797039-94-2Relevant academic research and scientific papers
Efficient asymmetric synthesis of 1-cyano-tetrahydroisoquinolines from lipase dual activity and opposite enantioselectivities in α-aminonitrile resolution
Sakulsombat, Morakot,Vongvilai, Pornrapee,Ramstr?m, Olof
, p. 11322 - 11325 (2014/10/15)
Dual promiscuous racemization/amidation activities of lipases leading to efficient dynamic kinetic resolution protocols of racemic α-aminonitrile compounds are described. α-Amidonitrile products of high enantiomeric purity could be formed in high yields. Several lipases from different sources were shown to exhibit the dual catalytic activities, where opposite enantioselectivities could be recorded for certain substrates. Dynamic chemistry: Dual promiscuous racemization/amidation activities of lipases leading to efficient dynamic kinetic resolution protocols of racemic α-aminonitrile compounds are described. α-Amidonitrile products of high enantiomeric purity could be formed in high yields. Several lipases from different sources were shown to exhibit the dual catalytic activities, in which opposite enantioselectivities could be recorded for certain substrates (see scheme).
Chemoenzymatic approaches to the dynamic kinetic asymmetric synthesis of aromatic amino acids
Chaplin, Jennifer A.,Levin, Michael D.,Morgan, Brian,Farid, Nancy,Li, Jen,Zhu, Zuolin,McQuaid, Jeff,Nicholson, Lawrence W.,Rand, Cynthia A.,Burk, Mark J.
, p. 2793 - 2796 (2007/10/03)
Enzymatic approaches for the production of amino acids by nitrilases are described. Dynamic kinetic asymmetric synthesis conditions were established for the aromatic aminonitriles, phenylglycinonitrile and 4- fluorophenylglycinonitrile, at high pH to produce the corresponding amino acid products in high enantiomeric excess. N-Acylation of aromatic aminonitriles led to spontaneous racemization at pH 8, allowing preferential enzymatic hydrolysis of the (R)-enantiomer to afford the product N-acylamino acids in up to 99% enantiomeric excess (ee).
