PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION OF OPTICALLY ACTIVE (S OR R)-a-AMINO ACID OR OPTICALLY ACTIVE (S OR R)-a -AMINO ACID ESTER
申请人:Ube Industries, Ltd.
公开号:EP1942193A1
公开(公告)日:2008-07-09
The present invention discloses a process for preparing an optically active (S or R)-α-amino acid represented by the formula (II):
wherein R represents an alkyl group, alkenyl group, alkynyl group, cycloalkyl group, aralkyl group, heteroarylalkyl group, aryl group or heteroaryl group, each of which may have a substituent(s), and * represents an asymmetric carbon atom,
and an optically active (R or S)-α-amino acid ester represented by the formula (III):
wherein R1 represents an alkyl group which may have a substituent(s), and * represents an asymmetric carbon atom, provided that it has an opposite absolute configuration to that of the compound of the formula (II),
which comprises selectively reacting water with one of enantiomers of an α-amino acid ester which is a racemic mixture and represented by the formula (I):
wherein R and R1 have the same meanings as defined above,
in the presence of a lipase or a protease in an organic solvent.
本发明公开了一种制备由式(II)代表的光学活性(S 或 R)-α-氨基酸的工艺:
其中 R 代表烷基、烯基、炔基、环烷基、芳烷基、杂芳烷基、芳基或杂芳基,每个基团可以有一个或多个取代基,* 代表不对称碳原子、
以及由式(III)代表的光学活性(R 或 S)-α-氨基酸酯:
其中 R1 代表一个烷基,该烷基可以有一个或多个取代基,* 代表一个不对称碳原子,但其绝对构型必须与式 (II) 所示化合物的绝对构型相反、
其中包括选择性地使水与α-氨基酸酯的对映体之一反应,α-氨基酸酯是外消旋混合物,由式(I)表示:
其中 R 和 R1 的含义与上述定义相同、
在脂肪酶或蛋白酶存在下,在有机溶剂中进行。