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One-Pot Enzymatic-Chemical Cascade Route for Synthesizing Aromatic α-Hydroxy Ketones
Wang, Lei,Song, Wei,Wang, Binju,Zhang, Yan,Xu, Xin,Wu, Jing,Gao, Cong,Liu, Jia,Chen, Xiulai,Chen, Jinghua,Liu, Liming
, p. 2808 - 2818 (2021/03/15)
2-Hydroxyacetophenone (2-HAP) is an important building block for the production of a series of natural products and pharmaceuticals; however, there is no safe, efficient, and economical method for 2-HAP synthesis. Here, a one-pot enzymatic-chemical cascade route was designed for synthesizing 2-HAP based on retrosynthetic analysis. First, a spontaneous proton-transfer reaction was designed using a computational simulation that enabled 2-HAP synthesis from the isomer 2-hydroxy-2-phenylacetaldehyde. A route for 2-hydroxy-2-phenylacetaldehyde synthesis was then constructed by introducing the unnatural substrate glyoxylic acid into a C-C ligation reaction catalyzed by Candida tropicalis pyruvate decarboxylase. Assembly and optimization of this enzymatic-chemical cascade route resulted in a final yield of 92.7%. Furthermore, stereospecific carbonyl reductases were introduced to construct a synthetic application platform that enabled further transformation of 2-HAP into (S)- and (R)-1-phenyl-1,2-ethanediol. This method of cascading spontaneous chemical and enzymatic reactions to synthesize chemicals offers insight into avenues for synthesizing other valuable chemicals.
Selective oxidation of aliphatic C-H bonds in alkylphenols by a chemomimetic biocatalytic system
Du, Lei,Dong, Sheng,Zhang, Xingwang,Jiang, Chengying,Chen, Jingfei,Yao, Lishan,Wang, Xiao,Wan, Xiaobo,Liu, Xi,Wangi, Xinquan,Huang, Shaohua,Cui, Qiu,Feng, Yingang,Liu, Shuang-Jiang,Li, Shengying
, p. E5129 - E5137 (2017/07/04)
Selective oxidation of aliphatic C-H bonds in alkylphenols serves significant roles not only in generation of functionalized intermediates that can be used to synthesize diverse downstream chemical products, but also in biological degradation of these environmentally hazardous compounds. Chemo-, regio-, and stereoselectivity; controllability; and environmental impact represent the major challenges for chemical oxidation of alkylphenols. Here, we report the development of a unique chemomimetic biocatalytic system originated from the Gram-positive bacterium Corynebacterium glutamicum. The system consisting of CreHI (for installation of a phosphate directing/ anchoring group), CreJEF/CreG/CreC (for oxidation of alkylphenols), and CreD (for directing/anchoring group offloading) is able to selectively oxidize the aliphatic C-H bonds of p-And m-Alkylated phenols in a controllable manner. Moreover, the crystal structures of the central P450 biocatalyst CreJ in complex with two representative substrates provide significant structural insights into its substrate flexibility and reaction selectivity.
Two-Step, Catalytic C-C Bond Oxidative Cleavage Process Converts Lignin Models and Extracts to Aromatic Acids
Wang, Min,Lu, Jianmin,Zhang, Xiaochen,Li, Lihua,Li, Hongji,Luo, Nengchao,Wang, Feng
, p. 6086 - 6090 (2016/09/09)
We herein report a two-step strategy for oxidative cleavage of lignin C-C bond to aromatic acids and phenols with molecular oxygen as oxidant. In the first step, lignin β-O-4 alcohol was oxidized to β-O-4 ketone over a VOSO4/TEMPO [(2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidin-1-yl)oxyl)] catalyst. In the second step, the C-C bond of β-O-4 linkages was selectively cleaved to acids and phenols by oxidation over a Cu/1,10-phenanthroline catalyst. Computational investigations suggested a copper-oxo-bridged dimer was the catalytically active site for hydrogen-abstraction from Cβ-H bond, which was the rate-determining step for the C-C bond cleavage.
