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Air Stable Iridium Catalysts for Direct Reductive Amination of Ketones
Polishchuk, Iuliia,Sklyaruk, Jan,Lebedev, Yury,Rueping, Magnus
supporting information, p. 5919 - 5922 (2021/03/08)
Half-sandwich iridium complexes bearing bidentate urea-phosphorus ligands were found to catalyze the direct reductive amination of aromatic and aliphatic ketones under mild conditions at 0.5 mol % loading with high selectivity towards primary amines. One of the complexes was found to be active in both the Leuckart–Wallach (NH4CO2H) type reaction as well as in the hydrogenative (H2/NH4AcO) reductive amination. The protocol with ammonium formate does not require an inert atmosphere, dry solvents, as well as additives and in contrast to previous reports takes place in hexafluoroisopropanol (HFIP) instead of methanol. Applying NH4CO2D or D2 resulted in a high degree of deuterium incorporation into the primary amine α-position.
Iterative Alanine Scanning Mutagenesis Confers Aromatic Ketone Specificity and Activity of L-Amine Dehydrogenases
Mu, Xiaoqing,Wu, Tao,Mao, Yong,Zhao, Yilei,Xu, Yan,Nie, Yao
, p. 5243 - 5253 (2021/11/16)
Direct reductive amination of prochiral ketones catalyzed by amine dehydrogenases is attractive in the synthesis of active pharmaceutical ingredients. Here, we report the protein engineering of L-Bacillus cereus amine dehydrogenase to allow reactivity on synthetically useful aromatic ketone substrates using an iterative, multiple-site alanine scanning mutagenesis approach. Mutagenesis libraries based on molecular docking, iterative alanine scanning, and double-proximity filter approach significantly expand the scope of active pharmaceutical ingredients relevant building blocks. The eventual quintuple mutant (A115G/T136A/L42A/V296A/V293A) showed reactivity toward aromatic ketones 12 a (5-phenyl-pentan-2-one) and 13 a (6-phenyl-hexan-2-one), which have not been reported to serve as targets of reductive amination by currently available amine dehydrogenases. Docking simulation and tunnel analysis provided valuable insights into the source of the acquired specificity and activity.
Rh(III)-catalyzed synthesis of isoquinolines using the N-Cl bond of N-chloroimines as an internal oxidant
Chu, Benfa,Fang, Lili,Guo, Shan,Qi, Bing,Shi, Pengfei,Wang, Qi,Zhu, Jin
supporting information, (2020/03/10)
The Rh(III)-catalyzed coupling of N-chloroimines with alkynes for the efficient synthesis of isoquinolines is reported. This represents the first use of the N-Cl bond of N-chloroimines as an internal oxidant for construction of the isoquinoline skeleton. The synthesis features atom and step economy, a green solvent (EtOH), mild reaction conditions, and a broad substrate scope.