- Insight into the chemoselective aromatic: Vs. side-chain hydroxylation of alkylaromatics with H2O2catalyzed by a non-heme imine-based iron complex
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The oxidation of a series of alkylaromatic compounds with H2O2 catalyzed by an imine-based non-heme iron complex prepared in situ by reaction of 2-picolylaldehyde, 2-picolylamine, and Fe(OTf)2 in a 2?:?2?:?1 ratio leads to a marked chemoselectivity for aromatic ring hydroxylation over side-chain oxidation. This selectivity is herein investigated in detail. Side-chain/ring oxygenated product ratio was found to increase upon decreasing the bond dissociation energy (BDE) of the benzylic C-H bond in line with expectation. Evidence for competitive reactions leading either to aromatic hydroxylation via electrophilic aromatic substitution or side-chain oxidation via benzylic hydrogen atom abstraction, promoted by a metal-based oxidant, has been provided by kinetic isotope effect analysis. This journal is
- Ticconi, Barbara,Capocasa, Giorgio,Cerrato, Andrea,Di Stefano, Stefano,Lapi, Andrea,Marincioni, Beatrice,Olivo, Giorgio,Lanzalunga, Osvaldo
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p. 171 - 178
(2021/01/28)
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- Alteration of the substrate specificity of the angular dioxygenase carbazole 1,9a-dioxygenase
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Carbazole 1,9a-dioxygenase (CARDO) consists of terminal oxygenase (CARDO-O) and electron transport components. CARDO can catalyze specific oxygenation for various substrates: angular dioxygenation for carbazole and dibenzo-p-dioxin, lateral dioxygenation for anthracene, and monooxygenation for methylene carbon of fluorene and sulfide sulfur of dibenzothiophene. To elucidate the molecular mechanism determining its unique substrate specificity, 17 CARDO-O site-directed mutants at amino acid residues I262, F275, Q282, and F329, which form the substrate-interacting wall around the iron active site by CARDO-O crystal structure, were generated and characterized. F329 replacement dramatically reduced oxygenation activity. However, several mutants produced different products from the wild-type enzyme to a large extent: I262V and Q282Y (1-hydroxycarbazole), F275W (4-hydroxyfluorene), F275A (unidentified cis-dihydrodiol of fluoranthene), and I262A and I262W (monohydroxydibenzothiophenes). These results suggest the possibility that the respective substrates bind to the active sites of CARDO-O mutants in a different orientation from that of the wild-type enzyme.
- Uchimura, Hiromasa,Horisaki, Tadafumi,Umeda, Takashi,Noguchi, Haruko,Usami, Yusuke,Li, Li,Terada, Tohru,Nakamura, Shugo,Shimizu, Kentaro,Takemura, Tetsuo,Habe, Hiroshi,Furihata, Kazuo,Omori, Toshio,Yamane, Hisakazu,Nojiri, Hideaki
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p. 3237 - 3248
(2009/04/10)
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- Oxygenation reactions of various tricyclic fused aromatic compounds using Escherichia coli and Streptomyces lividans transformants carrying several arene dioxygenase genes.
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Bioconversion (biotransformation) experiments on arenes (aromatic compounds), including various tricyclic fused aromatic compounds such as fluorene, dibenzofuran, dibenzothiophene, carbazole, acridene, and phenanthridine, were done using the cells of Escherichia coli transformants expressing several arene dioxygenase genes. E. coli carrying the phenanthrene dioxygenase (phdABCD) genes derived from the marine bacterium Nocardioides sp. strain KP7 converted all of these tricyclic aromatic compounds, while E. coli carrying the Pseudomonas putida F1 toluene dioxygenase (todC1C2BA) genes or the P. pseudoalcaligenes KF707 biphenyl dioxygenase (bphA1A2A3A4) genes was not able to convert these substrates. Surprisingly, E. coli carrying hybrid dioxygenase (todC1::bphA2A3A4) genes with a subunit substitution between the toluene and biphenyl dioxygenases was able to convert fluorene, dibenzofuran, and dibenzothiophene. The cells of a Streptomyces lividans transformant carrying the phenanthrene dioxygenase genes were also evaluated for bioconversion of various tricyclic fused aromatic compounds. The ability of this actinomycete in their conversion was similar to that of E. coli carrying the corresponding genes. Products converted from the aromatic compounds with these recombinant bacterial cells were purified by column chromatography on silica gel, and identified by their MS and 1H and 13C NMR analyses. Several products, e.g., 4-hydroxyfluorene converted from fluorene, and cis-1,2-dihydroxy-1,2-dihydrophenanthridine, cis-9,10-dihydroxy-9,10-dihydrophenanthridine, and 10-hydroxyphenanthridine, which were converted from phenanthridine, were novel compounds.
- Shindo,Ohnishi,Chun,Takahashi,Hayashi,Saito,Iguchi,Furukawa,Harayama,Horinouchi,Misawa
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p. 2472 - 2481
(2007/10/03)
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