Chemo-biological preparation of the chiral building block (R)-4-acetoxy-2-methyl-1-butanol using Pseudomonas putida
摘要:
In order to develop new methyl substituted chiral building blocks which are useful for the synthesis of methyl branched natural products, the enantioselective bioreduction of an exo-methylene to a methyl group was investigated. 4-Acetoxy-2-methylene-1-butanol 3 was prepared from itaconic acid over four steps and converted to the chiral alcohol (R)-4-acetoxy-2-methyl-1-butanol 4, by growing cells of Pseudomonas putida. The bioconversion achieved a high enantioselectivity (92% ee) and a high chemical yield (65%) within a relatively short reaction time (18-20 h). Crown Copyright (C) 2011 Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Chemo-biological preparation of the chiral building block (R)-4-acetoxy-2-methyl-1-butanol using Pseudomonas putida
摘要:
In order to develop new methyl substituted chiral building blocks which are useful for the synthesis of methyl branched natural products, the enantioselective bioreduction of an exo-methylene to a methyl group was investigated. 4-Acetoxy-2-methylene-1-butanol 3 was prepared from itaconic acid over four steps and converted to the chiral alcohol (R)-4-acetoxy-2-methyl-1-butanol 4, by growing cells of Pseudomonas putida. The bioconversion achieved a high enantioselectivity (92% ee) and a high chemical yield (65%) within a relatively short reaction time (18-20 h). Crown Copyright (C) 2011 Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.