140-75-0Relevant academic research and scientific papers
Generation of Oxidoreductases with Dual Alcohol Dehydrogenase and Amine Dehydrogenase Activity
Tseliou, Vasilis,Schilder, Don,Masman, Marcelo F.,Knaus, Tanja,Mutti, Francesco G.
supporting information, p. 3315 - 3325 (2020/12/11)
The l-lysine-?-dehydrogenase (LysEDH) from Geobacillus stearothermophilus naturally catalyzes the oxidative deamination of the ?-amino group of l-lysine. We previously engineered this enzyme to create amine dehydrogenase (AmDH) variants that possess a new hydrophobic cavity in their active site such that aromatic ketones can bind and be converted into α-chiral amines with excellent enantioselectivity. We also recently observed that LysEDH was capable of reducing aromatic aldehydes into primary alcohols. Herein, we harnessed the promiscuous alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH) activity of LysEDH to create new variants that exhibited enhanced catalytic activity for the reduction of substituted benzaldehydes and arylaliphatic aldehydes to primary alcohols. Notably, these novel engineered dehydrogenases also catalyzed the reductive amination of a variety of aldehydes and ketones with excellent enantioselectivity, thus exhibiting a dual AmDH/ADH activity. We envisioned that the catalytic bi-functionality of these enzymes could be applied for the direct conversion of alcohols into amines. As a proof-of-principle, we performed an unprecedented one-pot “hydrogen-borrowing” cascade to convert benzyl alcohol to benzylamine using a single enzyme. Conducting the same biocatalytic cascade in the presence of cofactor recycling enzymes (i.e., NADH-oxidase and formate dehydrogenase) increased the reaction yields. In summary, this work provides the first examples of enzymes showing “alcohol aminase” activity.
Self-regulated catalysis for the selective synthesis of primary amines from carbonyl compounds
Fan, Xiaomeng,Gao, Jin,Gao, Mingxia,Jia, Xiuquan,Ma, Jiping,Xu, Jie
supporting information, p. 7115 - 7121 (2021/09/28)
Most current processes for the general synthesis of primary amines by reductive amination are performed with enormously excessive amounts of hazardous ammonia. It remains unclear how catalysts should be designed to regulate amination reaction dynamics at a low ammonia-to-substrate ratio for the quantitative synthesis of primary amines from the corresponding carbonyl compounds. Herein we show a facile control of the reaction selectivity in the layered boron nitride supported ruthenium catalyzed reductive amination reaction. Specifically, locating ruthenium to the edge surface of layered boron nitride leads to an increased hydrogenation activity owing to the enhanced interfacial electronic effects between ruthenium and the edge surface of boron nitride. This enables self-accelerated reductive amination reactions which quantitatively synthesize structurally diverse primary amines by reductive amination of carbonyl compounds with twofold ammonia. This journal is
Synthesis method of p-fluorobenzylamine
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Paragraph 0006; 0013; 0016-0018; 0021-0023; 0026-0027, (2021/06/13)
The invention discloses a synthesis method of p-fluorobenzylamine, wherein the synthesis method specifically comprises the following steps: smoothly and sequentially adding methanol, p-fluorobenzaldehyde, sodium carbonate and hydroxylamine hydrochloride into a reaction kettle, and continuously stirring until the materials are uniformly mixed; and after uniformly mixing, stirring for 2.0 hours at the temperature of 30 DEG C, fully reacting to obtain an intermediate I, and carrying out hydrogenation reduction on the intermediate I to obtain a finished product p-fluorobenzylamine. In conclusion, the total yield of the finished product p-fluorobenzylamine prepared by the method is not lower than 90%, and the purity is not lower than 99.5%; therefore, compared with the prior art, the method has the following beneficial effects that the process is simple, the raw materials are easy to obtain, the reaction yield is high, the product purity is high, generation of dimer and generation of defluorination impurity benzylamine are avoided, generation of three wastes, especially generation of waste gas ammonia gas, is greatly reduced, and the method is clean and environmentally friendly.
Method for preparing primary amine by catalytically reducing nitrile compounds through nano-porous palladium catalyst
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Paragraph 0089-0092, (2021/05/29)
The invention belongs to the technical field of heterogeneous catalysis, and provides a method for preparing primary amine by catalytically reducing nitrile compounds with a nano-porous palladium catalyst. According to the invention, aromatic and aliphatic nitrile compounds are adopted as raw materials, nano-porous palladium is adopted as a catalyst, ammonia borane is adopted as a hydrogen source, no additional additive is added, and selective hydrogenation is performed to prepare the corresponding primary amine. The method provided by the invention has the beneficial effects of mild reaction conditions, no additive, environmental protection, no need of hydrogen, simple operation, stable hydrogen source, safety, harmlessness, high conversion rate, high selectivity and good catalyst stability, and makes industrialization possible.
Deoxygenative hydroboration of primary, secondary, and tertiary amides: Catalyst-free synthesis of various substituted amines
An, Duk Keun,Jaladi, Ashok Kumar,Kim, Hyun Tae,Yi, Jaeeun
, (2021/11/17)
Transformation of relatively less reactive functional groups under catalyst-free conditions is an interesting aspect and requires a typical protocol. Herein, we report the synthesis of various primary, secondary, and tertiary amines through hydroboration of amides using pinacolborane under catalyst-free and solvent-free conditions. The deoxygenative hydroboration of primary and secondary amides proceeded with excellent conversions. The comparatively less reactive tertiary amides were also converted to the corresponding N,N-diamines in moderate yields under catalyst-free conditions, although alcohols were obtained as a minor product.
Zirconium-hydride-catalyzed site-selective hydroboration of amides for the synthesis of amines: Mechanism, scope, and application
Han, Bo,Jiao, Haijun,Wu, Lipeng,Zhang, Jiong
, p. 2059 - 2067 (2021/09/02)
Developing mild and efficient catalytic methods for the selective synthesis of amines is a longstanding research objective. In this respect, catalytic deoxygenative amide reduction has proven to be promising but challenging, as this approach necessitates selective C–O bond cleavage. Herein, we report the selective hydroboration of primary, secondary, and tertiary amides at room temperature catalyzed by an earth-abundant-metal catalyst, Zr-H, for accessing diverse amines. Various readily reducible functional groups, such as esters, alkynes, and alkenes, were well tolerated. Furthermore, the methodology was extended to the synthesis of bio- and drug-derived amines. Detailed mechanistic studies revealed a reaction pathway entailing aldehyde and amido complex formation via an unusual C–N bond cleavage-reformation process, followed by C–O bond cleavage.
A mild and selective Cu(II) salts-catalyzed reduction of nitro, azo, azoxy, N-aryl hydroxylamine, nitroso, acid halide, ester, and azide compounds using hydrogen surrogacy of sodium borohydride
Kalola, Anirudhdha G.,Prasad, Pratibha,Mokariya, Jaydeep A.,Patel, Manish P.
supporting information, p. 3565 - 3589 (2021/10/12)
The first mild, in situ, single-pot, high-yielding well-screened copper (II) salt-based catalyst system utilizing the hydrogen surrogacy of sodium borohydride for selective hydrogenation of a broad range of nitro substrates into the corresponding amine under habitancy of water or methanol like green solvents have been described. Moreover, this catalytic system can also activate various functional groups for hydride reduction within prompted time, with low catalyst-loading, without any requirement of high pressure or molecular hydrogen supply. Notably, this system explores a great potential to substitute expensive traditional hydrogenation methodologies and thus offers a greener and simple hydrogenative strategy in the field of organic synthesis.
Scope and limitations of reductive amination catalyzed by half-sandwich iridium complexes under mild reaction conditions
Nguyen, Dat P.,Sladek, Rudolph N.,Do, Loi H.
supporting information, (2020/07/15)
The conversion of aldehydes and ketones to 1° amines could be promoted by half-sandwich iridium complexes using ammonium formate as both the nitrogen and hydride source. To optimize this method for green chemical synthesis, we tested various carbonyl substrates in common polar solvents at physiological temperature (37 °C) and ambient pressure. We found that in methanol, excellent selectivity for the amine over alcohol/amide products could be achieved for a broad assortment of carbonyl-containing compounds. In aqueous media, selective reduction of carbonyls to 1° amines was achieved in the absence of acids. Unfortunately, at Ir catalyst concentrations of 1 mM in water, reductive amination efficiency dropped significantly, which suggest that this catalytic methodology might be not suitable for aqueous applications where very low catalyst concentration is required (e.g., inside living cells).
Manganese catalyzed selective hydrogenation of cyclic imides to diols and amines
Das, Uttam Kumar,Janes, Trevor,Kumar, Amit,Milstein, David
supporting information, p. 3079 - 3082 (2020/06/19)
Herein we report the selective hydrogenation of cyclic imides to diols and amines, homogeneously catalyzed for the first time by a complex of an earth-abundant metal, a manganese pincer complex. A plausible catalytic cycle is proposed based on informative mechanistic experiments.
Ambient-Temperature Synthesis of Primary Amines via Reductive Amination of Carbonyl Compounds
Xie, Chao,Song, Jinliang,Hua, Manli,Hu, Yue,Huang, Xin,Wu, Haoran,Yang, Guanying,Han, Buxing
, p. 7763 - 7772 (2020/08/21)
Efficient synthesis of primary amines via low-temperature reductive amination of carbonyl compounds using NH3 and H2 as the nitrogen and hydrogen resources is highly desired and challenging in the chemistry community. Herein, we employed naturally occurring phytic acid as a renewable precursor to fabricate titanium phosphate (TiP)-supported Ru nanocatalysts with different reduction degrees of RuO2 (Ru/TiP-x, x represents the reduction temperature) by combining ball milling and molten-salt processes. Very interestingly, the obtained Ru/TiP-100 had good catalytic performance for the reductive amination of carbonyl compounds at ambient temperature, resulting from the synergistic cooperation of the support (TiP) and the Ru/RuO2 with a suitable proportion of Ru0 (52%). Various carbonyl compounds could be efficiently converted into the corresponding primary amines with high yields. More importantly, the conversion of other substrates with reducible groups could also be achieved at ambient temperature. Detailed investigations indicated that the partially reduced Ru and the support (TiP) were indispensable. The high activity and selectivity of Ru/TiP-100 catalyst originates from the relatively high acidity and the suitable electron density of metallic Ru0.

