Process Optimisation Studies and Aminonitrile Substrate Evaluation of
<i>Rhodococcus erythropolis</i>
SET1, A Nitrile Hydrolyzing Bacterium
作者:Tatenda M. Mareya、Tracey M. Coady、Catherine O'Reilly、Michael Kinsella、Lee Coffey、Claire M. Lennon
DOI:10.1002/open.202000088
日期:2020.4
enantioselectivity and activity. The effect of the addition of organic solvents to the biotransformation mixture was also determined. The results of the study suggested that SET1 is suitable for use in selected organo‐aqueous media at specific ratios only. The functional group tolerance of the isolate with unprotected and protected β‐aminonitriles, structural analogues of β‐hydroxynitriles was also investigated
Enhanced enantioselectivity of an enzymatic reaction by the sulfur functional group. A simple preparation of optically active .beta.-hydroxy nitriles using a lipase
The enantioselectivity of a lipase-catalyzed hydrolysis was improved by varying the acyl residue into the sulfur functional one, i.e. the beta-(phenylthio)- or beta-(methylthio)acetoxy group, from acetate or valerate to realize satisfactory resolution of beta-hydroxy nitriles using lipase P (Pseudomonas sp.).
Thiacrown Ether Technology in Lipase-Catalyzed Reaction: Scope and Limitation for Preparing Optically Active 3-Hydroxyalkanenitriles and Application to Insect Pheromone Synthesis
Both reaction rate and enantioselectivity in Pseudomonas cepacia lipase (PCL)-catalyzed hydrolysis of 3-hydroxyalkanenitrile acetates were significantly changed by the addition of catalytic amounts of thiacrown ether (1,4,8,11-tetrathiacyclotetradecane). Although the-reaction rate of various nitriles was accelerated, the enantioselectivity greatly depended on the nature of the substrate. Among 10 substrates tested, thiacrown ether offered highest enantioselectivity in PCL-catalyzed hydrolysis of 1-(cyanomethyl)propyl acetate. Forty or more times this crown ether, molarity based on the enzyme, was required to attain an acceptably high reaction rate and enantioselectivity. Applying this technology, we succeeded in synthesizing the optically pure attractant pheromone of ant Myrmica scabrinodis (A), (R)-3-octanol and its antipode of (S)-isomer in good overall yields.
Both reaction rate and enantioselectivity in a lipase-catalyzed hydrolysis of beta-acetoxybutyronitrile were significantly enhanced by addition of hydroxymethyl-12-crown-4.