- Light-Driven Kinetic Resolution of α-Functionalized Carboxylic Acids Enabled by an Engineered Fatty Acid Photodecarboxylase
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Chiral α-functionalized carboxylic acids are valuable precursors for a variety of medicines and natural products. Herein, we described an engineered fatty acid photodecarboxylase (CvFAP)-catalyzed kinetic resolution of α-amino acids and α-hydroxy acids, which provides the unreacted R-configured substrates with high yields and excellent stereoselectivity (ee up to 99 %). This efficient light-driven process requires neither NADPH recycling nor prior preparation of esters, which were required in previous biocatalytic approaches. The structure-guided engineering strategy is based on the scanning of large amino acids at hotspots to narrow the substrate binding tunnel. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first example of asymmetric catalysis by an engineered CvFAP.
- Xu, Jian,Hu, Yujing,Fan, Jiajie,Arkin, Mamatjan,Li, Danyang,Peng, Yongzhen,Xu, Weihua,Lin, Xianfu,Wu, Qi
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supporting information
p. 8474 - 8478
(2019/05/24)
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- Biocontrolled formal inversion or retention of L -α-amino acids to enantiopure (R)- or (S)-hydroxyacids
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Natural L-α-amino acids and L-norleucine were transformed to the corresponding α-hydroxy acids by formal biocatalytic inversion or retention of absolute configuration. The one-pot transformation was achieved by a concurrent oxidation reduction cascade in aqueous media. A representative panel of enantiopure (R)- and (S)-2-hydroxy acids possessing aliphatic, aromatic and heteroaromatic moieties were isolated in high yield (67-85 %) and enantiopure form (>99 % ee) without requiring chromatographic purification.
- Busto, Eduardo,Grischek, Barbara,Kroutil, Wolfgang,Richter, Nina
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supporting information
p. 11225 - 11228,4
(2015/01/07)
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- A Convenient Route to (R)-α-Hydroxy Carboxylic Acids and (2R)-1-Amino-2-alkanols from (R)-Cyanohydrins
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(R)-Cyanohydrins, prepared in good to excellent yields with high optical purity by enzyme-catalyzed addition of hydrogen cyanide to aldehydes in organic solvents, are hydrolyzed with concentrated hydrochloric acid at ambient temperature, usually in very high yield, without any trace of racemization to give (R)-α-hydroxy carboxylic acids.Likewise, no racemization is observed by direct reduction of the (R)-cyanohydrins with lithium aluminium hydride to give (2R)-1-amino-2-alkanols.
- Ziegler, Thomas,Hoersch, Brigitte,Effenberger, Franz
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p. 575 - 578
(2007/10/02)
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- Process for optically active 3-(methane-sulfonyloxy)thiolane and analogs
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Intermediates and a stepwise process for the conversion of D-methionine or certain of its derivatives to optically active compounds of the formula STR1 wherein R is (C1 -C3) alkyl, phenyl or tolyl. The latter compounds are in turn useful as an intermediate in the preparation of penem antibiotic 5R,6S-6-(1R-hydroxyethyl)-2-(1R-oxo-3S-thiolanylthio)-2-penem-3-carboxylic acid and corresponding pharmaceutically acceptable salts and esters.
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