Asymmetric hydrolysis of a disubstituted malononitrile by the aid of a microorganism
摘要:
Rhodococcus rhodochrous ATCC 21197 hydrolyzed prochiral butylmethylmalononitrile to afford the corresponding amide-carboxylic acid with high enantiomeric excess. The reaction proceeds via the hydration of the starting dinitrile by a nitrile hydratase and the subsequent enantioselective hydrolysis of the intermediate diamide by an amidase.
Realization of the synthesis of α,α-disubstituted carbamylacetates and cyanoacetates by either enzymatic or chemical functional group transformation, depending upon the substrate specificity of Rhodococcus amidase
摘要:
Substrate specificity and enantioselectivity of nitrile hydratase and amidase from R. rhodochrous IFO 15564 has been studied by applying a series of alpha,alpha-disubstituted malononitriles and related substrates. The amidase preferentially hydrolyzed the pro-(R) carbamyl group (amide) of the prochiral diamides, an intermediate resulting from the action of nitrile hydratase in a nonenantiotopic group-selective manner. The introduction of a fluorine atom at the alpha-position caused an inhibitory effect on amidase. By a combination of this microbial transformation and the subsequent Hofmann rearrangement, an important precursor of (S)methyldopa with 98.4% ee has been prepared. For the enzymatically poor substrate, the action on HO3SONO-H2O on the carbamyl group was effective, leaving the cyano group intact. This conversion is demonstrated as the key step for the expeditious preparation of (+/-)-alpha-cyano-alpha-fluoro-alpha-phenylacetic acid (CFPA) from diethyl alpha-fluoro-alpha-phenylmalonate. (C) 2004 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Practical Synthesis of Optically Active α,α-Disubstituted Malonamic Acids through Asymmetric Hydrolysis of Malonamide Derivatives with <i>Rhodococcus</i> sp. CGMCC 0497
作者:Zhong-Liu Wu、Zu-Yi Li
DOI:10.1021/jo026691u
日期:2003.3.1
A variety of alpha,alpha-disubstituted malonamides undergo enantioselective hydrolysis with Rhodococcus sp. CGMCC 0497 to give challenging enantiopure alpha,alpha-disubstituted malonamic acids with up to >99% enantiomeric excesses and 98% chemical yields. The enantioselectivity originated from the effects of a highly enantioselective amidase. The products could be converted to valuable (R)or (S)-alpha,alpha-dialkylated amino acids after routine conversions.