Deracemisation of β-hydroxy esters using immobilised whole cells of Candida parapsilosis ATCC 7330: substrate specificity and mechanistic investigation
作者:Santosh Kumar Padhi、D. Titu、N. Ganesh Pandian、Anju Chadha
DOI:10.1016/j.tet.2006.03.045
日期:2006.5
Deracemisation of aryl substituted beta-hydroxy esters by immobilised whole cells of Candida parapsilosis ATCC 7330 gave > 99% ee and up to 75% yield of their corresponding (S)-enantiomers. Mechanistic investigation of the deracemisation reaction carried out using a deuterated substrate, ethyl 3-deutero-3-hydroxy-3-phenyl propanoate revealed that while the (S)-enantiomer remains unreacted the (R)enantiomer undergoes enantioselective oxidation to its corresponding ketoester, which on complementary enantiospecific reduction gives the (S)-enantiomer in high yield and % ee. (c) 2006 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.