54315-38-7Relevant articles and documents
Ester Synthesis in Water: Mycobacterium smegmatis Acyl Transferase for Kinetic Resolutions
de Leeuw, Nicolas,Torrelo, Guzman,Bisterfeld, Carolin,Resch, Verena,Mestrom, Luuk,Straulino, Emanuele,van der Weel, Laura,Hanefeld, Ulf
, p. 242 - 249 (2017/11/16)
The acyl transferase from Mycobacterium smegmatis (MsAcT) catalyses transesterification reactions in aqueous media because of its hydrophobic active site. Aliphatic cyanohydrin and alkyne esters can be synthesised in water with excellent and strikingly opposite enantioselectivity [(R);E>37 and (S);E>100, respectively]. When using this enzyme, the undesired hydrolysis of the acyl donor is an important factor to take into account. Finally, the choice of acyl donor can significantly influence the obtained enantiomeric excesses. (Figure presented.).
Novel, stereoselective and stereospecific synthesis of allenylphosphonates and related compounds via palladium-catalyzed propargylic substitution
Kalek, Marcin,Stawinski, Jacek
supporting information; experimental part, p. 1741 - 1755 (2011/09/15)
We have developed a novel method for the synthesis of allenylphosphonates and related compounds based on a palladium(0)-catalyzed reaction of propargylic derivatives with H-phosphonate, H-phosphonothioate, H-phosphonoselenoate, and H-phosphinate esters. The reaction is stereoselective and stereospecific, and provides a convenient entry to a vast array of allenylphosphonates and their analogues with diverse substitution patterns in the allenic moiety and at the phosphorus center. Some mechanistic aspects of this new reaction were also investigated. Copyright
Synthesis and use of stereospecifically deuterated analogues of palmitic acid to investigate the stereochemical course of the Δ11 desaturase of the processionary moth
Abad, Jose-Luis,Villorbina, Gemma,Fabrias, Gemma,Camps, Francisco
, p. 7108 - 7113 (2007/10/03)
Thaumetopoea pityocampa pheromone glands contain desaturases that, after several sequential reactions from palmitic acid, catalyze the formation of a unique enyne fatty acid, which is the immediate sex pheromone precursor. In this article, we describe the synthesis of different stereospecifically deuterium-labeled and isotopically tagged palmitic acid probes needed to decipher the stereochemical course of the T. pityocampa Δ11 desaturase. The synthesis of probes has been carried out by a chemoenzymatic route, in which the key step is the kinetic lipase-catalyzed resolution of racemic mixtures of secondary propargyl alcohols. The presence of the acetylenic bond simplifies the absolute configuration determination of the resolved alcohols. Moreover, it allows the introduction of the isotopic tag by deuteration. By use of the probes thus prepared, experimental evidence is presented that the Δ11 desaturase of T. pityocampa transforms palmitic acid into (Z)-11-hexadecenoic acid by removal of the pro-(R)-hydrogen atoms from both C11 and C12.
