Bio-based triacetic acid lactone in the synthesis of azaheterocyclesviaa ring-opening transformation

2018 ◽  
Vol 42 (11) ◽  
pp. 8943-8952 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dmitrii L. Obydennov ◽  
Asmaa I. El-Tantawy ◽  
Vyacheslav Ya. Sosnovskikh

In the present article a new way of converting biobased triacetic acid lactone (TAL) into azaheterocyclic compounds, such as 4-pyridones, pyrazoles, isoxazolines and isoxazoles, has been found through reactive and multifunctional polycarbonyl intermediates.

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hussnain Sajjad ◽  
Emily A. Prebihalo ◽  
William B. Tolman ◽  
Theresa M. Reineke

We report here the synthesis and polymerization of a novel disubstituted valerolactone, β-acetoxy-δ-methylvalerolactone, derived from the renewable feedstock triacetic acid lactone (TAL).


2020 ◽  
Vol 33 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhiqing Wang ◽  
Aarti Doshi ◽  
Ratul Chowdhury ◽  
Yixi Wang ◽  
Costas D Maranas ◽  
...  

Abstract We previously described the design of triacetic acid lactone (TAL) biosensor ‘AraC-TAL1’, based on the AraC regulatory protein. Although useful as a tool to screen for enhanced TAL biosynthesis, this variant shows elevated background (leaky) expression, poor sensitivity and relaxed inducer specificity, including responsiveness to orsellinic acid (OA). More sensitive biosensors specific to either TAL or OA can aid in the study and engineering of polyketide synthases that produce these and similar compounds. In this work, we employed a TetA-based dual-selection to isolate new TAL-responsive AraC variants showing reduced background expression and improved TAL sensitivity. To improve TAL specificity, OA was included as a ‘decoy’ ligand during negative selection, resulting in the isolation of a TAL biosensor that is inhibited by OA. Finally, to engineer OA-specific AraC variants, the iterative protein redesign and optimization computational framework was employed, followed by 2 rounds of directed evolution, resulting in a biosensor with 24-fold improved OA/TAL specificity, relative to AraC-TAL1.


2019 ◽  
Vol 17 (31) ◽  
pp. 7369-7379 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joy Chakraborty ◽  
Samik Nanda

An efficient asymmetric total synthesis of naturally occurring resorcylic acid lactone (RAL) paecilomycin C was achieved by employing carboxylate assisted 5-exo-tet ring opening of an epoxide as a key reaction.


1966 ◽  
Vol 44 (9) ◽  
pp. 1059-1068 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Bryan Jones ◽  
John M. Young

As the first stage in the investigations of the mechanisms of action of carcinogenic lactones, the reactions of 4-hydroxypent-2-enoic acid lactone (II, R = CH3), which is a carcinogen, and of the non-carcinogenic 4-hydroxypent-3-enoic (III, R = CH3) and 4-hydroxypentanoic (IV, R = CH3) acid lactones with methylamine and benzylamine have been studied. As expected, the carcinogenic lactone reacts to give the Michael addition products, whereas both inactive lactones undergo ring opening by nucleophilic attack at the carbonyl group. From the relative rates of reaction of the amines with the lactones it is concluded that the induction of tumors by II (R = CH3) does not involve alkylation of biological primary alkylamino groups. The proton magnetic resonance spectra of the products enable the different reaction pathways to be distinguished readily, and may provide the basis for rapid physicochemical screening of alkylation agents that are potential carcinogens.


2018 ◽  
Vol 115 (9) ◽  
pp. 2096-2101 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kelly A. Markham ◽  
Claire M. Palmer ◽  
Malgorzata Chwatko ◽  
James M. Wagner ◽  
Clare Murray ◽  
...  

Polyketides represent an extremely diverse class of secondary metabolites often explored for their bioactive traits. These molecules are also attractive building blocks for chemical catalysis and polymerization. However, the use of polyketides in larger scale chemistry applications is stymied by limited titers and yields from both microbial and chemical production. Here, we demonstrate that an oleaginous organism (specifically, Yarrowia lipolytica) can overcome such production limitations owing to a natural propensity for high flux through acetyl–CoA. By exploring three distinct metabolic engineering strategies for acetyl–CoA precursor formation, we demonstrate that a previously uncharacterized pyruvate bypass pathway supports increased production of the polyketide triacetic acid lactone (TAL). Ultimately, we establish a strain capable of producing over 35% of the theoretical conversion yield to TAL in an unoptimized tube culture. This strain also obtained an averaged maximum titer of 35.9 ± 3.9 g/L with an achieved maximum specific productivity of 0.21 ± 0.03 g/L/h in bioreactor fermentation. Additionally, we illustrate that a β-oxidation-related overexpression (PEX10) can support high TAL production and is capable of achieving over 43% of the theoretical conversion yield under nitrogen starvation in a test tube. Next, through use of this bioproduct, we demonstrate the utility of polyketides like TAL to modify commodity materials such as poly(epichlorohydrin), resulting in an increased molecular weight and shift in glass transition temperature. Collectively, these findings establish an engineering strategy enabling unprecedented production from a type III polyketide synthase as well as establish a route through O-functionalization for converting polyketides into new materials.


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