40918-51-2Relevant articles and documents
Asymmetric Synthesis of N-Substituted α-Amino Esters from α-Ketoesters via Imine Reductase-Catalyzed Reductive Amination
Yao, Peiyuan,Marshall, James R.,Xu, Zefei,Lim, Jesmine,Charnock, Simon J.,Zhu, Dunming,Turner, Nicholas J.
supporting information, p. 8717 - 8721 (2021/03/16)
N-Substituted α-amino esters are widely used as chiral intermediates in a range of pharmaceuticals. Here we report the enantioselective biocatalyic synthesis of N-substituted α-amino esters through the direct reductive coupling of α-ketoesters and amines employing sequence diverse metagenomic imine reductases (IREDs). Both enantiomers of N-substituted α-amino esters were obtained with high conversion and excellent enantioselectivity under mild reaction conditions. In addition >20 different preparative scale transformations were performed highlighting the scalability of this system.
Cyclic phosphoramidates as prodrugs of 2′-C-methylcytidine
Meppen, Malte,Pacini, Barbara,Bazzo, Renzo,Koch, Uwe,Leone, Joseph F.,Koeplinger, Kenneth A.,Rowley, Michael,Altamura, Sergio,Di Marco, Annalise,Fiore, Fabrizio,Giuliano, Claudio,Gonzalez-Paz, Odalys,Laufer, Ralph,Pucci, Vincenzo,Narjes, Frank,Gardelli, Cristina
scheme or table, p. 3765 - 3770 (2009/12/24)
The currently approved treatment for hepatitis C virus infections is a combination of Ribavirin and pegylated Interferon. It leads to a sustained virologic response in approximately only half of the patients treated. For this reason there is an urgent need of new therapeutic agents. 2′-C-Methylcytidine is the first nucleoside inhibitor of the HCV NS5B polymerase that was efficacious in reducing the viral load in patients infected with HCV. The application of a monophosphate prodrug approach based on unprecedented cyclic phosphoramidates is reported. Our SAR studies led to compounds that are efficiently converted to the active triphosphate in human hepatocytes.
Chemo-Enzymic Synthesis of Optically Active α,α-Disubstituted α-Amino Acids
Liu, Weiguo,Ray, Paul,Benezra, Steven A.
, p. 553 - 560 (2007/10/02)
A series of α,α-disubstituted α-amino esters was chemically synthesized and then resolved through enantioselective hydrolysis catalysed by a new enzyme isolated from crude Humicola langinosa lipase.This enzyme only accepts free amino esters as substrates with neither lipase activity toward olive oil nor esterase activity toward o-nitrophenyl butyrate.It is unique in that it successfully catalyses the resolution of amino esters with two large α-alkyl groups including aliphatic, aromatic and cyclic amino esters.Examples of resolutions where the alkyl groups differ in size by as little as a single carbon atom have been demonstrated.For determination of absolute configuration, some of the optically active α,α-disubstituted amino acids were also prepared through Schoellkopf's asymmetric synthesis and the structures were verified by X-ray crystallography.A model depicting the substrate binding site of the enzyme is proposed.
