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CYP505E3: A Novel Self-Sufficient ω-7 In-Chain Hydroxylase
Maseme, Mpeyake Jacob,Opperman, Diederik Johannes,Pennec, Alizé,Smit, Martha Sophia,van Marwijk, Jacqueline
supporting information, p. 10359 - 10362 (2020/04/23)
The self-sufficient cytochrome P450 monooxygenase CYP505E3 from Aspergillus terreus catalyzes the regioselective in-chain hydroxylation of alkanes, fatty alcohols, and fatty acids at the ω-7 position. It is the first reported P450 to give regioselective in-chain ω-7 hydroxylation of C10–C16 n-alkanes, thereby enabling the one step biocatalytic synthesis of rare alcohols such as 5-dodecanol and 7-tetradecanol. It shows more than 70 percent regioselectivity for the eighth carbon from one methyl terminus, and displays remarkably high activity towards decane (TTN≈8000) and dodecane (TTN≈2000). CYP505E3 can be used to synthesize the high-value flavour compound δ-dodecalactone via two routes: 1) conversion of dodecanoic acid into 5-hydroxydodecanoic acid (24 percent regioselectivity), which at low pH lactonises to δ-dodecalactone, and 2) conversion of 1-dodecanol into 1,5-dodecanediol (55 percent regioselectivity), which can be converted into δ-dodecalactone by horse liver alcohol dehydrogenase.
An Efficient Direct α-Alkylation of Ketones with Primary Alcohols Catalyzed by [Ir(cod)CI]2/PPh3/KOH System without Solvent
Taguchi, Kazuhiko,Nakagawa, Hideto,Hirabayashi, Tomotaka,Sakaguchi, Satoshi,Ishii, Yasutaka
, p. 72 - 73 (2007/10/03)
α-Alkylation of ketones was successfully achieved by the reaction of ketones with alcohols catalyzed by iridium complexes in the presence of a small amount of base. For example, 2-octanone was allowed to react with butanol under the influence of [Ir(cod)Cl]2/PPh3/KOH to give 6-dodecanone in good yield. The reaction was found to proceed by using a 1:1 mixture of ketone and alcohol without use of any solvent. Copyright
ETUDE DU CARACTERE NUCLEOPHILE DES RADICAUX LORS DE LA REACTION DE TRANSFERT SUR LA LIAISON O-O DES PERACIDES
Fossey, Jacques,Lefort, Daniel
, p. 1023 - 1036 (2007/10/02)
Peracids RCO3H yield free radicals R. which react either with the peracid or with solvent giving the alcohol ROH and the hydrocarbon RH.The nucleophilic character of the free radicals was modified either by substitution of the carbon bearing the odd electron by inductive groups or by changing the free radical hybridation by the means of blocked structures such as cyclic or bicyclic free radicals.For each R., the measurement of the ratio ROH/RH establishes a reactivity scale for R. with the peracid O-O bond.This reactivity does not depend on free radical stability but depends strongly on nucleophilic character.A primary free radical is less reactive than a secondary one, and is much less reactive than a tertiary one.A bridgehead free radical as the bicycloheptyle-1 does not react with the peracid.These results are interpreted to indicate a transition state with charge transfer (polar effect), the peracid being electrophilic and the free radical nucleophilic; PMO theory is discussed.
