A drop of enantioselectivity in the Pseudomonas cepacia lipase-catalyzed ester hydrolysis is influenced by the chain length of the fatty acid
摘要:
A two-step molecular mechanics based computational procedure has been applied to explain the enantioselectivity observed in the hydrolysis of esters of primary alcohols, carried out in the presence of a lipase from Pseudomonas cepacia. This approach proved to be very effective in explaining an unpredictable drop in enantioselectivity, experimentally observed when the chain of the fatty acid was lengthened and to predict the chain length in correspondence of which the effect should have revealed itself. (C) 2004 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Highly enantioselective kinetic resolution of primary alcohols of the type Ph-X-CH(CH3)-CH2OH by Pseudomonas cepacia lipase: effect of acyl chain length and solvent
摘要:
Although lipase from Pseudomonas cepacia (PCL) shows high enantioselectivity towards many secondary alcohols, it usually exhibits only low to moderate enantioselectivity towards primary alcohols. To increase this enantioselectivity, we optimised the reaction conditions for the PCL-catalysed hydrolysis of esters of three chiral primary alcohols: 2-methyl-3-phenyl-1-propanol 1, 2-phenoxy-1-propanol 2 and solketal 3. The enantioselectivity towards 1-acetate increased from E=16 to 38 upon changing the solvent from ethyl ether/phosphate buffer to 30% n-propanol in phosphate buffer and increased again to E greater than or equal to 190 upon changing the substrate from 1-acetate to 1-heptanoate. The same changes increased the enantioselectivity towards alcohol 2 from E=17 to 70, but did not significantly increase the enantioselectivity towards alcohol 3. The best solvent was similar to the solvent used to crystallise the open form of PCL and likely stabilises the open form of PCL. This stabilisation may increase the enantioselectivity by removing kinetic contributions from a non-enantioselective lid-opening step. We determined the kinetic contribution of the lid-opening step by measuring the interfacial activation of PCL. The activation energy for the PCL-catalysed hydrolysis of ethyl acetate was at least 2.6 kcal/mol lower in the presence of a water-organic solvent interface. (C) 2003 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Highly enantioselective kinetic resolution of primary alcohols of the type Ph-X-CH(CH3)-CH2OH by Pseudomonas cepacia lipase: effect of acyl chain length and solvent
作者:Alessandra Mezzetti、Curtis Keith、Romas J. Kazlauskas
DOI:10.1016/j.tetasy.2003.09.049
日期:2003.12
Although lipase from Pseudomonas cepacia (PCL) shows high enantioselectivity towards many secondary alcohols, it usually exhibits only low to moderate enantioselectivity towards primary alcohols. To increase this enantioselectivity, we optimised the reaction conditions for the PCL-catalysed hydrolysis of esters of three chiral primary alcohols: 2-methyl-3-phenyl-1-propanol 1, 2-phenoxy-1-propanol 2 and solketal 3. The enantioselectivity towards 1-acetate increased from E=16 to 38 upon changing the solvent from ethyl ether/phosphate buffer to 30% n-propanol in phosphate buffer and increased again to E greater than or equal to 190 upon changing the substrate from 1-acetate to 1-heptanoate. The same changes increased the enantioselectivity towards alcohol 2 from E=17 to 70, but did not significantly increase the enantioselectivity towards alcohol 3. The best solvent was similar to the solvent used to crystallise the open form of PCL and likely stabilises the open form of PCL. This stabilisation may increase the enantioselectivity by removing kinetic contributions from a non-enantioselective lid-opening step. We determined the kinetic contribution of the lid-opening step by measuring the interfacial activation of PCL. The activation energy for the PCL-catalysed hydrolysis of ethyl acetate was at least 2.6 kcal/mol lower in the presence of a water-organic solvent interface. (C) 2003 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
A drop of enantioselectivity in the Pseudomonas cepacia lipase-catalyzed ester hydrolysis is influenced by the chain length of the fatty acid
A two-step molecular mechanics based computational procedure has been applied to explain the enantioselectivity observed in the hydrolysis of esters of primary alcohols, carried out in the presence of a lipase from Pseudomonas cepacia. This approach proved to be very effective in explaining an unpredictable drop in enantioselectivity, experimentally observed when the chain of the fatty acid was lengthened and to predict the chain length in correspondence of which the effect should have revealed itself. (C) 2004 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.