How Substrate Solvation Contributes to the Enantioselectivity of Subtilisin toward Secondary Alcohols
摘要:
The current rule to predict the enantiopreference of subtilisin toward secondary alcohols is based on the size of the substituents at the stereocenter and implies that the active site contains two differently sized pockets for these substituents. Several experiments are inconsistent with the current rule. First, the X-ray structures of subtilisin show there is only one pocket (the S1' pocket) approximately the size of a phenyl group to bind secondary alcohols. Second, the rule often predicts the incorrect enantiomer for reactions in water. To resolve these contradictions, we refine the current rule to show that subtilisin binds only one substituent of a secondary alcohol and leaves the other in solvent. To test this refined empirical rule, we show that the enantioselectivity of a series of secondary alcohols in water varied linearly with the difference in hydrophobicity (log P/P0) of the substituents. This hydrophobicity difference accounts for the solvation of one substituent in water.
Protonation of Homoenolate Equivalents Generated by N-Heterocyclic Carbenes
作者:Karl Scheidt、Brooks Maki、Audrey Chan
DOI:10.1055/s-2008-1072516
日期:2008.4
Homoenolate equivalents are generated by Lewis basic N-heterocyclic carbene catalysts and then protonated to generate efficiently saturated esters from unsaturated aldehydes. This reactivity is extended to the generation of beta-acylvinyl anions from alkynyl aldehydes. The asymmetric protonation of a homoenolate equivalent generated from a beta,beta-disubstituted aldehyde can be accomplished with a
Conversion of α,β-Unsaturated Aldehydes into Saturated Esters: An Umpolung Reaction Catalyzed by Nucleophilic Carbenes
作者:Audrey Chan、Karl A. Scheidt
DOI:10.1021/ol050100f
日期:2005.3.1
species from alpha,beta-unsaturated aldehydes. These nucleophilic intermediates can be protonated, and the resulting activated carbonyl unit is trapped with an alcohol nucleophile, thereby promoting a highly efficient conversion of an alpha,beta-unsaturated aldehyde into a saturated ester. A kinetic resolution of secondary alcohols can be achieved using chiral imidazoylidene catalysts. [reaction: see text]
Catalytic, Enantioselective β-Protonation through a Cooperative Activation Strategy
作者:Michael H. Wang、David Barsoum、C. Benjamin Schwamb、Daniel T. Cohen、Brian C. Goess、Matthias Riedrich、Audrey Chan、Brooks E. Maki、Rama K. Mishra、Karl A. Scheidt
DOI:10.1021/acs.joc.7b00334
日期:2017.5.5
only feasible, but also adaptable to a kinetic resolution of secondaryalcohols through NHC-catalyzed acylation. In-depth analysis of this process determined that careful catalyst and solvent pairing is critical for optimal yield and selectivity; proper choice of nonpolar solvent provided improved yield through suppression of an oxidative side reaction, while employment of a cooperative catalytic approach
The Specificity of the Nucleophilic Site of α-Chymotrypsin and its Potential for the Resolution of Alcohols. Enzyme-catalyzed Hydrolyses of Some (+)-, (−)-, and (±)-2-Butyl, -2-Octyl, and -α-Phenethyl Esters
作者:Yong Yeng Lin、David N. Palmer、J. Bryan Jones
DOI:10.1139/v74-075
日期:1974.2.1
The α-chymotrypsin-catalyzedhydrolyses of a representative spectrum of (R)- and (S)-2-butyl, -2-octyl, and -α-phenethyl esters of N-acetyl-L-phenylalanine, N-acetylglycine, α-hydroxy-β-phenyl-propionic, dihydrocinnamic, and hippuric acids have been examined. The kinetic studies were carried out in order to provide data on the practicability of exploiting the stereospecificity of the nucleophilic region
2,2-Disubstituted Propionic Anhydrides: Effective Coupling Reagents for the Kinetic Resolution of Secondary Benzylic Alcohols Using BTM
作者:Isamu Shiina、Kenya Nakata、Masuhiro Sugimoto、Yu-suke Onda、Takashi Iizumi、Keisuke Ono
DOI:10.3987/com-08-s(f)75
日期:——
variety of opticallyactive benzylic alcohols possessing aliphatic substituents at the C-1 position are produced by the kinetic resolution of racemic secondary alcohols using free carboxylicacids with 2,2-disubstituted propionic anhydrides and (+)-benzotetramisole (BTM). Evaluation of the efficiency of this asymmetric esterification using several anhydrides derived from aliphatic carboxylicacids were carried