- Highly regio- and enantio-selective hydrolysis of two racemic epoxides by GmEH3, a novel epoxide hydrolase from Glycine max
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A novel epoxide hydrolase from Glycine max, designated GmEH3, was excavated based on the computer-aided analysis. Then, gmeh3, a GmEH3-encoding gene, was cloned and successfully expressed in E. coli Rosetta(DE3). Among the ten investigated rac-epoxides, GmEH3 possessed the highest and best complementary regioselectivities (regioselectivity coefficients, αS = 93.7% and βR = 97.2%) in the asymmetric hydrolysis of rac-m-chlorostyrene oxide (5a), and the highest enantioselectivity (enantiomeric ratio, E = 55.6) towards rac-phenyl glycidyl ether (7a). The catalytic efficiency (kcatS/KmS = 2.50 mM?1 s?1) of purified GmEH3 for (S)-5a was slightly higher than that (kcatR/KmR = 1.52 mM?1 s?1) for (R)-5a, whereas the kcat/Km (5.16 mM?1 s?1) for (S)-7a was much higher than that (0.09 mM?1 s?1) for (R)-7a. Using 200 mg/mL wet cells of E. coli/gmeh3 as the biocatalyst, the scale-up enantioconvergent hydrolysis of 150 mM rac-5a at 25 °C for 1.5 h afforded (R)-5b with 90.2% eep and 95.4% yieldp, while the kinetic resolution of 500 mM rac-7a for 2.5 h retained (R)-7a with over 99% ees and 43.2% yields. Furthermore, the sources of high regiocomplementarity of GmEH3 for (S)- and (R)-5a as well as high enantioselectivity towards rac-7a were analyzed via molecular docking (MD) simulation.
- Zhang, Chen,Li, Chuang,Zhu, Xiu-xiu,Liu, You-yi,Zhao, Jun,Wu, Min-chen
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p. 2795 - 2803
(2020/09/01)
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- A novel homochiral metal-organic framework with an expanded open cage based on (: R)-3,3′-bis(6-carboxy-2-naphthyl)-2,2′-dihydroxy-1,1′-binaphthyl: synthesis, X-ray structure and efficient HPLC enantiomer separation
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A new homochiral metal-organic framework (MOF) with an expanded open cage based on the (R)-3,3′-bis(6-carboxy-2-naphthyl)-2,2′-dihydroxy-1,1′-binaphthyl ligand was synthesized and utilized as a novel chiral stationary phase for high-performance liquid chromatography. Twelve racemates including sec-alcohols, sulfoxides, epoxides, lactone, 1,3-dioxolan-2-one, and oxazolidinone were used as analytes for evaluating the separation properties of the chiral-MOF-packed column. Experimentally, the homochiral MOF offered good molecular recognition ability, which suggests good prospects for the application of chiral MOFs as stationary phases for enantioseparation.
- Tanaka, Koichi,Kawakita, Tomohiro,Morawiak, Maja,Urbanczyk-Lipkowska, Zofia
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(2019/01/21)
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- Enantioselective Resolution Copolymerization of Racemic Epoxides and Anhydrides: Efficient Approach for Stereoregular Polyesters and Chiral Epoxides
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Herein we report an efficient strategy for preparing isotactic polyesters and chiral epoxides via enantioselective resolution copolymerization of racemic terminal epoxides with anhydrides, mediated by enantiopure bimetallic complexes in conjunction with a nucleophilic cocatalyst. The chirality of both the axial linker and the diamine backbones of the ligand are responsible for the chiral induction of this kinetic resolution copolymerization process. The catalyst systems exhibit exceptional levels of enantioselectivity with a kinetic resolution coefficient exceeding 300 for various racemic epoxides, affording highly isotactic copolymers (selectivity factors of more than 300) with a completely alternating structure and low polydispersity index. Most of the produced isotactic polyesters are typical semicrystalline materials with melting temperatures in the range from 77 to 160 °C.
- Li, Jie,Ren, Bai-Hao,Wan, Zhao-Qian,Chen, Shi-Yu,Liu, Ye,Ren, Wei-Min,Lu, Xiao-Bing
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p. 8937 - 8942
(2019/06/11)
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- Evaluating Ylehd, a recombinant epoxide hydrolase from: Yarrowia lipolytica as a potential biocatalyst for the resolution of benzyl glycidyl ether
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Glycidyl ethers and their vicinal diols are important building blocks in the organic synthesis of anti-cancer and anti-obesity drugs. Ylehd, an epoxide hydrolase from tropical marine yeast Yarrowia lipolytica, was explored for its enantioselective propert
- Bendigiri, Chandrika,Harini,Yenkar, Sajal,Zinjarde, Smita,Sowdhamini,Ravikumar, Ameeta
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- Raw and waste plant materials as sources of fungi with epoxide hydrolase activity. Application to the kinetic resolution of aryl and alkyl glycidyl ethers
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The by-products of olive oil production can be used as sources of microbial strains. Penicillium sp., Aspergillus terreus, Penicillium aurantiogriseum, Aspergillus tubingensis and Aspergillus niger were selected on the basis of their epoxide-hydrolyzing activity towards racemic rac-glycidyl phenyl ether. We studied the effect on enzymatic activity of adding styrene oxide to the growth medium. It induced the biosynthesis of epoxide hydrolases and reduced cell growth. The resolution capacity of the five fungi was tested on rac-glycidyl phenyl ether, rac-benzyl glycidyl ether, rac-1,2-epoxyhexane and rac-1,2-epoxyoctane. The resolution of rac-glycidyl phenyl ether by A. niger, rac-benzyl glycidyl ether by P. aurantiogriseum and A. terreus, rac-1,2-epoxyhexane by A. tubingensis and rac-1,2-epoxyoctane by A. terreus provided (S)-3-phenoxy-1,2-propanediol (45.1% yield, 51.4% ee), (R)-3-benzyloxy-1,2-propanediol (40.8% yield, 43.3% ee), (S)-3-benzyloxy-1,2-propanediol (45.4% yield, 45.6% ee), (R)-1,2-hexanediol (70.4% yield, 24.4% ee) and (R)-1,2-octanediol (21.4% yield, 27.5% ee), respectively. The (R)-enantiopreference of the epoxide hydrolases from P. aurantiogriseum is unprecedented.
- Dolcet, Marta,Torres, Mercè,Canela-Garayoa, Ramon
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- Calix[8]arene as New Platform for Cobalt-Salen Complexes Immobilization and Use in Hydrolytic Kinetic Resolution of Epoxides
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Eight cobalt-salen complexes have been covalently attached to a calix[8]arene platform through a flexible linker by a procedure employing Click chemistry. The corresponding well-defined catalyst proved its efficiency in the hydrolytic kinetic resolution (HKR) of various epoxides through an operative bimetallic cooperative activation, demonstrating highly enhanced activity when compared to its monomeric analogue. As an insoluble complex, this multisite cobalt-salen catalyst could be easily recovered and reused in successive catalytic runs. Products were isolated by a simple filtration with virtually no cobalt traces and without requiring a prior purification by flash chromatography.
- Abdellah, Ibrahim,Martini, Cyril,Dos Santos, Amandine,Dragoe, Diana,Guérineau, Vincent,Huc, Vincent,Schulz, Emmanuelle
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p. 4761 - 4767
(2018/10/02)
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- Asymmetric Transfer Hydrogenation of 1,3-Alkoxy/Aryloxy Propanones Using Tethered Arene/Ru(II)/TsDPEN Complexes
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A series of propanones containing combinations of aryloxy and alkoxy substituents at the 1- and 3-positions were reduced to the alcohols via asymmetric transfer hydrogenation using a tethered Ru(II)/TsDPEN catalyst. The enantioselectivities of the reductions reveal a complex pattern of electronic and steric effects which, when used in a matched combination, can lead to the formation of products of up to 68% ee (84:16 er) from this highly challenging class of substrate.
- Forshaw, Sam,Matthews, Alexander J.,Brown, Thomas J.,Diorazio, Louis J.,Williams, Luke,Wills, Martin
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(2017/06/07)
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- Asymmetric Hydrolytic and Aminolytic Kinetic Resolution of Racemic Epoxides using Recyclable Macrocyclic Chiral Cobalt(III) Salen Complexes
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New chiral macrocyclic cobalt(III) salen complexes were synthesized and used as catalyst for the asymmetric kinetic resolution (AKR) of terminal epoxides and glycidyl ethers with aromatic/aliphatic amines and water as nucleophiles. This is the first occasion where a Co(III) salen complex demonstrated its ability to catalyze AKR as well as hydrolytic kinetic resolution (HKR) reactions. Excellent enantiomeric excesses of the epoxides, the corresponding amino alcohols and diols (upto 99%) with quantitative yields were achieved by using the chiral Co(III) salen complexes in dichloromethane at room temperature. This protocol was further extended for the synthesis of two important drug molecules, i.e., (S)-propranolol and (R)-naftopidil. The catalytic system was also explored for the synthesis of chirally pure diols and chiral cyclic carbonates using carbon dioxide as a greener renewable C1 source. The catalyst was recycled for upto 5 catalytic cycles with retention of enantioselectivity. (Figure presented.).
- Tak, Rajkumar,Kumar, Manish,Menapara, Tusharkumar,Gupta, Naveen,Kureshy, Rukhsana I.,Khan, Noor-ul H.,Suresh
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- Stereoselective Hydrolysis of Epoxides by reVrEH3, a Novel Vigna radiata Epoxide Hydrolase with High Enantioselectivity or High and Complementary Regioselectivity
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To provide more options for the stereoselective hydrolysis of epoxides, an epoxide hydrolase (VrEH3) gene from Vigna radiata was cloned and expressed in Escherichia coli. Recombinant VrEH3 displayed the maximum activity at pH 7.0 and 45 °C and high stability at pH 4.5-7.5 and 55 °C. Notably, reVrEH3 exhibited high and complementary regioselectivity toward styrene oxides 1a-3a and high enantioselectivity (E = 48.7) toward o-cresyl glycidyl ether 9a. To elucidate these interesting phenomena, the interactions of the three-dimensional structure between VrEH3 and enantiomers of 1a and 9a were analyzed by molecular docking simulation. Using E. coli/vreh3 whole cells, gram-scale preparations of (R)-1b and (R)-9a were performed by enantioconvergent hydrolysis of 100 mM rac-1a and kinetic resolution of 200 mM rac-9a in the buffer-free water system at 25 °C. These afforded (R)-1b with >99% eep and 78.7% overall yield after recrystallization and (R)-9a with >99% ees, 38.7% overall yield, and 12.7 g/L/h space-time yield.
- Hu, Die,Tang, Cunduo,Li, Chuang,Kan, Tingting,Shi, Xiaoling,Feng, Lei,Wu, Minchen
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- Polymer enzyme conjugates as chiral ligands for sharpless dihydroxylation of alkenes in organic solvents
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Conjugates of enzymes and poly(2-methyloxazoline) were used as organosoluble amphiphilic polymer nanocontainers for dissolving osmate, thereby converting the enzymes into organosoluble artificial metalloenzymes. These were shown to catalyze the dihydroxylation of different alkenes with high enantio-selectivity The highest selectivities, found for osmate complexed with laccase polymer-enzyme conjugates (PECs), even exceed those of classical Sharpless catalysts.
- Konieczny, Stefan,Leurs, Melanie,Tiller, Joerg C.
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- A smart library of epoxide hydrolase variants and the top hits for synthesis of (S)-β-blocker precursors
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Microtuning of the enzyme active pocket has led to a smart library of epoxide hydrolase variants with an expanded substrate spectrum covering a series of typical β-blocker precursors. Improved activities of 6- to 430-fold were achieved by redesigning the active site at two predicted hot spots. This study represents a breakthrough in protein engineering of epoxide hydrolases and resulted in enhanced activity toward bulky substrates. Hot pockets: Microtuning of the enzyme active pocket gives a smart library of epoxide hydrolase variants with an expanded substrate spectrum covering a series of typical β-blocker precursors. Improved activities of 6- to 430-fold were achieved by redesigning the active site at two predicted hot spots, and enhanced activity toward bulky substrates was found.
- Kong, Xu-Dong,Ma, Qian,Zhou, Jiahai,Zeng, Bu-Bing,Xu, Jian-He
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- Asymmetric hydrolytic kinetic resolution with recyclable polymeric Co(iii)-salen complexes: A practical strategy in the preparation of (S)-metoprolol, (S)-toliprolol and (S)-alprenolol: Computational rationale for enantioselectivity
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A series of chiral polymeric Co(iii)-salen complexes based on a number of achiral and chiral linkers were synthesized and their catalytic performances were assessed in the asymmetric hydrolytic kinetic resolution of terminal epoxides. The effects of the linker were judiciously studied and it was found that in the case of the chiral BINOL-based polymeric salen complex 1, there was an enrichment in catalyst reactivity and enantioselectivity of the unreacted epoxide, particularly in the case of short as well as long chain aliphatic epoxides. Good isolated yields of the unreacted epoxide (up to 46% compared to 50% theoretical yield) along with high enantioselectivity (up to 99%) were obtained in most cases using catalyst 1. Further studies showed that catalyst 1 could retain its catalytic activity for six cycles under the present reaction conditions without any significant loss in activity or enantioselectivity. To show the practical applicability of the above synthesized catalyst we have synthesised some potent chiral β-blockers in moderate yield and high enantioselectivity using complex 1. The DFT (M06-L/6-31+G??//ONIOM(B3LYP/6-31G?:STO-3G)) calculations revealed that the chiral BINOL linker influences the enantioselectivity achieved with Co(iii)-salen complexes. Further, the transition state calculations show that the R-BINOL linker with the (S,S)-Co(iii)-salen complex is energetically preferred over the corresponding S-BINOL linker with the (S,S)-Co(iii)-salen complex for the HKR of 1,2-epoxyhexane. The role of non-covalent C-H?π interactions and steric effects has been discussed to control the HKR reaction of 1,2-epoxyhexane.
- Roy, Tamal,Barik, Sunirmal,Kumar, Manish,Kureshy, Rukhsana I.,Ganguly, Bishwajit,Khan, Noor-Ul H.,Abdi, Sayed H. R.,Bajaj, Hari C.
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p. 3899 - 3908
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- Three different types of chirality-driven crystallization within the series of uniformly substituted phenyl glycerol ethers
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Seven chiral arylglycerol ethers 2-R-C6H4-O-CH2CH(OH)CH2OH (R 5 H, Me, Et, Allyl, n-Pr, i-Pr, tert-Bu) were synthesized in racemic and scalemic form. The IR spectra, melting points, and enthalpies of fusion for racemic and scalemic samples of every species were measured, the entropies of enantiomers mixing in the liquid state and Gibbs free energies of a racemic compound formation were derived and binary phase diagrams were reconstructed for the whole family. Solid racemic compounds stabilities were ranked for the four substances. Spontaneous resolution was established for the registered chiral drug mephenesin and its ethyl analogue. Metastable anomalous conglomerate, forming crystals having three independent R and one independent S molecules in the unit cell, is formed during solution crystallization of tert-butyl derivative; metastable phase transforms slowly into traditional racemic conglomerate. Chirality 20:1092-1103, 2008.
- Bredikhin, Alexander A.,Bredikhina, Zemfira A.,Novikova, Victorina G.,Pashagin, Alexander V.,Zakharychev, Dmitry V.,Gubaidullin, Aidar T.
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p. 1092 - 1103
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- Bifunctional aluminum catalyst for CO2 fixation: Regioselective ring opening of three-membered heterocyclic compounds
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Regioselective ring opening of three-membered heterocyclic compounds (epoxides or N-substituted aziridines) at various temperatures was observed in coupling reactions with CO2 by the use of an aluminum - salen catalyst in conjunction with intramolecular quaternary ammonium salts as cocatalysts, affording the corresponding five-membered cyclic products with complete configuration retention at the methine carbon. Notably, this bifunctional aluminum-based catalyst exhibited nearly 100% regioselectivity for the ring opening at the methylene C-O bond for various terminal epoxides. This was true for those bearing an electron-withdrawing group, such as styrene oxide or epichlorohydrin, thereby affording the synthesis of various enantiopure cyclic carbonates that have previously been obtained only rarely by other methods. An intramolecular cooperative catalysis is suggested to contribute to the high activity and excellent stereochemistry control observed. Surprisingly, the highly selective ring opening at the methine carbon of N-substituted aziridines was found in the coupling with CO2, predominantly giving 5-substituted oxazolininones with retention of configuration as a result of double inversion at the methine carbon. (Chemical Equation Presented).
- Ren, Wei-Min,Liu, Ye,Lu, Xiao-Bing
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- Heterobimetallic dual-catalyst systems for the hydrolytic kinetic resolution of terminal epoxides
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A heterobimetallic dual-catalyst system based on the preparation and use of various salen complexes has been developed for the hydrolytic kinetic resolution (HKR) of terminal epoxides. A combination of cobalt-salen and manganese-salen complexes, generated from ligands with the same configuration possessing thiophene or pyrrole moieties, produced indeed highly selective catalysts for the hydrolysis of epibromohydrin. This effect could also be extended to other terminal epoxides and to the more challenging ring opening of cyclohexene oxide. Kinetic studies indicated that only one CoIII salen complex was involved in the rate-determining step, which supported a heterobimetallic highly enantioselective pathway based on the crucial existence of in situ generated CoIII-OH species, previously postulated in the literature. The beneficial effect of the presence of additional Mn-complexes was ascribed to the inhibition of the alternative less enantioselective monometallic reaction pathway by epoxide activation.
- Hong, Xiang,Mellah, Mohamed,Schulz, Emmanuelle
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- Asymmetric diboration of terminal alkenes with a rhodium catalyst and subsequent oxidation: Enantioselective synthesis of optically active 1,2-diols
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Pin it down: A highly enantioselective diboration of terminal alkenes with chiral 1 and bis(pinacolato)diboron (B2pin2) was realized. Subsequent oxidation of the diboron adducts with sodium peroxoborate readily gave the corresponding optically active 1,2-diols in high yields and high enantioselectivities. Copyright
- Toribatake, Kenji,Nishiyama, Hisao
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p. 11011 - 11015
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- Asymmetric organocatalytic efficiency of synthesized chiral β-amino alcohols in ring-opening of glycidol with phenols
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A series of novel chiral β-amino alcohols 3-5 and 7-10 were synthesized by regioselective ring opening of epoxides and chiral amines with a straightforward method in high yields (up to 99 %). Kinetic resolution of racemic glycidol with phenols was achieved by using chiral amino alcohols as organocatalysts. Amino alcohols 5, 8 and 10 exhibited the highest enantioselectivities with p-cresol, phenol, and p-methoxyphenol by 63, 65, 58 % ee, respectively. The moderate enantioselectivities were observed with catalyst 9b towards all the nucleophiles (34-48 % ee). The ee values of the desired 3-aryloxy-1, 2-diols were determined by HPLC. This study presents an attractive tool for the synthesis of β-blockers and structurally complex molecules.
- Aral, Tarik,Karakaplan, Mehmet,Hosgoeren, Halil
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p. 794 - 802
(2012/08/28)
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- Site-selective catalysis: Toward a regiodivergent resolution of 1,2-diols
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This paper demonstrates that the secondary hydroxyl can be functionalized in preference to the primary hydroxyl of a 1,2-diol. The site selectivity is achieved by using an enantioselective organic catalyst that is able to bond to the diol reversibly and covalently. The reaction has been parlayed into a divergent kinetic resolution on a racemic mixture, providing access to highly enantioenriched secondary-protected 1,2-diols in a single synthetic step.
- Worthy, Amanda D.,Sun, Xixi,Tan, Kian L.
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p. 7321 - 7324
(2012/06/16)
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- Asymmetric hydrolytic kinetic resolution with recyclable macrocyclic CoIII-salen complexes: A practical strategy in the preparation of (R)-mexiletine and (S)-propranolol
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A chiral cobalt(III) complex (1 e) was synthesized by the interaction of cobalt(II) acetate and ferrocenium hexafluorophosphate with a chiral dinuclear macrocyclic salen ligand that was derived from 1R,2R-(-)-1,2-diaminocyclohexane with trigol bis-aldehyde. A variety of epoxides and glycidyl ethers were suitable substrates for the reaction with water in the presence of chiral macrocyclic salen complex 1 e at room temperature to afford chiral epoxides and diols by hydrolytic kinetic resolution (HKR). Excellent yields (47 % with respect to the epoxides, 53 % with respect to the diols) and high enantioselectivity (ee>99 % for the epoxides, up to 96 % for the diols) were achieved in 2.5-16 h. The CoIII macrocyclic salen complex (1 e) maintained its performance on a multigram scale and was expediently recycled a number of times. We further extended our study of chiral epoxides that were synthesized by using HKR to the synthesis of chiral drug molecules (R)-mexiletine and (S)-propranolol.
- Sadhukhan, Arghya,Khan, Noor-Ul H.,Roy, Tamal,Kureshy, Rukhsana I.,Abdi, Sayed H. R.,Bajaj, Hari C.
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p. 5256 - 5260
(2012/06/01)
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- Chiral nanoporous metal-metallosalen frameworks for hydrolytic kinetic resolution of epoxides
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Chiral nanoporous metal-organic frameworks are constructed by using dicarboxyl-functionalized chiral Ni(salen) and Co(salen) ligands. The Co(salen)-based framework is shown to be an efficient and recyclable heterogeneous catalyst for hydrolytic kinetic resolution (HKR) of racemic epoxides with up to 99.5% ee. The MOF structure brings Co(salen) units into a highly dense arrangement and close proximity that enhances bimetallic cooperative interactions, leading to improved catalytic activity and enantioselectivity in HKR compared with its homogeneous analogues, especially at low catalyst/substrate ratios.
- Zhu, Chengfeng,Yuan, Guozan,Chen, Xu,Yang, Zhiwei,Cui, Yong
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p. 8058 - 8061
(2012/07/14)
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- Enhancing the efficiency of directed evolution in focused enzyme libraries by the adaptive substituent reordering algorithm
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Directed evolution is a broadly successful strategy for protein engineering in the quest to enhance the stereoselectivity, activity, and thermostability of enzymes. To increase the efficiency of directed evolution based on iterative saturation mutagenesis, the adaptive substituent reordering algorithm (ASRA) is introduced here as an alternative to traditional quantitative structure-activity relationship (QSAR) methods for identifying potential protein mutants with desired properties from minimal sampling of focused libraries. The operation of ASRA depends on identifying the underlying regularity of the protein property landscape, allowing it to make predictions without explicit knowledge of the structure-property relationships. In a proof-of-principle study, ASRA identified all or most of the best enantioselective mutants among the synthesized epoxide hydrolase from Aspergillus niger, in the absence of peptide seeds with high E-values. ASRA even revealed a laboratory error from irregularities of the reordered E-value landscape alone.
- Feng, Xiaojiang,Sanchis, Joaquin,Reetz, Manfred T.,Rabitz, Herschel
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(2012/05/20)
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- OsO4?streptavidin: A tunable hybrid catalyst for the enantioselective cis-dihydroxylation of olefins
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Taking control: Selective catalysts for olefin dihydroxylation have been generated by the combination of apo-streptavidin and OsO4. Site-directed mutagenesis allows improvement of enantioselectivity and even inversion of enantiopreference in certain cases. Notably allyl phenyl sulfide and cis-β-methylstyrene were converted with unprecedented enantiomeric excess.
- Koehler, Valentin,Mao, Jincheng,Heinisch, Tillmann,Pordea, Anca,Sardo, Alessia,Wilson, Yvonne M.,Knoerr, Livia,Creus, Marc,Prost, Jean-Christophe,Schirmer, Tilman,Ward, Thomas R.
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p. 10863 - 10866
(2012/02/01)
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- Asymmetric ring opening of terminal epoxides via kinetic resolution catalyzed by chiral (salen)Co mixture
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The highly enantioselective hydrolytic kinetic resolution (HKR) of racemic terminal epoxides by bimetallic chiral (salen)Co and (salen)Co(III)-OAc mixture provides a simple and effective method for the synthesis of enantiomerically enriched terminal epoxides (ee > 99%) and diols. At the equimolar amounts of bimetallic chiral (salen)Co and (salen)Co(II)-OAc, the catalytic activity increases more than two times in comparison with (salen)Co(III)-OAc used alone. The mixed catalytic system can be recycled and reused. No significant loss of catalytic activity was observed after three runs.
- Jiang, Chengjun
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p. 691 - 696
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- Shell cross-linked micelle-based nanoreactors for the substrate-selective hydrolytic kinetic resolution of epoxides
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Shell cross-linked micelles (SCMs) containing Co(III)-salen cores were prepared from amphiphilic poly(2-oxazoline) triblock copolymers. The catalytic activity of these nanoreactors for the hydrolytic kinetic resolution of various terminal epoxides was investigated. The SCM catalysts showed high catalytic efficiency and, more significantly, substrate selectivity based on the hydrophobic nature of the epoxide. Moreover, because of the nanoscale particle size and the high stability, the catalyst could be recovered easily by ultrafiltration and reused with high activity for eight cycles.
- Liu, Yu,Wang, Yu,Wang, Yufeng,Lu, Jie,Pinon, Victor,Weck, Marcus
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p. 14260 - 14263
(2011/11/05)
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- Manipulating the Expression Rate and Enantioselectivity of an Epoxide Hydrolase by Using Directed Evolution
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We describe here a strategy to improve the expression efficiency and enantioselectivity of Aspergillus niger epoxide hydrolase (ANEH) by directed evolution. Based on a blue-colony screening system using the LacZα (β-galactosidase α peptide) complementation solubility reporter, several ANEH variants out of 15000 transformants from a random-mutagenesis library were identified that show improved recombinant expression in E. coli. Among them, Pro221Ser was subsequently used as a template for iterative saturation mutagenesis (ISM) at sites around the ANEH binding pocket. Following four rounds of ISM, a highly enantioselective mutant was identified that catalyzes the hydrolytic kinetic resolution of racemic glycidyl phenyl ether with a selectivity factor of E=160 in favor of the (S)-diol compared to WT ANEH characterized by E=4.6. Expression of this mutant is 50 times higher than that of WT ANEH. It also serves as an excellent stereoselective catalyst in the hydrolytic kinetic resolution and desymmetrization of several other structurally diverse epoxides. Copyright
- Reetz, Manfred T.,Zheng, Huabao
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p. 1529 - 1535
(2012/05/31)
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- Enhancing the thermal robustness of an enzyme by directed evolution: Least favorable starting points and inferior mutants can map superior evolutionary Pathways
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In a previous directed evolution study, the B-FIT approach to increasing the thermal robustness of proteins was introduced and applied to the lipase from Bacillus subtilis. It is based on the general concept of iterative saturation mutagenesis (ISM), according to which sites in an enzyme are subjected to saturation mutagenesis, the best hit of a given library is then used as a template for randomization at other sites, and the process is continued until the desired catalyst improvement has been achieved. The appropriate choice of the ISM sites is crucial; in the B-FIT method the criterion is residues characterized by highest B factors available from X-ray crystallography data. In the present study, B-FIT was employed in order to increase the thermal robustness of the epoxide hydrolase from Aspergillus niger. Several rounds of ISM resulted in the best variant showing a 21 °C increase in the T 6050 value, an 80-fold improvement in half-life at 60 °C, and a 44 kcalmol-1 improvement in inactivation energy. Seven other variants were also evolved with moderate yet significant improvements; these were characterized by 10-14°C increases in T 6050, 20-30-fold improvement in half-lives at 60°C and 15-20 kcalmol-1 elevations in activation energy. Unexpectedly, in the ISM process the best variants were obtained from essentially neutral or even inferior mutant parents, that is, when a given library contains no improved mutants. This constitutes a practical way to escape from what appear to be local minima (" dead ends" ) in the fitness landscape- a finding of notable significance in directed evolution.
- Gumulya, Yosephine,Reetz, Manfred T.
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p. 2502 - 2510
(2012/07/13)
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- Synthesis of C2-symmetric chiral amino alcohols: Their usage as organocatalysts for enantioselective opening of epoxide ring
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A series of -amino alcohols derivatives were synthesized from (R)-2-amino-1-butanol and (S)-1,2-propanediol, and they have been used as organocatalaysts in the racemic ring opening of epoxide in good yields with high enantiomeric excess (up to 97%). Copyright
- Turgut, Yilmaz,Aral, Tarik,Karakaplan, Mehmet,Deniz, Pinar,Hosgoren, Halil
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- A facile enantioselective synthesis of enantiomerically pure (R)-phenoxybenzamine hydrochloride using the hydrolytic kinetic resolution method
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A practical and highly efficient enantioselective synthesis of (R)-phenoxybenzamine hydrochloride has been described for the first time using Jacobsen's hydrolytic kinetic resolution of a terminal epoxide as a key step and source of chirality.
- Nikalje, Milind D.,Sasikumar, Murugesan,Muthukrishnan, Murugan
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p. 2825 - 2829
(2011/03/23)
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- Bacillus alcalophilus MTCC10234 catalyzed enantioselective kinetic resolution of aryl glycidyl ethers
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The phenyl glycidyl ether derivatives have been kinetically resolved with the growing cells of Bacillus alcalophilus MTCC10234 yielding (S)-epoxides with up to >99% ee and (R)-diols with up to 89% ee. The enantiomeric ratio (E) of up to 67 has been obtained for biohydrolysis process. The effect of different substituents of phenyl glycidyl ether on the biocatalytic efficiency of B. alcalophilus MTCC10234 showed preference for methyl- and chloro-substituted aryl glycidyl ether derivatives whereas nitro-derivatives were transformed at a slower rate. 2,6-Dimethylphenyl glycidyl ether which contains a bulky aryl group having methyl group on both the ortho positions was resolved with an E=39.
- Bala, Neeraj,Chimni, Swapandeep Singh,Saini, Harvinder Singh,Chadha, Bhupinder Singh
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p. 128 - 134
(2010/10/04)
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- Directed evolution of an enantioselective epoxide hydrolase: Uncovering the source of enantioselectivity at each evolutionary stage
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Directed evolution of enzymes as enantioselective catalysts in organic chemistry is an alternative to traditional asymmetric catalysis using chiral transition-metal complexes or organocatalysts, the different approaches often being complementary. Moreover, directed evolution studies allow us to learn more about how enzymes perform mechanistically. The present study concerns a previously evolved highly enantioselective mutant of the epoxide hydrolase from Aspergillus niger in the hydrolytic kinetic resolution of racemic glycidyl phenyl ether. Kinetic data, molecular dynamics calculations, molecular modeling, inhibition experiments, and X-raystructural work for the wild-type (WT) enzyme and the best mutant revea l the basis of the large increase in enantioselectivity (E = 4.6 versus E = 115). The overall structures of the WT and the mutant are essentially identical, but dramatic differences are observed in the active site asrevealed by the X-ray structures. All of the experimental and computati onal results support a model in which productive positioning of the preferred (S)-glycidyl phenyl ether, but not the (R)-enantiomer, forms the basis of enhanced enantioselectivity. Predictions regarding substrate scope and enantioselectivity of the best mutant are shown to be possible.
- Reetz, Manfred T.,Bocola, Marco,Wang, Li-Wen,Sanchis, Joaquin,Cronin, Annette,et al.
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supporting information; scheme or table
p. 7334 - 7343
(2009/10/17)
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- Synthesis of novel C2-symmetric chiral crown ethers and investigation of their enantiomeric recognition properties
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A series of new C2-symmetric chiral aza crown ether macrocycles 1-4 have been synthesized from (S)-3-aryloxy-1,2-propanediol and (S)-1,2-propanediol for the enantiomeric recognition of amino acid ester derivatives. These new macrocycles have be
- Turgut, Yilmaz,Aral, Tarik,Hosgoren, Halil
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scheme or table
p. 2293 - 2298
(2010/03/24)
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- Engineering polymer-enhanced bimetallic cooperative interactions in the hydrolytic kinetic resolution of epoxides
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Through systematic variations of the length of oligo(ethylene glycol)-based linkers and the catalyst density of poly(styrene)-supported cobalt-salen catalysts, we have elucidated an optimal catalyst flexibility and density of polymeric Co-salen catalysts for the hydrolytic kinetic resolution (HKR) of racemic terminal epoxides that follows a bimetallic cooperative pathway. The optimized polymeric catalyst brings the two cooperative Co-salen units to a favorable proximity efficiently and hence displays significantly improved catalytic performance in the HKR compared with its monomeric small molecule analogue. Complex Co(5b), representing the most active poly(styrene)-supported HKR catalyst known so far, can effect the resolution of a variety of epoxides to reach ≥ 98 % ee in 6-24 h with a low cobalt loading of 0.01-0.1 mol%.
- Zheng, Xiaolai,Jones, Christopher W.,Weck, Marcus
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supporting information; experimental part
p. 255 - 261
(2009/04/08)
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- Enantioselective synthesis of β-blockers via hydrolytic kinetic resolution of terminal oxiranes by using bimetallic chiral {{2,2′- [cyclohexane-1,2-diylbis(nitrilomethylidyne)]bis[phenolato]}(2-)}cobalt ([Co(salen)])-type complexes
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The synthesis of chirally pure β-blockers was successfully achieved via hydrolytic kinetic resolution of butyl (±)-4-(oxiran-2-ylmethoxy) benzeneacetate ((±)-1) and (±)-4-(oxiran-2-ylmethoxy) benzeneacetonitrile ((±)-2) in the presence of bimetallic chiral [Co(salen)]-type complexes. The newly synthesized bimetallic chiral [Co(salen)]-type complexes exhibited excellent enantioselectivities of up to >98% ee in good yields (Tables 1-3).
- Kawthekar, Rahul B.,Kim, Geon-Joong
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p. 317 - 332
(2009/02/07)
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- Hydrolytic kinetic resolution of terminal epoxides catalyzed by novel bimetallic chiral Co (salen) complexes
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Novel bimetallic chiral Co (salen) complexes bearing transition-metal salts have been synthesized. The easily prepared complexes exhibited very high catalytic reactivity and enantioselectivity in hydrolytic kinetic resolution (HKR) of racemic terminal epoxides and consequently provided enantiomerically enriched epoxides (up to 99% ee). Copyright Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
- Kawthekar, Rahul B.,Kim, Geon-Joong
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p. 1236 - 1248
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- Ring-expanding olefin metathesis: A route to highly active unsymmetrical macrocyclic oligomeric co-salen catalysts for the hydrolytic kinetic resolution of epoxides
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In the presence of the third generation Grubbs catalyst, the ring-expanding olefin metathesis of a monocyclooct-4-en-1-yl functionalized salen ligand and the corresponding Co(II)(salen) complex at low monomer concentrations results in the exclusive formation of macrocyclic oligomeric structures with the salen moieties being attached in an unsymmetrical, flexible, pendent manner. The TOF-MALDI mass spectrometry reveals that the resulting macrocyclic oligomers consist predominantly of dimeric to tetrameric species, with detectable traces of higher homologues up to a decamer. Upon activation under aerobic and acidic conditions, these Co(salen) macrocycles exhibit extremely high reactivities and selectivities in the hydrolytic kinetic resolution (HKR) of a variety of racemic terminal epoxides under neat conditions with very low catalyst loadings. The excellent catalytic properties can be explained in terms of the new catalyst's appealing structural features, namely, the flexible oligomer backbone, the unsymmetrical pendent immobilization motif of the catalytic sites, and the high local concentration of Co(salen) species resulting from the macrocyclic framework. This ring-expanding olefin metathesis is suggested to be a simple way to prepare tethered metal complexes that are endowed with key features - (i) a high local concentration of metal complexes and (ii) a flexible, single point of attachment to the support - that facilitate rapid and efficient catalysis when a bimetallic transition state is required.
- Zheng, Xiaolai,Jones, Christopher W.,Weck, Marcus
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p. 1105 - 1112
(2007/10/03)
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- Continuous enantioselective kinetic resolution of terminal epoxides using immobilized chiral cobalt-salen complexes
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Jacobsen's cobalt-salen complex was covalently immobilized on polymer carriers that are part of different technical setups (polymer powder, composite Raschig rings, PASSflow microreactors) and employed for the enantioselective ring opening of terminal epoxides with water and phenols. The polymer-supported catalysts showed good activity and stereoselectivity and could be used repeatedly after a simple reactivation protocol in both batch as well as continuous-flow modes. Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart.
- Solodenko, Wladimir,Jas, Gerhard,Kunz, Ulrich,Kirschning, Andreas
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p. 583 - 589
(2007/12/25)
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- "Cassette" in situ enzymatic screening identifies complementary chiral scaffolds for hydrolytic kinetic resolution across a range of epoxides
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(Figure Presented) Put the cassette in: An in situ enzymatic screen can give real-time estimates of the sense and magnitude of enantioselectivity across more than one substrate. Screening identified CoIII-salen catalysts with β-pinene- and α-naphthylalanine-derived chiral scaffolds with broad, yet complementary, substrate specificities. ADH = alcohol dehydrogenase, HL = horse liver, LK = Lactobacillus kefir, salen = (salicylidene) ethylenediamine.
- Dey, Sangeeta,Powell, Douglas R.,Hu, Chunhua,Berkowitz, David B.
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p. 7010 - 7014
(2008/09/17)
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- Enhanced cooperative activation effect in the hydrolytic kinetic resolution of epoxides on [co(salen)] catalysts confined in nanocages
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(Chemical Equation Presented) Being cagey: More than two chiral [Co-(salen)] catalyst molecules can be confined in one nanocage of SBA-16 by reducing the pore entrance size by silylation. The [Co(salen)]/SBA-16 catalysts with more than two [Co(salen)] complexes in each cage show a significantly enhanced cooperative activation effect and exhibit much higher activity than the homogeneous [Co(salen)] catalyst in the hydrolytic kinetic resolution of epoxides (see scheme).
- Yang, Heng Quan,Zhang, Lei,Zhong, Lin,Yang, Qi Hua,Li, Can
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p. 6861 - 6865
(2008/09/18)
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- Crystallization of chiral compounds 3. 3-Phenoxypropane-1,2-diol and 3-(2-halophenoxy)propane-1,2-diols
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Specific features of melting of crystalline samples of 3-(2-R-phenoxy) propane-1,2-diols with different enantiomeric compositions were studied by differential scanning calorimetry. The melting points and enthalpies of melting for the racemate and individual stereoisomers were determined. Binary phase diagrams were constructed. The entropy of mixing of individual enantiomers in the liquid phase and the free energy of formation of the racemic compound were calculated. The thermochemical data indicate that the racemates are formed upon the crystallization of phenoxy-and 2-fluorophenoxy-containing compounds, while crystallization of the chloro-, bromo-, and iodo-substituted analogs would form racemic conglomerates.
- Zakharychev,Lazarev,Bredikhina,Bredikhin
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p. 230 - 237
(2007/10/03)
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- Enantioconvergent hydrolysis of styrene epoxides by newly discovered epoxide hydrolases in mung bean
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Two novel epoxide hydrolases were discovered in mung bean (Phaseolus radiatus L.) for the first time, either of which can catalyze enantioconvergent hydrolysis of styrene epoxides. Their regioselectivity coefficients are more than 90% for the p-nitrostyrene oxide. Furthermore, the crude mung bean powder was also shown to be a cheap and practical biocatalyst, allowing a one-step asymmetric synthesis of chiral (R)-diols from racemic epoxides, in up to >99% ee and 68.7% overall yield (after recrystallization).
- Xu, Wei,Xu, Jian-He,Pan, Jiang,Gu, Qing,Wu, Xin-Yan
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p. 1737 - 1740
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- Synthesis of optically pure terminal epoxide and 1,2-diol via hydrolytic kinetic resolution catalyzed by new heterometallic salen complexes
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The inactive chiral (salen)Co complex is easily activated by InCl 3 and TlCl3 Lewis acids by forming heterometallic salen complexes. These complexes show very high catalytic activity for the synthesis of enantiomerically enriched terminal epoxides (>99% ee) and 1,2-diols simultaneously via hydrolytic kinetic resolution. Strong synergistic effects of different Lewis acids, Co-In and Co-Tl, were exhibited in the catalytic process. The system described is very simple and efficient. Copyright Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
- Thakur, Santosh Singh,Chen, Shu-Wei,Li, Wenji,Shin, Chang-Kyo,Koo, Yoon-Mo,Kim, Geon-Joong
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p. 2371 - 2383
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- Self-assembled nanoreactors as highly active catalysts in the hydrolytic kinetic resolution (HKR) of epoxides in water
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CoIII(salen) complexes have been immobilized on amphiphilic block copolymers, which self-assemble in water to give micellar aggregates with a hydrophobic Co(salen) core and a water-soluble shell (see picture). These aggregates were used to catalyze the hydrolytic kinetic resolution (HKR) of racemic aromatic epoxides over four consecutive cycles and gave the epoxides in up to 99 % ee. H2salen = N,N′-bis(salicylidene)ethylenediamine. (Chemical Equation Presented).
- Rossbach, Benjamin M.,Leopold, Kerstin,Weberskirch, Ralf
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p. 1309 - 1312
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- A new dinuclear chiral salen complexes for asymmetric ring opening and closing reactions: Synthesis of valuable chiral intermediates
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A new dinuclear chiral Co(salen) complexes bearing group 13 metals have been synthesized and characterized. The easily prepared complexes exhibited very high catalytic reactivity and enantioselectivity for the asymmetric ring opening of epoxides with H2O, chloride ions and carboxylic acids and consequently provide enantiomerically enriched terminal epoxides (>99% ee). It also catalyzes the asymmetric cyclization of ring opened product, to prepare optically pure terminal epoxides in one step. The homogeneous dinuclear chiral Co(salen) have been covalently immobilized on MCM-41. The potential benefits of heterogenization include facilitation of catalyst separation and recyclability requiring very simple techniques. The system described is very efficient.
- Thakur, Santosh Singh,Chen, Shu-Wei,Li, Wenji,Shin, Chang-Kyo,Kim, Seong-Jin,Koo, Yoon-Mo,Kim, Geon-Joong
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p. 1862 - 1872
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- Enantioselective catalysis and analysis on a chip
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A chip off the old block: A prototype of a miniaturized catalysis laboratory is successfully applied for screening enantioselective biocatalysts created by directed evolution of enzymes. For this purpose an integrated microfluidic catalysis/analysis chip has been developed (see scheme SO: sample outlet, SI: alternative sample inlet, BI: buffer outlet). (Chemical Equation Presented)
- Belder, Detlev,Ludwig, Martin,Wang, Li-Wen,Reetz, Manfred T.
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p. 2463 - 2466
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- Directed evolution of enantioselective enzymes: Iterative cycles of CASTing for probing protein-sequence space
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(Chemical Equation Presented) ReCASTing for success: The recently introduced method of combinatorial active-site saturation test (CAST) has been applied in iterative cycles in the directed evolution of enantioselective wild-type epoxide hydrolases (WT-EH).
- Reetz, Manfred T.,Wang, Li-Wen,Bocola, Marco
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p. 1236 - 1241
(2007/10/03)
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- A novel microencapsulated osmium catalyst using cross-linked polystyrene as an efficient catalyst for asymmetric dihydroxylation of olefins in water
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A novel microencapsulated osmium catalyst (PSresin-MC Os) was developed using cross-linked polystyrene. The concept of this method may go beyond that of microencapsulation. The catalyst was successfully used in asymmetric dihydroxylation in water, and it was recovered quantitatively by simple filtration and reused several times without loss of activity. The shape of the catalyst was maintained even after several uses. Moreover, no leaching of the Os component was detected.
- Ishida, Tasuku,Akiyama, Ryo,Kobayashi, Shu
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p. 1189 - 1192
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- A practical synthesis of chiral 3-aryloxy-1,2-propanediols
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Chiral 3-aryloxy-1,2-propanediols (1-5) of >96% ee were obtained in high yield by the nucleophilic addition of substituted phenols to chiral glycidol in the presence of piperidine hydrochloride as catalyst.
- Karakaplan, Mehmet,Turgut, Yilmaz,Hosgoeren, Halil
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- Jacobsen-type enantioselective hydrolysis of aryl glycidyl ethers. 31P NMR analysis of the enantiomeric composition of oxiranes
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The enantioselective partial hydrolysis of a number of racemic aryl glycidyl ethers in the presence of chiral Co(salen)-catalyst was studied. The enantiomeric composition of the isolated (R)-aryl glycidyl ethers was analyzed by 31P NMR using optically active substituted 2-chloro-1,3,2- dioxaphospholanes. A synthesis of β-adrenoblocking agents (S)-toliprolol and (S)-moprolol based on the simultaneously obtained (S)-3-aryloxypropane-1,2- diols was proposed.
- Bredikhin,Strunskaya,Novikova,Azancheev,Sharafutdinova,Bredikhina
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p. 213 - 218
(2007/10/03)
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- Enhancing the Enantioselectivity of an Epoxide Hydrolase by Directed Evolution
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(Matrix presented) The epoxide hydrolase (EH) from Aspergillus niger, which shows a selectivity factor of only E = 4.6 in the hydrolytic kinetic resolution of glycidyl phenyl ether, has been subjected to directed evolution for the purpose of enhancing enantioselectivity. After only one round of error-prone polymerase chain reaction (epPCR), enantioselectivity was more than doubled (E = 10.8). The improved mutant enzyme contains three amino acid exchanges, two of which are spatially far from the catalytically active center.
- Reetz, Manfred T.,Torre, Claudia,Eipper, Andreas,Lohmer, Renate,Hermes, Marcus,Brunner, Birgit,Maichele, Andrea,Bocola, Marco,Arand, Michael,Cronin, Annette,Genzel, Yvonne,Archelas, Alain,Furstoss, Roland
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p. 177 - 180
(2007/10/03)
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- Systematic search for conglomerates among glycerol aromatic monoethers: Guaifenesin and mephenesin are the cases
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Within the family of biologically active 3-aryloxy-1,2-propanediols, three new conglomerate-forming compounds have been found and resolved into enantiomers using the entrainment procedure.
- Bredikhin, Alexander A.,Bredikhina, Zemfira A.,Lazarev, Sergey N.,Savel'ev, Dmitry V.
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p. 104 - 105
(2007/10/03)
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