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Cobalt-Catalyzed Highly Regioselective Three-Component Arylcarboxylation of Acrylate with Aryl Bromides and Carbon Dioxide
Hang, Wei,Liang, Nianjie,Liu, Yuzhou,Xi, Chanjuan
, p. 4941 - 4946 (2021/10/30)
Cobalt-catalyzed regioselective three-component arylcarboxylation of acrylate with aryl bromides and carbon dioxide has been developed. The reaction is carried out by using cobalt chloride as a precatalyst and zinc powder as a reducing reagent under CO2 (1 atm) at 40 °C. A range of aryl bromides are used for this reaction, leading to a series of valuable carboxylic acids with high regioselectivity and functional-group compatibility. Mechanistic experiments and DFT calculations indicate that this arylcarboxylation reaction involves the reaction of CO2 with a cobalt enolate intermediate to form the C?C bond.
Structural Basis of a Broadly Selective Acyltransferase from the Polyketide Synthase of Splenocin
Li, Yuan,Zhang, Wan,Zhang, Hui,Tian, Wenya,Wu, Lian,Wang, Shuwen,Zheng, Mengmeng,Zhang, Jinru,Sun, Chenghai,Deng, Zixin,Sun, Yuhui,Qu, Xudong,Zhou, Jiahai
, p. 5823 - 5827 (2018/05/14)
Polyketides are a large family of pharmaceutically important natural products, and the structural modification of their scaffolds is significant for drug development. Herein, we report high-resolution X-ray crystal structures of the broadly selective acyltransferase (AT) from the splenocin polyketide synthase (SpnD-AT) in the apo form and in complex with benzylmalonyl and pentynylmalonyl extender unit mimics. These structures revealed the molecular basis for the stereoselectivity and substrate specificity of SpnD-AT, and enabled the engineering of the industrially important Ery-AT6 to broaden its substrate scope to include three new types of extender units.
