ChemInform Abstract: Hydrolases in Organic Synthesis: Preparation of Enantiomerically Pure Compounds

ChemInform ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 23 (43) ◽  
pp. no-no
Author(s):  
U. ADER ◽  
P. ANDERSCH ◽  
M. BERGER ◽  
U. GOERGENS ◽  
R. SEEMAYER ◽  
...  
ChemInform ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 24 (18) ◽  
pp. no-no
Author(s):  
U. ADER ◽  
P. ANDERSCH ◽  
M. BERGER ◽  
U. GOERGENS ◽  
R. SEEMAYER ◽  
...  

1992 ◽  
Vol 64 (8) ◽  
pp. 1165-1170 ◽  
Author(s):  
U. Ader ◽  
P. Andersch ◽  
M. Berger ◽  
U. Goergens ◽  
R. Seemayer ◽  
...  

Catalysts ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (7) ◽  
pp. 781
Author(s):  
Agnieszka Raczyńska ◽  
Joanna Jadczyk ◽  
Małgorzata Brzezińska-Rodak

The enantioselective synthesis of organic compounds is one of the great challenges in organic synthetic chemistry due to its importance for the acquisition of biologically active derivatives, e.g., pharmaceuticals, agrochemicals, and others. This is why biological systems are increasingly applied as tools for chiral compounds synthesis or modification. The use of whole cells of “wild-type” microorganisms is one possible approach, especially as some methods allow improving the conversion degrees and controlling the stereoselectivity of the reaction without the need to introduce changes at the genetic level. Simple manipulation of the culture conditions, the form of a biocatalyst, or the appropriate composition of the biotransformation medium makes it possible to obtain optically pure products in a cheap, safe, and environmentally friendly manner. This review contains selected examples of the influence of physicochemical factors on the stereochemistry of the biocatalytic preparation of enantiomerically pure compounds, which is undertaken through kinetically controlled separation of their racemic mixtures or reduction of prochiral ketones and has an effect on the final enantiomeric purity and enantioselectivity of the reaction.


1984 ◽  
Vol 62 (11) ◽  
pp. 2578-2582 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Bryan Jones ◽  
Christopher J. Francis

Preparative-scale horse liver alcohol dehydrogenase-catalyzed oxidation of mesoexo- and endo-7-oxabicyclo[2.2.1]heptane diols provides a direct one-step route to enantiomerically pure chiral γ-lactones of the oxabicyclic series.


Author(s):  
Douglass F. Taber

(–)-Nakadomarin A (4), isolated from the marine sponge Amphimedon sp. off the coast of Okinawa, shows interesting cytotoxic and antibacterial activity. David A. Evans of Harvard University prepared (J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2013, 135, 9338) 4 by coupling the enantiomerically pure lactam 2 with the prochiral lactam 1. The preparation of 1 began with the aldehyde 5. Following the Comins protocol, addition of lithio morpholine to the carbonyl gave an intermediate that could be metalated and iodinated. Protection of the aldehyde followed by Heck coupling with allyl alcohol gave the aldehyde 7. Addition of the phosphorane derived from 8 followed by deprotection gave 9 with the expected Z selectivity. Addition of the phosphonate 10 was also Z selective, leading to the lactam 1. The preparation of 2 began with the enantiomerically pure imine 12. The addition of 13 was highly diastereoselective, setting the absolute configuration of 15. Alkylation with the iodide 16 delivered 17, which was closed to 2 under conditions of kinetic ring-closing metathesis, using the Grubbs first generation Ru catalyst. The condensation of 1 with 2 gave both of the diastereomeric products, with a 9:1 preference for the desired 3. Experimentally, acid catalysis alone did not effect cyclization, suggesting that the cyclization is proceeding via silylated intermediates. The diastereoselectivity can be rationalized by a preferred extended transition state for the intramolecular Michael addition. Selective activation of 3 followed by reduction gave 18, which underwent Bischler-Napieralski cyclization to give an intermediate that could be reduced to (–)-nakadomarin A (4). It was later found that exposure of 3 to Tf2O and 19 followed by the addition of Redal gave direct conversion to 4. It is instructive to compare this work to the two previous syntheses of 4 that we have highlighted, by Dixon (OHL May 3, 2010) and by Funk (OHL July 4, 2011). Together, these three independent approaches to 4 showcase the variety and dexterity of current organic synthesis.


Author(s):  
Douglass F. Taber

Paclitaxel (Taxol®) 3 is widely used in the clinical treatment of a variety of cancers. Takaaki Sato and Noritaka Chida of Keio University envisioned (Org. Lett. 2015, 17, 2570, 2574) establishing the central eight-membered ring of 3 by the SmI2-mediated cyclization of 1 to 2. The starting point for the synthesis was the enantiomerically-pure enone 5, pre­pared from the carbohydrate precursor 4. Conjugate addition to 5 proceeded anti to the benzyloxy substituent to give, after trapping with formaldehyde and protection, the ketone 6. Reduction and protection followed by hydroboration led to 7, that was, after protection and deprotection, oxidized to 8. The second ring of 3 was added in the form of the alkenyl lithium derivative 9, prepared from the trisylhydrazone of the corresponding ketone. Hydroxyl-directed epoxidation of 10 proceeded with high facial selectivity, leading, after reduction and protection, to the cyclic carbonate 11. Allylic oxidation converted the alkene into the enone, while at the same time oxidizing the benzyl protecting group to the ben­zoate, to give 12. Reduction of the ketone 12 led to a mixture of diastereomers. In practice, only one of the diastereomers of 1 cyclized cleanly to 2, as illustrated, so the undesired diastereomer from the NaBH4 reduction was oxidized back to the enone for recycling. For convenience, only one of the diastereomers of 2 was carried forward. To establish the tetrasubstituted alkene of 3, the alkene of 2 was converted to the cis diol and on to the bis xanthate 13. Warming to 50°C led to the desired tet­rasubstituted alkene, sparing the oxygenation that is eventually required for 3. For convenience, to intercept 16, the intermediate in the Takahashi total synthesis, both xanthates were eliminated to give 14. Hydrogenation removed the disubsti­tuted alkene, and also deprotected the benzyl ether. Oxidation followed by Peterson alkene formation led to 15, that was carried on to the Takahashi intermediate 16 using the now-standard protocol for oxetane construction. It is a measure of the strength of the science of organic synthesis that Masahisa Nakada of Waseda University also reported (Chem. Eur. J. 2015, 21, 355) an elegant synthesis of 3 (not illustrated).


2020 ◽  
Vol 16 ◽  
pp. 2671-2678
Author(s):  
Ziyi Li ◽  
Li Wang ◽  
Yunqi Huang ◽  
Haibo Mei ◽  
Hiroyuki Konno ◽  
...  

In the present work, arylethynes were studied as new C-nucleophiles in the asymmetric Mannich addition reactions with (S)-N-tert-butylsulfinyl-3,3,3-trifluoroacetaldimine. The reactions were conducted under operationally convenient conditions affording the corresponding Mannich adducts with up to 87% yield and 70:30 diastereoselectivity. The isomeric products can be separated using regular column chromatography to afford diastereomerically pure compounds. The purified Mannich addition products were deprotected to give the target enantiomerically pure trifluoromethylpropargylamines. A mechanistic rationale for the observed stereochemical outcome is discussed.


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