Novel (R)-oxynitrilase sources for the synthesis of (R)-cyanohydrins in diisopropyl ether
摘要:
Apple, apricot, cherry and plum meal were prepared from the seeds or kernels of mature garden fruits. The preparations as well as almond meal were used as the source of (R)-oxynitrilase for the synthesis of aliphatic and aromatic cyanohydrins in diisopropyl ether in the presence of 0.1 M tartrate buffer [2% (v/v), pH 5.4]. Apple meal as the most favourable of the enzyme preparations accepts also sterically hindered aldehydes (e.g., pivalaldehyde) as substrates, leading to (R)-cyanohydrins with high enantiopurity (usually ee>90%). (C) 1997 Elsevier Science Ltd.
(R)- and (S)-cyanohydrins using oxynitrilases in whole cells
作者:Eero Kiljunen、Liisa T Kanerva
DOI:10.1016/0957-4166(96)00116-4
日期:1996.4
Almond meal and Sorghum bicolor shoots were used as the sources of oxynitrilases for the preparation of a number (R)- and (S)-arylcyanohydrins, respectively, from the corresponding aldehydes in diisopropyl ether. Two different in situ methods were used to introduce hydrogen cyanide into the reaction mixture. In method 1, acetone cyanohydrin decomposes enzymatically and/or chemically to hydrogen cyanide
Asymmetric Addition of Hydrogen Cyanide to Substituted Benzaldehydes Catalyzed by a Synthetic Cyclic Peptide,<i>Cyclo</i>((<i>S</i>)-phenylalanyl-(<i>S</i>)-histidyl)
Using cyclo((S)-phenylalanyl-(S)-histidyl) as catalyst, opticallyactive cyanohydrins from substituted benzaldehydes with p-methyl, m-methyl, o-methyl, m-methoxyl, or m-phenoxyl group were obtained with optical yield of 82–33%. For the asymmetric cyanohydrin synthesis, nonpolar solvent such as benzene or carbon tetrachloride was advantageous, while no asymmetricsynthesis took place in methanol or
BINOLAM, a Recoverable Chiral Ligand for Bifunctional Enantioselective Catalysis: The Asymmetric Synthesis of Cyanohydrins
作者:Jesús Casas、Carmen Nájera、José M. Sansano、José M. Saá
DOI:10.1021/ol0262338
日期:2002.7.1
[reaction: see text] A new bifunctional catalytic system based on a monometallic aluminum complex is used for the efficient enantioselective cyanation of aldehydes. The ligand (S)- or (R)-2,2'-bis(diethylaminomethyl)-substituted binaphthol (BINOLAM) used is recovered for recycling. This methodology is used for the synthesis of a precursor of epothilone A.