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Enzyme-catalysed regio- and enantioselective preparative scale synthesis of (S)-2-hydroxy alkanones
Loderer,Ansorge-Schumacher
, p. 38271 - 38276 (2015/05/13)
α-Hydroxy alkanones were synthesised with high enantiomeric purity by stereoselective enzyme-catalysed diketone reduction. Both diketone reduction and cofactor regeneration were accomplished with purified carbonyl reductase from Candida parapsilosis (CPCR2). The reaction products were isolated by column chromatography and analysed by chiral GC measurements, 1H-NMR spectroscopy and determination of optical rotations. Preparative-scale biotransformations yielded 350-600 mg of pure aliphatic α-hydroxy ketones including the difficult to obtain (S)-2-hydroxypentane-3-one. For all the products good enantiomeric excesses in the range of 89-93% were achieved.
Promiscuous substrate binding explains the enzymatic stereoand regiocontrolled synthesis of enantiopure hydroxy ketones and diols
Kurina-Sanz, Marcela,Bisogno, Fabricio R.,Lavandera, Ivan,Orden, Alejandro A.,Gotor, Vicente
experimental part, p. 1842 - 1848 (2011/02/25)
Regio- and stereoselective reductions of several diketones to afford enantiopure hydroxy ketones or diols were accomplished using isolated alcohol dehydrogenases (ADHs). Results could be rationalised taking into account different (promiscuous) substrate-binding modes in the active site of the enzyme. Furthermore, interesting natural cyclic diketones were also reduced with high regio- and stereoselectivity. Some of the 1,2 and 1,3-diketones used in this study were reduced by employing a low excess of the hydrogen donor (2-propanol) due to the quasi-irreversibility of these ADH-catalysed processes. Thus, using lower quantities of co-substrate, scale-up could be easily achieved.
A male-produced aggregation pheromone blend consisting of alkanediols, terpenoids, and an aromatic alcohol from the cerambycid beetle Megacyllene caryae
Lacey, Emerson S.,Moreira, Jardel A.,Millar, Jocelyn G.,Hanks, Lawrence M.
, p. 408 - 417 (2008/09/18)
Bioassays conducted with a Y-tube olfactometer provided evidence that both sexes of the cerambycid beetle Megacyllene caryae (Gahan) were attracted to odor produced by males. Odor collected from male M. caryae contained eight male-specific compounds: a 10:1 blend of (2S,3R)- and (2R,3S)-2,3-hexanediols (representing 3.2±1.3% of the total male-specific compounds), (S)-(-)-limonene (3.1±1.7%), 2-phenylethanol (8.0±2.4%), (-)-α-terpineol (10.0±2.8%), nerol (2.1±1.5%), neral (63.3±7.3%), and geranial (8.8±2.4%). Initial field bioassays determined that none of these compounds was attractive as a single component. Further field trials that used a subtractive bioassay strategy determined that both sexes were attracted to the complete blend of synthetic components, but the elimination of any one component resulted in a decline in trap captures. Blends that were missing (2S,3R)-2,3-hexanediol, (2R,3S)-2,3-hexanediol, or citral (a 1:1 mixture of neral and geranial) attracted no more beetles than did controls. A pheromone blend of this complexity, composed of alkanediols, terpenoids, and aromatic alcohols, is unprecedented for cerambycid species.