作者:Ross Lewin、Mark Goodall、Mark L. Thompson、James Leigh、Michael Breuer、Kai Baldenius、Jason Micklefield
DOI:10.1002/chem.201406014
日期:2015.4.20
α‐hydroxycarboxylic acids, including pharmaceutical precursors, from readily accessible α‐hydroxymalonates. The enzymatic method described here represents an improvement upon existing synthetic chemistry methods that have been used to produce similar compounds. The relationship between the structural features of these new substrates and the kinetics associated with their enzymatic decarboxylation is explored
芳基/烯基丙二酸酯脱羧酶(AMDase)催化一系列双取代丙二酸的对映选择性脱羧质子化(EDP),以提供作为有价值的合成中间体的高手性羧酸。与迄今为止开发的非酶促EDP方法相比,AMDase具有许多优势,包括更高的对映选择性和更环境友好的反应条件。在本报告中,AMDase及其工程变体已用于从易于获得的α-羟基丙二酸酯生产一系列对映体富集的杂芳族α-羟基羧酸,包括药物前体。本文所述的酶促方法代表了已用于生产相似化合物的现有合成化学方法的改进。