Thiacrown Ether Technology in Lipase-Catalyzed Reaction: Scope and Limitation for Preparing Optically Active 3-Hydroxyalkanenitriles and Application to Insect Pheromone Synthesis
摘要:
Both reaction rate and enantioselectivity in Pseudomonas cepacia lipase (PCL)-catalyzed hydrolysis of 3-hydroxyalkanenitrile acetates were significantly changed by the addition of catalytic amounts of thiacrown ether (1,4,8,11-tetrathiacyclotetradecane). Although the-reaction rate of various nitriles was accelerated, the enantioselectivity greatly depended on the nature of the substrate. Among 10 substrates tested, thiacrown ether offered highest enantioselectivity in PCL-catalyzed hydrolysis of 1-(cyanomethyl)propyl acetate. Forty or more times this crown ether, molarity based on the enzyme, was required to attain an acceptably high reaction rate and enantioselectivity. Applying this technology, we succeeded in synthesizing the optically pure attractant pheromone of ant Myrmica scabrinodis (A), (R)-3-octanol and its antipode of (S)-isomer in good overall yields.
Pentaphenylcyclopentadienyl ruthenium complexes (3) are excellent catalysts for the racemization of secondary alcohols at ambient temperature. The combination of this process with enzymatic resolution of the alcohols results in a highly efficient synthesis of enantiomericallypure acetates at room temperature with short reaction times for most substrates. This new reaction was applied to a wide range
Al(OTf)3 as a highly efficient catalyst for the rapid acetylation of alcohols, phenols and thiophenols under solvent-free conditions
作者:Ahmed Kamal、M. Naseer A. Khan、K. Srinivasa Reddy、Y.V.V. Srikanth、T. Krishnaji
DOI:10.1016/j.tetlet.2007.03.162
日期:2007.5
Aluminium triflate (0.01–0.1 mol %) was found to be an efficientcatalyst for the acylation of alcohols, phenols, thiols and sugars with acetic anhydride in high yields undersolvent-freeconditions in a short reaction time at room temperature. Racemization of optically active alcohols and epimerization of sugars were not observed. The acylation efficacy of various acyl donors was also investigated
Chemoenzymatic synthesis2 of both enantiomers of fluoxetine, tomoxetine and nisoxetine: lipase-catalyzed resolution of 3-aryl-3-hydroxypropanenitriles
作者:Ahmed Kamal、G.B.Ramesh Khanna、R. Ramu
DOI:10.1016/s0957-4166(02)00537-2
日期:2002.9
transesterification process in hydrophobic solvents (diisopropyl ether, toluene and hexane) enhanced the reactionrate drastically and gave optimal yields with high enantioselectivity (>99%). Moreover, enantiopure 3-hydroxy-3-phenylpropanenitrile products have been converted via enantioconvergent routes into the (R)- and (S)-enantiomers of the important anti-depressants fluoxetine, tomoxetine, nisoxetine and norfluoxetine
A study of the enantioselectivity exhibited by the lipase B from Candida antarctica in the transesterification of different alpha-substituted alpha-propylmethanols with vinyl acetate is shown. The best results are obtained when the large-sized (L) substituent of the alcohol is either a phenyl group or more especially a cyclohexyl group, although the reaction rates are lower than when linear or slightly branched groups are present. It is also found that ramification at the beta-position of the L substituent has a deleterious effect on both lipase activity and enantioselectivity. Moreover, some alpha-substituted benzyl alcohols bearing medium-sized (M) substituents larger than an ethyl and smaller than a propyl group are resolved by means of this methodology with moderate-good enantioselectivities (E=46-57) and similar reaction rates. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.