Described herein is a novel concept for SN2 reactions at tertiary carbon centers in epoxides without activation of the leaving group. Quantum chemical calculations show why SN2 reactions at tertiary carbon centers are proceeding in these systems. The reaction allows flexible synthesis of 1,3‐diol building blocks for natural product synthesis with excellent control of the relative and absolute configurations
本文描述了在环氧化物中叔碳中心处的S N 2反应而不活化离去基团的新颖概念。量子化学计算表明为什么在这些系统中三级碳中心的S N 2反应正在进行。该反应可以灵活地合成1,3-二醇结构单元,用于天然产物的合成,并具有相对和绝对构型的出色控制。
Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics of the Biosynthesis of the Earthy Odorant Methylisoborneol in <i>Streptomyces coelicolor</i>
作者:Chieh-Mei Wang、David E. Cane
DOI:10.1021/ja803639g
日期:2008.7.1
Methylisoborneol (2) is a volatile organic compound produced by a wide variety of Actinomycetes soil orgainisms, myxobacteria, and cyanobacteria. It has an unusually low odor threshold and, together with geosmin, is responsible for the characteristics smell of moist soil as well as unpleasant taste and odor episodes assoiciated with public water supplies and contamination of various foodstuffs, including fish, wine and beer. Despite considerable interest in detection and remediation of methylisoborneal, the biosynthesis of this methylated monoterpene has been obscure. In Streptomyces coelicor, the sco7700 and sco7701 genes are shown to correspond to a two-gene operon responsible for methylisoborneol biosynthesis. Both genes have been amplified by PCR and the resulting DNA has been cloned and expressed in Escherichia coli. Incubation of recombinant SCO7701 protein, annotated as a possible C-methyltransferase, with geranyl diphosphate (1) and S-adenosylmethionine gave the previously unknown compound. (E)-2-methylgeranyl diphosphate (3). Incubation of 3 in the presence of Mg2+ with recombinant SCO7700, previously annotated only as a possible metal-binding protein or terpenoid synthase, resulted in the formation of 2-methylisoborneal (2). The steady-state kinetic parameters for both biochemical reactions have been determined. Incubation of geranyl diphosphate and S-adenosylmethionine with a mixture of both SCO7700 and SCO7701 resulted in formation of methylisoborneal (2). Cyclization of 2-methylgeranyl diphosphate (3) to methylisoborneal (2) likely involves the intermediacy of 2-methylinalyl diphosphate.