Stereoselective alkylation–reduction of β-keto nitriles by the fungus Curvularia lunata
摘要:
The alkylation-reduction (AR) reaction of beta -keto nitriles by growing cells of Curvularia lunata CECT 2130 has been explored. The reaction conditions for the ethylation of benzoylacetonitrile have been optimized in terms of both yield and stereoselectivity and the mechanism of this biotransformation vas studied. The scope of this reaction has been extended to other alkylations (R = Et, Pr, Bu, iso-Bu) and to a series of aromatic and heteroaromatic substrates, yielding the corresponding optically active alpha -alkyl beta -hydroxy nitrites. The yield (directly related to competing carbonyl reduction reaction) depends on the substrate bulk. whereas the enantiomeric and diastereomeric excesses (both up to 98%) seem to be dependent on several Factors. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
Organozinc compounds derived from α-bromonitriles are readily prepared in solution in tetrahydrofuran (THF) and exist in the C metallated form. They condense normally with aldehydes and saturated ketones. A number of new β-hydroxy-nitriles are described. The addition of conjugated unsaturated ketones results in the formation of β-hydroxynitriles or ketonitriles, depending on the nature of the initial
Stereoselective alkylation–reduction of β-keto nitriles by the fungus Curvularia lunata
作者:Juan R. Dehli、Vicente Gotor
DOI:10.1016/s0957-4166(01)00269-5
日期:2001.6
The alkylation-reduction (AR) reaction of beta -keto nitriles by growing cells of Curvularia lunata CECT 2130 has been explored. The reaction conditions for the ethylation of benzoylacetonitrile have been optimized in terms of both yield and stereoselectivity and the mechanism of this biotransformation vas studied. The scope of this reaction has been extended to other alkylations (R = Et, Pr, Bu, iso-Bu) and to a series of aromatic and heteroaromatic substrates, yielding the corresponding optically active alpha -alkyl beta -hydroxy nitrites. The yield (directly related to competing carbonyl reduction reaction) depends on the substrate bulk. whereas the enantiomeric and diastereomeric excesses (both up to 98%) seem to be dependent on several Factors. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.