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Kinetic Resolution and Deracemization of Racemic Amines Using a Reductive Aminase
Aleku, Godwin A.,Mangas-Sanchez, Juan,Citoler, Joan,France, Scott P.,Montgomery, Sarah L.,Heath, Rachel S.,Thompson, Matthew P.,Turner, Nicholas J.
, p. 515 - 519 (2018)
The NADP(H)-dependent reductive aminase from Aspergillus oryzae (AspRedAm) was combined with an NADPH oxidase (NOX) to develop a redox system that recycles the co-factor. The AspRedAm-NOX system was applied initially for the kinetic resolution of a variety of racemic secondary and primary amines to yield S-configured amines with enantiomeric excess (ee) values up to 99 %. The addition of ammonia borane to this system enabled the efficient deracemization of racemic amines, including the pharmaceutical drug rasagiline and the natural product salsolidine, with conversions up to >98 % and >99 % ee Furthermore, by using the AspRedAm W210A variant it was possible to generate the opposite R enantiomers with efficiency comparable to, or even better than, the wildtype AspRedAm.
