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An Amphiphilic (salen)Co Complex – Utilizing Hydrophobic Interactions to Enhance the Efficiency of a Cooperative Catalyst
Solís-Mu?ana, Pablo,Salam, Joanne,Ren, Chloe Z.-J.,Carr, Bronte,Whitten, Andrew E.,Warr, Gregory G.,Chen, Jack L.-Y.
supporting information, p. 3207 - 3213 (2021/06/01)
An amphiphilic (salen)Co(III) complex is presented that accelerates the hydrolytic kinetic resolution (HKR) of epoxides almost 10 times faster than catalysts from commercially available sources. This was achieved by introducing hydrophobic chains that increase the rate of reaction in one of two ways – by enhancing cooperativity under homogeneous conditions, and increasing the interfacial area under biphasic reaction conditions. While numerous strategies have been employed to increase the efficiency of cooperative catalysts, the utilization of hydrophobic interactions is scarce. With the recent upsurge in green chemistry methods that conduct reactions ‘on water’ and at the oil-water interface, the introduction of hydrophobic interactions has potential to become a general strategy for enhancing the catalytic efficiency of cooperative catalytic systems. (Figure presented.).
Engineering a homochiral metal-organic framework based on an amino acid for enantioselective separation
Tang, Haitong,Yang, Keke,Wang, Kun-Yu,Meng, Qi,Wu, Fan,Fang, Yu,Wu, Xiang,Li, Yougui,Zhang, WenCheng,Luo, Yunfei,Zhu, Chengfeng,Zhou, Hong-Cai
, p. 9016 - 9019 (2020/08/17)
A chiral metal-organic framework possessing an open amphiphilic channel is constructed from a dicarboxylate ligand derived from an amino acid and is shown to be an efficient and recyclable chiral solid adsorbent, which is capable of separating racemic secondary alcohols, epoxides, and ibuprofen with very high enantioselectivity.
Improving the activity and enantioselectivity of PvEH1, a Phaseolus vulgaris epoxide hydrolase, for o-methylphenyl glycidyl ether by multiple site-directed mutagenesis on the basis of rational design
Li, Chuang,Kan, Ting-Ting,Hu, Die,Wang, Ting-Ting,Su, Yong-Jun,Zhang, Chen,Cheng, Jian-Qing,Wu, Min-Chen
, (2019/08/01)
Substrate spectrum assay exhibited that PvEH1, which is an epoxide hydrolase from P. vulgaris, had the highest specific activity and enantiomeric ratio (E) for racemic o-methylphenyl glycidyl ether (rac-1) among tested aryl glycidyl ethers (1–5). To produce (R)-1 via kinetic resolution of rac-1 efficiently, the catalytic properties of PvEH1 were further improved on the basis of rational design. Firstly, the seven single-site variants of PvEH1-encoding gene (pveh1) were PCR-amplified as designed, and expressed in E. coli BL21(DE3). Among all expressed single-site mutants, PvEH1L105I and PvEH1V106I had the highest specific activities of 17.6 and 16.4 U/mg protein, respectively, while PvEH1L196D had an enhanced E value of 9.2. Secondly, to combine their respective merits, one triple-site variant, pveh1L105I/V106I/L196D, was also amplified, and expressed. The specific activity, E value, and catalytic efficiency of PvEH1L105I/V106I/L196D were 23.1 U/mg, 10.9, and 6.65 mM?1 s?1, respectively, which were 2.0-, 1.8- and 2.4-fold higher than those of wild-type PvEH1. The source of PvEH1L105I/V106I/L196D with enhanced E value for rac-1 was preliminarily analyzed by molecular docking simulation. Finally, the scale-up kinetic resolution of 100 mM rac-1 was conducted using 5 mg wet cells/mL E. coli/pveh1L105I/V106I/L196D at 25 °C for 1.5 h, producing (R)-1 with 95.0% ees, 32.1% yield and 3.52 g/L/h space-time yield.
