177186-74-2Relevant academic research and scientific papers
Chiral chlorohydrins from the biocatalyzed reduction of chloroketones: Chiral building blocks for antiretroviral drugs
De Miranda, Amanda S.,Simon, Robert C.,Grischek, Barbara,De Paula, Gabriel C.,Horta, Bruno A. C.,De Miranda, Leandro S. M.,Kroutil, Wolfgang,Kappe, C. Oliver,De Souza, Rodrigo O. M. A.
, p. 984 - 992 (2015)
E. coli cells that contain overexpressed alcohol dehydrogenases (ADHs) were screened as biocatalysts for the stereoselective reduction of chloroketones 5 a-d, the corresponding halohydrins 6 a-d of which are building blocks in the synthesis of antiretroviral drugs. Among them, ADH from Sphingobium yanoikuyae was found to reduce chloroketone 5 c with a high stereoselectivity (90 % de) and conversion (85 %) to furnish threo halohydrin (R,S)-6 c. ADH from Ralstonia sp. (RasADH) was able to reduce 5 a and 5 b with complementary diastereoselectivity to provide access to both threo and erythro halohydrins through "substrate-based" stereocontrol. The RasADH-catalyzed reductions were optimized to provide (R,S)-6 a with 98 % conversion and 84 % diastereomeric excess (de) and (S,S)-6 b with 95 % conversion and 86 % de. Molecular modeling studies showed that 5 b, which features a carboxybenzyl protecting group, is able to bind to the enzyme catalytic site in an "inverted" mode in comparison to tert-butyloxycarbonyl- and methyloxycarbonyl-protected substrates 5 a and 5 c, which sheds light on the observed switching of the stereopreference. RasADH-catalyzed reductions were optimized to provide (R,S)-6 a with 98 % conversion and 84 % de and (S,S)-6 b with 95 % conversion and 86 % de.
Process for reducing α-amino ketones
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, (2008/06/13)
The present invention has its objects to provide a method for reducing α-aminoketone derivatives under mild conditions with high stereoselectivity. This invention is a method for reducing α-aminoketone which comprises reacting an a-aminoketone derivative of general formula (1) with a compound prepared from an organoaluminum compound of general formula (4), a sulfonic acid derivative of general formula (5), and an alcohol compound of general formula (6) to give an α-aminoalcohol derivative of general formula (7)
