960237-97-2Relevant academic research and scientific papers
Fast DKR of amines using isopropyl 2-methoxyacetate as acyl donor
Veld, Martijn A. J.,Hult, Karl,Palmans, Anja R. A.,Meijer
, p. 5416 - 5421 (2007)
The dynamic kinetic resolution (DKR) of various primary amine substrates was performed using a modified version of the Baeckvall system. A single equivalent of isopropyl 2-methoxyacetate was used as acyl donor in combination with p-MeO Shvo complex as the racemization catalyst and Novozym 435 as the acylation catalyst. A reaction temperature of 100°C was employed to ensure a high racemization rate. Adding 2,4-dimethyl-3-pentanol (DMP) as hydrogen donor at a concentration of 0.5 M successfully suppressed side product formation. Under these modified DKR conditions, complete conversion was observed for most substrates within 26 h showing both high ee values and good chemoselectivity, whereas the original system required a reaction time of 72 h. Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, 2007.
The dutch resolution variant of the classical resolution of racemates by formation of diastereomeric salts: Family behaviour in nucleation inhibition
Dalmolen, Jan,Tiemersma-Wegman, Theodora D.,Nieuwenhuijzen, Jose W.,Van Der Sluis, Marcel,Van Echten, Erik,Vries, Ton R.,Kaptein, Bernard,Broxterman, Quirinius B.,Kellogg, Richard M.
, p. 5619 - 5624 (2007/10/03)
The resolution of racemates through their diastereomeric salts can be positively affected by the addition of small amounts of suitable nucleation inhibitors. This discovery is a logical extension of "Dutch Resolution", in which equimolar amounts of resolving agents that are members of the same family (i.e., structurally related) are used. We conducted a systematic search for nucleation inhibitors of the resolving agent 1-phenylethylamine. A wide range of amines that bear possible family resemblances to 1-phenylethylamine was investigated. It was found that (R)-1-phenylbutylamine is a good inhibitor of (R)-1-phenylethylamine. Results of turbidity measurements showed that, for the model case of mandelic acid resolution, the chief effect of this inhibitor was to widen the metastable zone for the more soluble diastereomer. This observation is in accordance with previous experience. Further scouting for possible family members revealed a wide variation in the effectiveness of inhibitors, dependent on their structure. By far the most effective inhibitors are bifunctional 1-phenylethylamine and/or 1-phenylbutylamine analogues. The effect of racemic inhibitors was found to approach that of enantiomerically pure inhibitors of the same absolute configuration of the 1-phenylethylamine used for resolution. The most effective inhibitors were tested for the resolution of a structural variety of racemates, and were shown to be broadly applicable.
