5913-13-3Relevant articles and documents
Sequential Chiral Induction and Regulator-Assisted Chiral Memory of Pillar[5]arenes
Adachi, Keisuke,Egami, Kouichi,Fa, Shixin,Kato, Kenichi,Ogoshi, Tomoki
, p. 20353 - 20356 (2020)
Chirality transfer is widely observed in life processes, and many artificial chiral transfer systems have been developed. In these systems, chiral information is transferred from chiral inducers to chiral acceptors by a direct chiral induction process and a direct chiral memorization process. We have developed ternary nondirect chiral transfer systems based on pillar[5]arenes, in which a third factor was introduced as a regulator. The planar chirality of an acceptor was induced and memorized by a chiral inducer with precise control by a regulator. In the chiral induction period, the feed sequence of the chiral inducer and regulator affected the chiral induction behavior of the chiral acceptor. The chiral memory ability of the acceptor was substantially improved by the combined action of the chiral inducer and regulator.
Direct Synthesis of α-Amino Nitriles from Sulfonamides via Base-Mediated C-H Cyanation
Shi, Shasha,Yang, Xianyu,Tang, Man,Hu, Jiefeng,Loh, Teck-Peng
supporting information, p. 4018 - 4022 (2021/05/26)
Herein, we disclose a transition-metal-free reaction system that enables α-cyanation of sulfonamides through C-H bond cleavage for the preparation of α-amino nitriles, including difficult-to-access all-alkyl α-tertiary scaffolds. More than 50 substrate examples prove a wide functional group tolerance. Additionally, its synthetic practicality is highlighted by gram-scalability and the late-stage modification of natural compounds. Mechanistic experiments suggest that this process involves in situ formation of an imine intermediate via base-promoted elimination of HF.
Asymmetric synthesis of primary amines catalyzed by thermotolerant fungal reductive aminases
Cosgrove, Sebastian C.,Grogan, Gideon,Mangas-Sanchez, Juan,Marshall, James R.,Palmer, Ryan B.,Ramsden, Jeremy I.,Sharma, Mahima,Thorpe, Thomas W.,Turner, Nicholas J.
, p. 5052 - 5057 (2020/06/09)
Chiral primary amines are important intermediates in the synthesis of pharmaceutical compounds. Fungal reductive aminases (RedAms) are NADPH-dependent dehydrogenases that catalyse reductive amination of a range of ketones with short-chain primary amines supplied in an equimolar ratio to give corresponding secondary amines. Herein we describe structural and biochemical characterisation as well as synthetic applications of two RedAms fromNeosartoryaspp. (NfRedAm andNfisRedAm) that display a distinctive activity amongst fungal RedAms, namely a superior ability to use ammonia as the amine partner. Using these enzymes, we demonstrate the synthesis of a broad range of primary amines, with conversions up to >97% and excellent enantiomeric excess. Temperature dependent studies showed that these homologues also possess greater thermal stability compared to other enzymes within this family. Their synthetic applicability is further demonstrated by the production of several primary and secondary amines with turnover numbers (TN) up to 14 000 as well as continous flow reactions, obtaining chiral amines such as (R)-2-aminohexane in space time yields up to 8.1 g L?1h?1. The remarkable features ofNfRedAmand NfisRedAm highlight their potential for wider synthetic application as well as expanding the biocatalytic toolbox available for chiral amine synthesis.