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Carbon-Carbon bond cleavage in activation of the prodrug nabumetone
Varfaj, Fatbardha,Zulkifli, Siti N. A.,Park, Hyoung-Goo,Challinor, Victoria L.,De Voss, James J.,De Montellano, Paul R. Ortiz
, p. 828 - 838 (2014)
Carbon-carbon bond cleavage reactions are catalyzed by, among others, lanosterol 14-demethylase (CYP51), cholesterol side-chain cleavage enzyme (CYP11), sterol 17b-lyase (CYP17), and aromatase (CYP19). Because of the high substrate specificities of these enzymes and the complex nature of their substrates, these reactions have been difficult to characterize. A CYP1A2-catalyzed carbon-carbon bond cleavage reaction is required for conversion of the prodrug nabumetone to its active form, 6-methoxy-2-naphthylacetic acid (6-MNA). Despite worldwide use of nabumetone as an anti-inflammatory agent, the mechanism of its carbon-carbon bond cleavage reaction remains obscure. With the help of authentic synthetic standards, we report here that the reaction involves 3-hydroxylation, carbon-carbon cleavage to the aldehyde, and oxidation of the aldehyde to the acid, all catalyzed by CYP1A2 or, less effectively, by other P450 enzymes. The data indicate that the carbon-carbon bond cleavage is mediated by the ferric peroxo anion rather than the ferryl species in the P450 catalytic cycle. CYP1A2 also catalyzes O-demethylation and alcohol to ketone transformations of nabumetone and its analogs.
An efficient benchtop system for multigram-scale kinetic resolutions using aldolase antibodies
Turner, James M.,Bui, Tommy,Lerner, Richard A.,Barbas III, Carlos F.,List, Benjamin
, p. 2772 - 2774 (2000)
The preparative scale kinetic resolution of racemic aldols 1-4 using aldolase antibodies 38C2 (Aldrich no. 47995-0) and 84G3 (Aldrich no. 52785-8) is described. These reactions use a biphasic aqueous/organic solvent system that allows the catalyst to be reused. Reaction scales range from miligrams to grams, with 0.0086 to 0.12 mol% of antibody binding sites. Because antibodies 38C2 and 84G3 have opposite enantioselectivities, both aldol product enantiomers are accessible by kinetic resolution.
Organocatalytic diastereo- And enantioselective oxa-hetero-Diels-Alder reactions of enones with aryl trifluoromethyl ketones for the synthesis of trifluoromethyl-substituted tetrahydropyrans
Pasha, Maira,Tanaka, Fujie
supporting information, p. 9242 - 9250 (2021/11/16)
Tetrahydropyran derivatives are found in bioactives, and introduction of the trifluoromethyl group into molecules often improves biofunctions. Here we report diastereo- and enantioselective oxa-hetero-Diels-Alder reactions catalyzed by amine-based catalyst systems that afford trifluoromethyl-substituted tetrahydropyranones. Catalyst systems and conditions suitable for the reactions to provide the desired diastereomer products with high enantioselectivities were identified, and various trifluoromethyl-substituted tetrahydropyranones were synthesized with high diastereo- and enantioselectivities. Mechanistic investigation suggested that the reactions involve a [4 + 2] cycloaddition pathway, in which the enamine of the enone acts as the diene and the ketone carbonyl group of the aryl trifluoromethyl ketone acts as the dienophile. In this study, tetrahydropyran derivatives with the desired stereochemistry that are difficult to synthesize by previously reported methods were concisely obtained, and the range of tetrahydropyran derivatives that can be synthesized was expanded. This journal is
Enantiocomplementary synthesis of γ-nitroketones using designed and evolved carboligases
Garrabou, Xavier,Verez, Rebecca,Hilvert, Donald
supporting information, p. 103 - 106 (2017/05/16)
Artificial enzymes created by computational design and directed evolution are versatile biocatalysts whose promiscuous activities represent potentially attractive starting points for divergent evolution in the laboratory. The artificial aldolase RA9S.5-8, for example, exploits amine catalysis to promote mechanistically diverse carboligations. Here we report that RA95.5-8 variants catalyze the asymmetric synthesis of γ-nitroketones via two alternative enantiocomplementary Michael-type reactions: enamine-mediated addition of acetone to nitrostyrenes, and nitroalkane addition to conjugated ketones activated as iminium ions. In addition, a cascade of three aldolasecatalyzed reactions enables one-pot assembly of γ-nitroketones from three simpler building blocks. Together, our results highlight the chemical versatility of artificial aldolases for the practical synthesis of important chiral synthons.
