176853-41-1Relevant articles and documents
Biocatalytic reduction of α,β-unsaturated carboxylic acids to allylic alcohols
Aleku, Godwin A.,Leys, David,Roberts, George W.
, p. 3927 - 3939 (2020/07/09)
We have developed robust in vivo and in vitro biocatalytic systems that enable reduction of α,β-unsaturated carboxylic acids to allylic alcohols and their saturated analogues. These compounds are prevalent scaffolds in many industrial chemicals and pharmaceuticals. A substrate profiling study of a carboxylic acid reductase (CAR) investigating unexplored substrate space, such as benzo-fused (hetero)aromatic carboxylic acids and α,β-unsaturated carboxylic acids, revealed broad substrate tolerance and provided information on the reactivity patterns of these substrates. E. coli cells expressing a heterologous CAR were employed as a multi-step hydrogenation catalyst to convert a variety of α,β-unsaturated carboxylic acids to the corresponding saturated primary alcohols, affording up to >99percent conversion. This was supported by the broad substrate scope of E. coli endogenous alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH), as well as the unexpected CC bond reducing activity of E. coli cells. In addition, a broad range of benzofused (hetero)aromatic carboxylic acids were converted to the corresponding primary alcohols by the recombinant E. coli cells. An alternative one-pot in vitro two-enzyme system, consisting of CAR and glucose dehydrogenase (GDH), demonstrates promiscuous carbonyl reductase activity of GDH towards a wide range of unsaturated aldehydes. Hence, coupling CAR with a GDH-driven NADP(H) recycling system provides access to a variety of (hetero)aromatic primary alcohols and allylic alcohols from the parent carboxylates, in up to >99percent conversion. To demonstrate the applicability of these systems in preparative synthesis, we performed 100 mg scale biotransformations for the preparation of indole-3-aldehyde and 3-(naphthalen-1-yl)propan-1-ol using the whole-cell system, and cinnamyl alcohol using the in vitro system, affording up to 85percent isolated yield.
Synthesis of benzoquinoline derivatives from formyl naphthylamines via Friedl?nder annulation under metal-free conditions
Malinowski, Zbigniew,Fornal, Emilia,Warpas, Anna,Nowak, Monika
, p. 1999 - 2011 (2018/09/25)
Abstract: The synthesis of benzoquinolines and benzoquinolinones via Friedl?nder-type condensation of aminonaphthalene carbaldehydes with (1) primary or secondary alcohols mediated by urea/KOH or with (2) diketones or β-ketoesters is described. The behavi
Gold(I)-catalyzed unprecedented rearrangement reaction between 2-aminobenzaldehydes with propargyl amines: An expedient route to 3-aminoquinolines
Patil, Nitin T.,Raut, Vivek S.,Shinde, Valmik S.,Gayatri, Gaddamanugu,Sastry, G. Narahari
supporting information; experimental part, p. 5530 - 5535 (2012/05/21)
Access to aminoquinolines: A gold(I)-catalyzed unprecedented rearrangement reaction between 2-aminobenzaldehydes with propargyl amine was studied. The study provided, for the first time, direct access to 3-aminoquinolines in one step starting from readily available starting materials (see scheme). Elegantly designed experiments were employed to unravel the mechanism of this unprecedented rearrangement, which are corroborated by DFT calculations.
