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Synthesis of α-hydroxycarboxylic acids from various aldehydes and ketones by direct electrocarboxylation: A facile, efficient and atom economy protocol
Singh, Kishanpal,Sohal, Harvinder Singh,Singh, Baljit
, p. 839 - 845 (2021/04/09)
In present work, the formation of α-hydroxycarboxylic acids have been described from various aromatic aldehydes and ketones via direct electrocarboxylation method with 80-92% of yield without any side product and can be purified by simple recrystallization using sacrificial Mg anode and Pt cathode in an undivided cell, CO2at (1 atm) was continuously bubbled in the cell throughout the reaction using tetrapropylammonium chloride as a supporting electrolyte in acetonitrile. The synthesized compounds obtained in fair to excellent yield with a high level of purity. The characterization of electrocarboxylated compounds was done with spectroscopic techniques like IR, NMR (1H & 13C), mass and elemental analysis.
Semirational Design of Fluoroacetate Dehalogenase RPA1163 for Kinetic Resolution of α-Fluorocarboxylic Acids on a Gram Scale
Chen, Bo,Li, Min,Li, Yanwei,Ma, Ming,Tian, Shaixiao,Tong, Wei,Wang, Jian-Bo,Xu, Guangyu,Yue, Yue,Zhang, Hongxia
, p. 3143 - 3151 (2020/03/23)
Here the synthetic utility of fluoroacetate dehalogenase RPA1163 is explored for the production of enantiomerically pure (R)-α-fluorocarboxylic acids and (R)-α-hydroxylcarboxylic acids via kinetic resolution of racemic α-fluorocarboxylic acids. While wild-type (WT) RPA1163 shows high thermostability and fairly wide substrate scope, many interesting yet poorly or moderately accepted substrates exist. In order to solve this problem and to develop upscaled production, in silico calculations and semirational mutagenesis were employed. Residue W185 was engineered to alanine, serine, threonine, or asparagine. The two best mutants, W185N and W185T, showed significantly improved performance in the reactions of these substrates, while in silico calculations shed light on the origin of these improvements. Finally, 10 α-fluorocarboxylic acids and 10 α-hydroxycarboxylic acids were prepared on a gram scale via kinetic resolution enabled by WT, W185T, or W185N. This work expands the biocatalytic toolbox and allows a deep insight into the fluoroacetate dehalogenase catalyzed C-F cleavage mechanism.
Highly Efficient Deracemization of Racemic 2-Hydroxy Acids in a Three-Enzyme Co-Expression System Using a Novel Ketoacid Reductase
Xue, Ya-Ping,Wang, Chuang,Wang, Di-Chen,Liu, Zhi-Qiang,Zheng, Yu-Guo
, p. 1 - 13 (2018/04/26)
Enantiopure 2-hydroxy acids (2-HAs) are important intermediates for the synthesis of pharmaceuticals and fine chemicals. Deracemization of racemic 2-HAs into the corresponding single enantiomers represents an economical and highly efficient approach for synthesizing chiral 2-HAs in industry. In this work, a novel ketoacid reductase from Leuconostoc lactis (LlKAR) with higher activity and substrate tolerance towards aromatic α-ketoacids was discovered by genome mining, and then its enzymatic properties were characterized. Accordingly, an engineered Escherichia coli (HADH-LlKAR-GDH) co-expressing 2-hydroxyacid dehydrogenase, LlKAR, and glucose dehydrogenase was constructed for efficient deracemization of racemic 2-HAs. Most of the racemic 2-HAs were deracemized to their (R)-isomers at high yields and enantiomeric purity. In the case of racemic 2-chloromandelic acid, as much as 300 mM of substrate was completely transformed into the optically pure (R)-2-chloromandelic acid (> 99% enantiomeric excess) with a high productivity of 83.8 g L?1 day?1 without addition of exogenous cofactor, which make this novel whole-cell biocatalyst more promising and competitive in practical application.