- Discovery, Biocatalytic Exploration and Structural Analysis of a 4-Ethylphenol Oxidase from Gulosibacter chungangensis
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The vanillyl-alcohol oxidase (VAO) family is a rich source of biocatalysts for the oxidative bioconversion of phenolic compounds. Through genome mining and sequence comparisons, we found that several family members lack a generally conserved catalytic aspartate. This finding led us to study a VAO-homolog featuring a glutamate residue in place of the common aspartate. This 4-ethylphenol oxidase from Gulosibacter chungangensis (Gc4EO) shares 42 % sequence identity with VAO from Penicillium simplicissimum, contains the same 8α-N3-histidyl-bound FAD and uses oxygen as electron acceptor. However, Gc4EO features a distinct substrate scope and product specificity as it is primarily effective in the dehydrogenation of para-substituted phenols with little generation of hydroxylated products. The three-dimensional structure shows that the characteristic glutamate side chain creates a closely packed environment that may limit water accessibility and thereby protect from hydroxylation. With its high thermal stability, well defined structural properties and high expression yields, Gc4EO may become a catalyst of choice for the specific dehydrogenation of phenolic compounds bearing small substituents.
- Alvigini, Laura,Fraaije, Marco W.,Gran-Scheuch, Alejandro,Guo, Yiming,Mattevi, Andrea,Saifuddin, Mohammad,Trajkovic, Milos
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p. 3225 - 3233
(2021/10/04)
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- Bioinspired Selective Synthesis of Heterodimer 8-5′ or 8- O-4′ Neolignan Analogs
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The bioinspired synthesis of heterodimer neolignan analogs is reported by single-electron oxidation of both alkenyl phenols and phenols individually, followed by a combination of the resultant radicals. This oxidative radical cross-coupling strategy can afford heterodimer 8-5′ or 8-O-4′ neolignan analogs selectively with the use of air as the terminal oxidant and copper acetate as the catalyst at room temperature.
- Dong, Kui,Zhao, Chuang-Yuan,Wang, Xiao-Ju,Wu, Li-Zhu,Liu, Qiang
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p. 2816 - 2820
(2021/04/13)
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- Enantio- and Regioselective NiH-Catalyzed Reductive Hydroarylation of Vinylarenes with Aryl Iodides
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A highly enantio- and regioselective hydroarylation process of vinylarenes with aryl halides has been developed using a NiH catalyst and a new chiral bis imidazoline ligand. A broad range of structurally diverse, enantioenriched 1,1-diarylalkanes, a structure found in a number of biologically active molecules, have been obtained with excellent yields and enantioselectivities under extremely mild conditions.
- He, Yuli,Liu, Chuang,Yu, Lei,Zhu, Shaolin
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p. 21530 - 21534
(2020/10/02)
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- Enantioselective Oxy-Heck–Matsuda Arylations: Expeditious Synthesis of Dihydrobenzofuran Systems and Total Synthesis of the Neolignan (?)-Conocarpan
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This work discloses the first examples of an effective enantioselective oxy-Heck–Matsuda reaction using a variety of styrenic olefins to generate chiral dihydrobenzofurans. The reaction proceeds in moderate to good yields, with high trans diastereoselectivity (up to 20:1) in enantioselectivities up to 90:10 using the N,N-ligand pyrimidine-bisoxazoline (PyriBox). The oxy-Heck–Matsuda reactions were carried out under mild conditions and rather low catalyst loadings. The feasibility and practicality of the process is demonstrated by a concise total synthesis of the neolignan (?)-conocarpan. X-ray diffraction of an advanced brominated intermediate in the route to (?)-conocarpan has allowed the unequivocal assignment of the absolute stereochemistry of the oxy-Heck–Matsuda aryldihydrobenzofuran products. A rationale for the mechanism operating in these enantioselective oxy-Heck–Matsuda reactions is also presented. (Figure presented.).
- Silva, Allan R.,Polo, Ellen C.,Martins, Nelson C.,Correia, Carlos Roque D.
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p. 346 - 365
(2018/01/26)
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- CSJ acting as a versatile highly efficient greener resource for organic transformations
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Simple, new, greener and efficient alternatives to the existing protocols have been developed for the reduction of aromatic aldehydes to their corresponding alcohols, decarboxylation of substituted benzoic acids (C6-C1) and substituted cinnamic acids (C6-C3) with a hydroxyl group at the para position with respect to the acid group to corresponding phenolic compounds and vinyl phenols respectively by using a natural feedstock, cucumber juice (CSJ), which acts as a greener solvent system, performing a substrate-selective reaction. Additionally, the hydrolysis of the acetyl as well as the benzoyl group of aromatic compounds has been carried out to afford excellent yield by CSJ.
- Maity, Himadri Sekhar,Misra, Kaushik,Mahata, Tanushree,Nag, Ahindra
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p. 24446 - 24450
(2016/03/15)
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