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Enantioselective Synthesis of Chiral Carboxylic Acids from Alkynes and Formic Acid by Nickel-Catalyzed Cascade Reactions: Facile Synthesis of Profens
Fu, Kaiyue,Ma, Yu,Sun, Yaxin,Tang, Bo,Yang, Guang,Yang, Peng,Yue, Jieyu,Zhang, Li,Zhou, Jianrong Steve
supporting information, (2021/11/22)
We report a stereoselective conversion of terminal alkynes to α-chiral carboxylic acids using a nickel-catalyzed domino hydrocarboxylation-transfer hydrogenation reaction. A simple nickel/BenzP* catalyst displayed high activity in both steps of regioselective hydrocarboxylation of alkynes and subsequent asymmetric transfer hydrogenation. The reaction was successfully applied in enantioselective preparation of three nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory profens (>90 % ees) and the chiral fragment of AZD2716.
Enantioselective Enzymatic Reduction of Acrylic Acids
An, Chihui,Shaw, Megan H.,Tharp, Annika,Verma, Deeptak,Li, Hongming,Wang, Heather,Wang, Xiao
, p. 8320 - 8325 (2020/11/03)
An ene-reductase (ERED 36) with broad substrate specificity was identified, and optimization studies led to the development of an enzymatic protocol for the reduction of α,β-unsaturated acids under mild, aqueous conditions. The substrate scope includes aromatic- A nd aliphatic-substituted acrylic acids, as well as cyclic α,β-substituted acrylic acids, yielding chiral α-substituted acids with exquisite levels of enantioselectivity (>99% ee).
