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Quantification of the nucleophilic reactivity of nicotine
Byrne, Peter A.,Kobayashi, Shinjiro,Breugst, Martin,Laub, Hans,Mayr, Herbert
, p. 759 - 767 (2016)
Rate and equilibrium constants of the reactions of nicotine and structurally related compounds with benzhydrylium ions have been determined UV-Vis spectroscopically using stopped-flow and laser-flash techniques. The pyridine nitrogen of nicotine was identified as the site of thermodynamically and kinetically controlled attack. Quantum chemical calculations showed that the introduction of a pyrid-3-yl moiety into the 2-position of N-methylpyrrolidine (to give nicotine) reduces the Lewis basicity of the pyrrolidine ring by 24 kJ mol?1, whereas the analogous introduction of a phenyl ring decreases this quantity by only 11 kJ mol?1. Copyright
Stereoselectivity and Structural Characterization of an Imine Reductase (IRED) from Amycolatopsis orientalis
Aleku, Godwin A.,Man, Henry,France, Scott P.,Leipold, Friedemann,Hussain, Shahed,Toca-Gonzalez, Laura,Marchington, Rebecca,Hart, Sam,Turkenburg, Johan P.,Grogan, Gideon,Turner, Nicholas J.
, p. 3880 - 3889 (2016/07/06)
The imine reductase AoIRED from Amycolatopsis orientalis (Uniprot R4SNK4) catalyzes the NADPH-dependent reduction of a wide range of prochiral imines and iminium ions, predominantly with (S)-selectivity and with ee's of up to >99%. AoIRED displays up to 100-fold greater catalytic efficiency for 2-methyl-1-pyrroline (2MPN) compared to other IREDs, such as the enzyme from Streptomyces sp. GF3546, which also exhibits (S)-selectivity, and thus, AoIRED is an interesting candidate for preparative synthesis. AoIRED exhibits unusual catalytic properties, with inversion of stereoselectivity observed between structurally similar substrates, and also, in the case of 1-methyl-3,4-dihydroisoquinoline, for the same substrate, dependent on the age of the enzyme after purification. The structure of AoIRED has been determined in an "open" apo-form, revealing a canonical dimeric IRED fold in which the active site is formed between the N- and C-terminal domains of participating monomers. Co-crystallization with NADPH gave a "closed" form in complex with the cofactor, in which a relative closure of domains, and associated loop movements, has resulted in a much smaller active site. A ternary complex was also obtained by cocrystallization with NADPH and 1-methyl-1,2,3,4-tetrahydroisoquinoline [(MTQ], and it reveals a binding site for the (R)-amine product, which places the chiral carbon within 4 ? of the putative location of the C4 atom of NADPH that delivers hydride to the C? -N bond of the substrate. The ternary complex has permitted structure-informed mutation of the active site, resulting in mutants including Y179A, Y179F, and N241A, of altered activity and stereoselectivity.
Gold-catalyzed oxidative cyclization of chiral homopropargyl amides: Synthesis of enantioenriched γ-lactams
Shu, Chao,Liu, Meng-Qi,Wang, Shan-Shan,Li, Long,Ye, Long-Wu
, p. 3292 - 3299 (2013/06/27)
A gold-catalyzed tandem cycloisomerization/oxidation of homopropargyl amides has been developed, which provides ready access to synthetically useful chiral γ-lactams with excellent ee by combining the chiral tert-butylsulfinimine chemistry and gold cataly
