined to a resolution of 1.83 ?, revealed a tetrameric structure, which was confirmed by solution studies. A model of the active site in complex with NAD+ and 1-phenyl-1,2-propanedione suggested key roles for S143 and W152 in recognition of the substrate and positioning for the reduction reaction. The wide substrate spectrum of these dehydrogenases, combined with their regio- A nd enantioselectivity, suggests a high potential for the industrial production of valuable chiral compounds.
Microbial Reduction of 1,2-Diketones to Optically Active α-Hydroxyketones
Ohta, Hiromichi,Konishi, Jin,Kato, Yasuo,Tsuchihashi, Gen-ichi
, p. 2421 - 2428 (2007/10/02)
The microorganisms that reduce benzil to optically active benzoin were screened.Xanthomonas oryzae IAM 1657 was selected as the best strain, which resulted in the formation of (R)-(-)-benzoin.This biochemical reduction was applied to other 1,2- and 1,3-diketones to find that only 1,2-diarylethanediones were reduced smoothly to afford the corresponding ketols.
