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Baeyer-Villiger monooxygenase-catalyzed kinetic resolution of racemic α-alkyl benzyl ketones: enzymatic synthesis of α-alkyl benzylketones and α-alkyl benzylesters
Rodriguez, Cristina,Gonzalo, Gonzalo de,Torres Pazmino, Daniel E.,Fraaije, Marco W.,Gotor, Vicente
experimental part, p. 1168 - 1173 (2009/10/02)
The application of three BVMOs for the enantioselective oxidation of 3-phenylbutan-2-ones with different substituents in the aromatic moiety is described. By choosing the appropriate biocatalyst and substrate combination, chiral ketones and esters can be obtained with excellent enantiopurities. This methodology could also be applied to the resolution of racemic α-alkyl benzylketones with longer alkyl chains as well as with two substituted α-substituted benzylacetones. A kinetic analysis revealed that the BVMOs studied effectively convert all tested compounds showing that the enzymes are tolerant towards the substrate structure while being highly enantioselective. These properties render BVMOs as valuable biocatalysts for the preparation of compounds with high interest in organic synthesis.
Asymmetric transesterification of secondary alcohols catalyzed by feruloyl esterase from Humicola insolens
Hatzakis, Nikos S.,Smonou, Ioulia
, p. 325 - 337 (2007/10/03)
A new asymmetric transesterification of secondary alcohols catalyzed by feruloyl esterase from Humicola insolens has been found. Although alcohols are not the natural substrates for this enzyme, a high R enantioselectivity was observed. Stereochemical studies showed that variations in substrate structure lead to strong variations in enantioselectivity. The highest enantioselectivities are obtained when the β-carbon of the secondary alcohol is tertiary or quaternary.
Biotransformations with Rhizopus arrhizus: Preparation of the enantiomers of 1-phenylethanol and 1-(o-, m- and p-methoxyphenyl)ethanols
Salvi,Patil,Udupa,Banerji
, p. 2287 - 2290 (2007/10/03)
The fungus Rhizopus arrhizus has been used for the reduction of acetophenone and its o-, m- and p-methoxy derivatives 1a-d to the corresponding (S)-(-)-alcohols. Their racemic acetates were also hydrolyzed to (R)-(+)-alcohols. The analysis of products revealed that maximum enantioselectivity (78-88% ee) could be obtained using m-methoxy acetophenone as substrate.
Concerted Bimolecular Substitution Reactions of 1-Phenylethyl Derivatives
Richard, John P.,Jencks, William P.
, p. 1383 - 1396 (2007/10/02)
Substituted 1-phenylethyl derivatives with ?+ > -0.08 exhibit bimolecular substitution reactions with azide ion in 20percent acetonitrile in water.The reactions with 1-phenylethyl chlorides follow a Hammett correlation with ρ = -2.9, compared with ρ = -5.6 (r+ = 1.15) for solvolysis.Swain-Scott correlations give values of s = 0.46 and 0.22 for 1-(4-nitrophenyl)ethyl chloride and tosylate, respectively; there are large positive deviations for azide ion and water and negative deviations for cyanide ion.The value of βnuc is 0.09 for reactions of substituted acetates with the chloride.The reactions exhibit ''synergism'' between the nucleophile and leaving group that favors the bimolecular reaction with Me2S, Br- > Cl- > OTs- leaving groups.The bimolecular reaction with azide follows the Grunwald-Winstein Y correlation with m = 0.8 in methanol-water mixtures.Bimolecular reactions with less reactive nucleophiles in the series N3-, CN-, AcO-, and ROH appear at progressively larger ? values, as the carbocation becomes less stable.It is concluded that these reactions are SN2 displacements that proceed through an open, ''exploded'' transition state that closely resembles a carbocation.Specific salt effects are small in water but are significant in acetonitrile-water mixtures and could be mistaken for normal or induced common ion rate depressions.No evidence was obtained for nucleophilic assistance to the formation of a carbocation intermediate.Concurrent SN1 and SN2 pathways occur in the reactions with solvent and azide of dimethylsulfonium ion, 1-(4-fluorophenyl)ethyl chloride, 1-(3-methoxyphenyl)ethyl chloride, and, probably, 1-(3-nitro-4-methoxyphenyl)ethyl chloride.Crude estimates of the lifetime of the carbocation intermediate in the presence of the nucleophile are consistent with the hypothesis that the concerted reactions are enforced by the absence of a significant lifetime of the carbocation in the presence of the nucleophile and that stepwise mechanisms are followed when the intermediate has a significant lifetime; the change from a stepwise to a concerted mechanism occurs when the intermediate ceases to have a lifetime in the presence of a nucleophile.
Reactions of Substituted 1-Phenylethyl Carbocations with Alcohols and Other Nucleophilic Reagents
Richard, John P.,Jencks, William P.
, p. 1373 - 1383 (2007/10/02)
Selectivities of a series of substituted 1-phenylethyl carbocations toward alcohols and other nucleophiles have been determined by product analysis.The 1-(4-dimethylamino)phenyl)ethyl carbocation exhibits a high selectivity in its reactions with alcohols , with KEtOH/KTFE = 140 and βnuc = 0.5.The selectivity for activation-limited reactions with alcohols decreases progressively with increasing reactivity of the carbocation, in contrast to the behavior expected from the N+ scale of reactivity.A sharper drop in selectivity for carbocations that react faster than ca. 109 S-1 is attributed to an approach to limiting rate constants for the more reactive alcohol.The limiting selectivity of kEtOH/kTFE = 2 for carbocations with ks ca. 1011 S-1 may represent reaction from a pool of solvent molecules in which there is a modest charge-dipole interaction between the alcohol and carbocation.The relatively low reactivity of water corresponds to that expected for an alcohol of pKa ca. 13.This is ascribed to an imbalance between charge development and solvation of the transition state compared with H3O+.Substituted acetate anions react with the 1-(4-methoxyphenyl)ethyl carbocation with βnuc = 0.13.The selectivity decreases with increasing cation reactivity as the carboxylate ions approach limiting rate constants of ca. 5 * 108 M-1 s-1.This relatively low limit is attributed to a requirement for desolvation of basic oxygen anions before reaction.A dependence of solvent selectivity on the leaving group shows that the 1-(4-methylphenyl)ethyl carbocation reacts with solvent, in part, through an ion pair.Azide ion reacts from a pool that can be described by an equilibrium constant of Kas = 0.3 M-1.Styrene formation from this carbocation is catalyzed by a leaving carboxylate ion and by added buffers, wih β = 0.14.The equilibrium constant for the formation of a reactive base-cation pair is ca. 0.04 M-1.Rate constants for collapse of the ion pair, to form ester, and for proton removal, to form 4-methylstyrene, were estimated to be approximately 1.6 * 1010 s-1 and 6 * 107 s-1, respectively.The rate constants for deprotonation and for hydration of the styrene give the acid dissociation constant of the carbocation to form 4-methylstyrene, pKA = -11.2.
