Three chiral N1,N10-ethylene-bridged flavinium salts with a stereogenic centre derived from l-valinol are prepared and investigated as oxidation catalysts. These salts efficiently catalyse chemoselective H2O2 oxidation of sulfides to sulfoxides and the oxidation of 3-phenylcyclobutanone to the corresponding lactone at room temperature. The flavinium salts react with hydrogen peroxide to form flavin-10a-hydroperoxide
制备了具有衍生自1-缬氨醇的立体异构中心的三种手性N 1,N 10-亚乙基桥黄酮盐,并将其作为氧化催化剂进行了研究。这些盐在室温下有效催化硫化物的化学选择性H 2 O 2氧化为亚砜和3-苯基环丁酮氧化为相应的内酯。所述flavinium盐与过氧化氢反应以形成黄素-10一氢过氧化物,它是负责对底物氧化的试剂。
Asymmetric intercoenzyme hydrogen transfer between NADH model compounds and flavins
A chiral flavin [(S)-3-methyl-10-(1′-hydroxy-3′-methylbutane-2′-yl)isoalloxazine, (1b)] has been synthesised: hydrogentransfer to (1b) and tetra(O-acetyl)riboflavin from chiral NADH model compounds occurred in an asymmetric manner only in the presence of high concentrations of Mg(ClO4)2.
Chiral ethylene-bridged flavinium salts: the stereoselectivity of flavin-10a-hydroperoxide formation and the effect of substitution on the photochemical properties
A series of chiral non-racemic N-1,N-10-ethylene bridged flavinium salts 4 was prepared using enantiomerically pure 2-substituted 2-aminoethanols (R = isopropyl, phenyl, benzyl, 4-methoxybenzyl, 4-benzyloxybenzyl) derived from amino acids as the sole source of chirality. The flavinium salts were shown to form 10a-hydroperoxy- and 10a-methoxy-adducts with moderate to high diastereoselectivity depending on the ethylene bridge substituent originating from the starting amino acid. High diastereoselectivities (dr values from 80:20 to >95:5) were observed for flavinium salts bearing benzyl substituents attached to the ethylene bridge. The benzyl group preferred the face-to-face (syn) orientation relative to the flavinium unit; thereby effectively preventing nucleophilic attack from one side. This conformation was found to be the most stable according to the DFT calculations. Consequently, the presence of benzyl groups causes intermolecular fluorescence quenching resulting in a significant decrease in the fluorescence quantum yield from 11% for 4a bearing an isopropyl substituent to 0.3% for 4c containing a benzyl group and to a value lower than 0.1% for the benzyloxybenzyl derivative 4e. (C) 2017 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.