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Lipase-involved strategy to the enantiomers of 4-benzyl-β-lactam as a key intermediate in the preparation of β-phenylalanine derivatives
Li, Xiang-Guo,Kanerva, Liisa T.
, p. 197 - 205 (2006)
A simple chemoenzymatic method for the preparation of the enantiomers of 4-benzyl-β-lactam (4-benzylazetidin-2-one) from allylbenzene has been described. The enantiomers of this key intermediate have been used to produce the corresponding enantiomers of β-phenylalanine and N-Boc-protected β-phenylalanine amide through the simple cleavage of the lactam ring by acid-catalyzed hydrolysis and by ammonolysis, respectively. Burkholderia cepacia lipase-catalyzed kinetic double resolution techniques were responsible for achieving enantiopurity in the products. This was performed through the acylation of N-hydroxymethylated β-lactam followed by the butanolysis of the obtained (S)-ester. Direct lipase-catalyzed cleavage of the β-lactam ring has also been studied.
