An enzymatic approach to the synthesis of optically pure (3R)- and (3S)-enantiomers of green tea flavor compound 3-hydroxy-3-methylnonane-2,4-dione
摘要:
Both (3R)- and (3S)-enantiomers of the chiral green tea flavor compound 3-hydroxy-3-methylnonane-2,4-dione were synthesized by the combined use of acetylacetoin synthase and acetylacetoin reductase from Bacillus licheniformis. The first enzyme was utilized to catalyze the homo-coupling of 2,3-octanedione and obtain the enantioenriched (3R)-3-hydroxy-3-methylnonane-2,4-dione (ee 44%). The NADH-dependent acetylacetoin reductase was then employed for the diastereoselective (de > 95%) C2 carbonyl reduction of the sole (3R)-enantiomer of the above 2,4-dione, thus affording the syn diol (2S,3R)-2,3-dihydroxy-3-methylnonan-4-one in enantiomerically pure form. While this step allowed for the recovery of unreacted, optically pure (3S)-3-hydroxy-3-methylnonae-2,4-dione, the corresponding (3R)-enantiomer was obtained by subsequent TEMPO-mediated oxidation of the syn dial intermediate. Moreover, using the title compounds as analytical standards, predominance of the (3R) enantiomer in the natural flavor compound was finally demonstrated by chiral GC-MS analysis. (C) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Expanding the scope of enzymatic carboligation reactions in flow-mode: production of optically active tertiary alcohols with packed-bed micro-bioreactors
作者:P. P. Giovannini、O. Bortolini、A. Cavazzini、R. Greco、G. Fantin、A. Massi
DOI:10.1039/c4gc00838c
日期:——
Acetylacetoin synthase (AAS) from Bacillus licheniformis has been partially purified and immobilized on a silica support and its activity was tested under batch conditions in the homo-coupling of a set of α-diketones leading to valuable α-hydroxy ketone derivatives displaying a chiral tertiary alcohol functionality at the α-position. Next, the effectiveness of AAS heterogeneous catalysis has been evaluated
An enzymatic approach to the synthesis of optically pure (3R)- and (3S)-enantiomers of green tea flavor compound 3-hydroxy-3-methylnonane-2,4-dione
作者:Olga Bortolini、Pier Paolo Giovannini、Silvia Maietti、Alessandro Massi、Paola Pedrini、Gianni Sacchetti、Valentina Venturi
DOI:10.1016/j.molcatb.2012.08.015
日期:2013.1
Both (3R)- and (3S)-enantiomers of the chiral green tea flavor compound 3-hydroxy-3-methylnonane-2,4-dione were synthesized by the combined use of acetylacetoin synthase and acetylacetoin reductase from Bacillus licheniformis. The first enzyme was utilized to catalyze the homo-coupling of 2,3-octanedione and obtain the enantioenriched (3R)-3-hydroxy-3-methylnonane-2,4-dione (ee 44%). The NADH-dependent acetylacetoin reductase was then employed for the diastereoselective (de > 95%) C2 carbonyl reduction of the sole (3R)-enantiomer of the above 2,4-dione, thus affording the syn diol (2S,3R)-2,3-dihydroxy-3-methylnonan-4-one in enantiomerically pure form. While this step allowed for the recovery of unreacted, optically pure (3S)-3-hydroxy-3-methylnonae-2,4-dione, the corresponding (3R)-enantiomer was obtained by subsequent TEMPO-mediated oxidation of the syn dial intermediate. Moreover, using the title compounds as analytical standards, predominance of the (3R) enantiomer in the natural flavor compound was finally demonstrated by chiral GC-MS analysis. (C) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.