Chemoenzymatic synthesis of the enantiomers of iopanoic acid
摘要:
The two enantiomers of Iopanoic acid 1 were prepared in enantiomeric excess higher than 90% by enzyme-catalyzed hydrolysis of precursors (+/-)-2a and (+/-)-3a, followed by standard chemical transformations. Among the tested enzymes, chymotrypsin and Lipase PS proved to be the most selective catalysts. The stereochemical outcome of the lipase-catalyzed hydrolyses of esters (+/-)-2a-d is strictly dependent upon both the size of the alkyl group attached to the chiral center and the substituent in the aromatic ring. The enantioselectivity of the reactions was evaluated by chiral HPLC and the configurations of the new products were assigned by chemical correlations.
Stereochemical Control in Microbial Reduction. XXVIII. Asymmetric Reduction of<i>α</i>,<i>β</i>-Unsaturated Ketones with Bakers’ Yeast
作者:Yasushi Kawai、Kentarou Saitou、Kouichi Hida、Duc Hai Dao、Atsuyoshi Ohno
DOI:10.1246/bcsj.69.2633
日期:1996.9
Bakers’ yeastreduction of α,β-unsaturated ketones affords optically active saturated ketones contaminated by allylic and saturated alcohols as minor components. Stereoselectivity of the reduction of carbon–carbon double bond strongly depends on the structure of β-aryl substituent. The bakers’ yeastreduction of β-phenyl enones gives saturated ketones in moderate stereoselectivity. Stereoselectivity