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An Enzymatic Platform for the Highly Enantioselective and Stereodivergent Construction of Cyclopropyl-δ-lactones
Chandgude, Ajay L.,Fasan, Rudi,Liu, Ningyu,Ren, Xinkun
, p. 21634 - 21639 (2020/09/23)
Abiological enzymes offers new opportunities for sustainable chemistry. Herein, we report the development of biological catalysts derived from sperm whale myoglobin that exploit a carbene transfer mechanism for the asymmetric synthesis of cyclopropane-fused-δ-lactones, which are key structural motifs found in many biologically active natural products. While hemin, wild-type myoglobin, and other hemoproteins are unable to catalyze this reaction, the myoglobin scaffold could be remodeled by protein engineering to permit the intramolecular cyclopropanation of a broad spectrum of homoallylic diazoacetate substrates in high yields and with up to 99 % enantiomeric excess. Via an alternate evolutionary trajectory, a stereodivergent biocatalyst was also obtained for affording mirror-image forms of the desired bicyclic products. In combination with whole-cell transformations, the myoglobin-based biocatalyst was used for the asymmetric construction of a cyclopropyl-δ-lactone scaffold at a gram scale, which could be further elaborated to furnish a variety of enantiopure trisubstituted cyclopropanes.
Cu-catalyzed cross-coupling reactions of vinyl epoxide with organoboron compounds: access to homoallylic alcohols
Lu, Xiao-Yu,Li, Jin-Song,Wang, Jin-Yu,Wang, Shi-Qun,Li, Yue-Ming,Zhu, Yu-Jing,Zhou, Ran,Ma, Wen-Jing
, p. 41561 - 41565 (2019/01/03)
Copper-catalyzed cross-coupling reactions of vinyl epoxide with arylboronates to obtain aryl-substituted homoallylic alcohols are described. The reaction selectivity was different to that of previously reported vinyl epoxide ring-opening reactions using aryl nucleophiles. The reaction proceeded under mild conditions, affording aryl-substituted homoallylic alcohols with high selectivity and in good to excellent yields. The reaction provides convenient access to aryl-substituted homoallylic alcohols from vinyl epoxide.
Copper-Catalyzed Diastereoselective Synthesis of Trifluoromethylated Tetrahydrofurans
Wang, Yanan,Jiang, Min,Liu, Jin-Tao
supporting information, p. 1322 - 1327 (2016/04/26)
The copper-catalyzed intramolecular diastereoselective trifluoromethylcycloetherification of homoallylic alcohols with Togni's reagent as trifluoromethylating reagent was realized under mild conditions. Various trifluoromethylated tetrahydrofurans were synthesized in moderate to good yields. Moreover, a wide range of common functional groups was tolerated.