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Upstream product

• 78-84-2 isobutyraldehyde 
• 75-05-8 acetonitrile 
• 29509-06-6 4-methyl-3-oxopentanonitrile 

Downstream Products

• 906453-87-0 3-benzyloxy-4-methylpentanenitrile 
• 906453-96-1 (R)-3-benzyloxy-4-methylpentanoic acid 

Relevant academic research and scientific papers

Preparation method 3 -amino -5 -alkyl isoxazole

The invention discloses a preparation method of 3-amino-5-alkyl isoxazole, realizes preparation through two steps and belongs to the technical field of organic chemistry. By starting from easily obtained aldehyde, after the addition with acetonitrile under the existence of metal alkali, an intermediate of hydroxy nitrile is obtained; then, the hydroxy nitrile reacts with hydroxylamine; ring closing reaction is performed under the existence of Lewis acid; after autoxidation, the 3-amino-5-alkyl isoxazole is obtained. The raw materials in the reaction process are very commons; chloroform or tetrachloromethane in a traditional method is avoided; potential industrial amplification prospects are realized.

Substrate evaluation of rhodococcus erythropolis SET1, a nitrile hydrolysing bacterium, demonstrating dual activity strongly dependent on nitrile sub-structure

Assessment of Rhodococcus erythropolis SET1, a novel nitrile hydrolysing bacterial isolate, has been undertaken with 34 nitriles, 33 chiral and 1 prochiral. These substrates consist primarily of β-hydroxy nitriles with varying alkyl and aryl groups at the β position and containing in several compounds different substituents α to the nitrile. In the case of β-hydroxy nitriles without substitution at the α position, acids were the major products obtained, along with recovered nitrile after biotransformation, as a result of suspected nitrilase activity of the isolate. Unexpectedly, amides were found to be the major hydrolysis product when the β-hydroxy nitriles possessed a vinyl group at this position. To probe this behaviour further, additional related substrates were evaluated containing electron-withdrawing groups at the α position, and amide was also observed upon biotransformation in the presence of SET1. Therefore this novel isolate has also demonstrated NHase activity with nitriles that appears to be substrate-dependent.

Nitrile biotransformations for the synthesis of highly enantioenriched β-hydroxy and β-amino acid and amide derivatives: A general and simple but powerful and efficient benzyl protection strategy to increase enantioselectivity of the amidase

(Chemical Equation Presented) Biotransformations of a number of racemic β-hydroxy and β-amino nitrile derivatives were studied using Rhodococcus erythropolis AJ270, the nitrile hydratase and amidase-containing microbial whole cell catalyst, under very mild conditions. The overall enantioselectivity of nitrile biotransformations was governed predominantly by the amidase whose enantioselectivity was switched on remarkably by an O- and a N-benzyl protection group of the substrates. While biotransformations of β-hydroxy and β-amino alkanenitriles gave low yields of amide and acid products of very low enantiomeric purity, introduction of a simple benzyl protection group on the β-hydroxy and β-amino of nitrile substrates led to the formation of highly enantioenriched β-benzyloxy and β-benzylamino amides and acids in almost quantitative yield. The easy protection and deprotection operations, high chemical yield, and excellent enantioselectivity render the nitrile biotransformation a useful protocol in the synthesis of enantiopure β-hydroxy and β-amino acids.

Enantioselective ring opening of epoxides with cyanide catalysed by halohydrin dehalogenases: A new approach to non-racemic β-hydroxy nitriles

Halohydrin dehalogenases (HheA, HheB and HheC) were found to efficiently catalyse a carbon-carbon bond forming reaction between terminal aliphatic epoxides and cyanide, yielding β-hydroxy nitriles. With all three enzymes nucleophilic ring opening of epoxi

Efficient nickel catalyst for coupling of acetonitrile with aldehydes

A Ni complex of a diarylamido-based PNP ligand is an efficient and robust catalyst for coupling of acetonitrile with aldehydes. The Royal Society of Chemistry 2005.

Thiacrown Ether Technology in Lipase-Catalyzed Reaction: Scope and Limitation for Preparing Optically Active 3-Hydroxyalkanenitriles and Application to Insect Pheromone Synthesis

Both reaction rate and enantioselectivity in Pseudomonas cepacia lipase (PCL)-catalyzed hydrolysis of 3-hydroxyalkanenitrile acetates were significantly changed by the addition of catalytic amounts of thiacrown ether (1,4,8,11-tetrathiacyclotetradecane). Although the reaction rate of various nitriles was accelerated, the enantioselectivity greatly depended on the nature of the substrate. Among 10 substrates tested, thiacrown ether offered highest enantioselectivity in PCL-catalyzed hydrolysis of 1-(cyanomehtyl)propyl acetate. Forty or more times this crown ether, molarity based on the enzyme, was required to attain an acceptably high reaction rate and enantioselectivity. Applying this technology, we succeeded in synthesizing the optically pure attractant pheromone of ant Myrmica scabrinodis (A), (R)-3-octanol and its antipode of (S)-isomer in good overall yields.