作者:Ramesh N Patel、Animesh Goswami、Linda Chu、Mary Jo Donovan、Venkata Nanduri、Steven Goldberg、Robert Johnston、Prasad J Siva、Brent Nielsen、Junying Fan、WeiXuan He、Zhongping Shi、Kwok Y Wang、Ronald Eiring、Dana Cazzulino、Ambarish Singh、Richard Mueller
DOI:10.1016/j.tetasy.2004.02.024
日期:2004.4
The chiral intermediate (S)-1-(2'-bromo-4'-fluoro phenyl)ethanol 2 was prepared by the enantioselective microbial reduction of 2-bromo-4-fluoro acetophenone 1. Organisms from genus Candida, Hansenula, Pichia, Rhodotorula, Saccharomyces, Sphingomonas and Baker's yeast reduced 1 to 2 in >90% yield and 99% enantiomeric excess (ee). In an alternative approach, the enantioselective microbial reductions of methyl, ethyl, and tert-butyl 4-(2'-acetyl-5'-fluorophenyl) butanoates 3, 5, and 7, respectively, were demonstrated using strains of Candida and Pichia. Reaction yields of 40-53% and ee's of 90-99% were obtained for the corresponding (S)-hydroxy esters 4, 6, and 8. The reductase, which catalyzed the enantioselective reduction of ketoesters was purified to homogeneity from cell extracts of Pichia methanolica SC 13825. It was cloned and expressed in Escherichia coli with recombinant cultures used for the enantioselective reduction of keto methyl ester 3 to the corresponding (S)-hydroxy methyl ester 4. On a preparative scale, a reaction yield of 98% and an ee of 99% was obtained. (C) 2004 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.