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Enantioselective Construction of Modular and Asymmetric Baskets
Badji?, Jovica D.,Finnegan, Tyler J.,Gunther, Michael J.,Pavlovi?, Radoslav Z.,Wang, Xiuze
supporting information, p. 25075 - 25081 (2021/10/25)
The precise positioning of functional groups about the inner space of abiotic hosts is a challenging task and of interest for developing more effective receptors and catalysts akin to those found in nature. To address it, we herein report a synthetic methodology for preparing basket-like cavitands comprised of three different aromatics as side arms with orthogonal esters at the rim for further functionalization. First, enantioenriched A (borochloronorbornene), B (iodobromonorbornene), and C (boronorbornene) building blocks were obtained by stereoselective syntheses. Second, consecutive A-to-B and then AB-to-C Suzuki–Miyaura (SM) couplings were optimized to give enantioenriched ABC cavitand as the principal product. The robust synthetic protocol allowed us to prepare (a) an enantioenriched basket with three benzene sides and each holding either tBu, Et, or Me esters, (b) both enantiomers of a so-called “spiral staircase” basket with benzene, naphthalene, and anthracene groups surrounding the inner space, and (c) a photo-responsive basket bearing one anthracene and two benzene arms.
Molecular cloning and functional characterization of a two highly stereoselective borneol dehydrogenases from Salvia officinalis L
Drienovská, Ivana,Kolanovi?, Dajana,Chánique, Andrea,Sieber, Volker,Hofer, Michael,Kourist, Robert
, (2020/01/11)
Enzymes for selective terpene functionalization are of particular importance for industrial applications. Pure enantiomers of borneol and isoborneol are fragrant constituents of several essential oils and find frequent application in cosmetics and therapy. Racemic borneol can be easily obtained from racemic camphor, which in turn is readily available from industrial side-streams. Enantioselective biocatalysts for the selective conversion of borneol and isoborneol stereoisomers would be therefore highly desirable for their catalytic separation under mild reaction conditions. Although several borneol dehydrogenases from plants and bacteria have been reported, none show sufficient stereoselectivity. Despite Croteau et al. describing sage leaves to specifically oxidize one borneol enantiomer in the late 70s, no specific enzymes have been characterized. We expected that one or several alcohol dehydrogenases encoded in the recently elucidated genome of Salvia officinalis L. would, therefore, be stereoselective. This study thus reports the recombinant expression in E. coli and characterization of two enantiospecific enzymes from the Salvia officinalis L. genome, SoBDH1 and SoBDH2, and their comparison to other known ADHs. Both enzymes produce preferentially (+)-camphor from racemic borneol, but (?)-camphor from racemic isoborneol.
Hydrogen Sulfide: A Reagent for pH-Driven Bioinspired 1,2-Diol Mono-deoxygenation and Carbonyl Reduction in Water
Barata-Vallejo, Sebastián,Ferreri, Carla,Golding, Bernard T.,Chatgilialoglu, Chryssostomos
supporting information, p. 4290 - 4294 (2018/07/29)
Hydrogen sulfide (H2S) was evaluated for its peculiar sulfur radical species generated at different pHs and was used under photolytical conditions in aqueous medium for the reduction of 1,2-diols to alcohols. The conversion steps of 1,2-cyclopentanediol to cyclopentanol via cyclopentanone were analyzed, and it was proven that the reaction proceeds via a dual catalytic/radical chain mechanism. This approach was successfully adapted to the reduction of a variety of carbonyl compounds using H2S at pH 9 in water. This work opens up the field of environmental friendly synthetic processes using the pH-driven modulation of reactivity of this simple reagent in water.
