The influence of attractive, nonbonded interactions on the reactions of 1,2- and 1,3-hydroxyalkyl azides with ketones has been investigated through experimental and computational means. A series of 1,3-hydroxyalkyl azides bearing electronically tuned aromatic groups at the 2 position were prepared and reacted along with several derivatives designed to conformationally restrict the rotational orientation of the aromatic substituent. These studies showed that a cation-pi interaction between an aryl moiety and an N-2(+) leaving group plays a role in determining the stereoselectivity of these reactions. A series of ab initio calculations supported this hypothesis. A computational and experimental analysis suggested a primarily steric model for the analogous reactions of substituted 2-azido-1-ethanol analogues.
Highly Enantioselective and Regioselective Biocatalytic Azidolysis of Aromatic Epoxides
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[figure: see text] The halohydrin dehalogenase from Agrobacterium radiobacter AD1 catalyzed the highly enantioselective and beta-regioselective azidolysis of (substituted) styrene oxides. By means of kinetic resolutions the remaining epoxide and the formed azido alcohol could be obtained in very high ee. In a large scale conversion, the decrease in yield and selectivity due to the uncatalyzed chemical side reaction could be overcome by slow addition of azide.
[reaction: see text] The reaction outcome of 2-azidoethanol and aliphatic aldehyde is found to be dependent on the catalyst and the structure of the azido alcohol. Under the catalysis of Cu(II) triflate, the corresponding acetal is obtained. A similar reaction between 2-aryl-2-azidoethanol and aldehyde catalyzed by BF3 yields a mixture of 3-oxazoline and 2-oxazoline. The latter reaction has been used
The invention relates to a process for converting an epoxide to an alcohol. The process according to the invention is enzymatically catalyzed and highly enantioselective and regiospecific.
The invention relates to a process for converting an epoxide to an alcohol. The process according to the invention is enzymatically catalyzed and highly enantioselective and regiospecific.
Azidolysis of epoxides catalysed by the halohydrin dehalogenase from Arthrobacter sp. AD2 and a mutant with enhanced enantioselectivity: an (S)-selective HHDH
Halohydrin dehalogenase from Arthrobacter sp. AD2 catalysed azidolysis of epoxides with high regioselectivity and low to moderate (S)-enantioselectivity (E = 1-16). Mutation of the asparagine 178 to alanine (N178A) showed increased enantioselectivity towards styrene oxide derivatives and glycidyl ethers. Conversion of aromatic epoxides was catalysed by HheA-N178A with complete enantioselectivity, however the regioselectivity was reduced. As a result of the enzyme-catalysed reaction, enantiomerically pure (S)-beta-azido alcohols and (R)-alpha-azido alcohols (ee >= 99%) were obtained. (C) 2016 Published by Elsevier Ltd.