Aldolase-Catalyzed Asymmetric Synthesis of N-Heterocycles by Addition of Simple Aliphatic Nucleophiles to Aminoaldehydes
Nitrogen heterocycles are structural motifs found in many bioactive natural products and of utmost importance in pharmaceutical drug development. In this work, a stereoselective synthesis of functionalized N-heterocycles was accomplished in two steps, comprising the biocatalytic aldol addition of et...
| Autores: | , , , , , , |
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2019 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona |
| Repositorio: | Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ddd.uab.cat:226661 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://ddd.uab.cat/record/226661 https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.1002/adsc.201801530 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Biocatalysis Aldol reaction Aldolases Nitrogen heterocycles Reductive amination |
| Sumario: | Nitrogen heterocycles are structural motifs found in many bioactive natural products and of utmost importance in pharmaceutical drug development. In this work, a stereoselective synthesis of functionalized N-heterocycles was accomplished in two steps, comprising the biocatalytic aldol addition of ethanal and simple aliphatic ketones such as propanone, butanone, 3-pentanone, cyclobutanone, and cyclopentanone to N -Cbz-protected aminoaldehydes using engineered variants of -fructose-6-phosphate aldolase from Escherichia coli (FSA) or 2-deoxy--ribose-5-phosphate aldolase from Thermotoga maritima (DERA) as catalysts. FSA catalyzed most of the additions of ketones while DERA was restricted to ethanal and propanone. Subsequent treatment with hydrogen in the presence of palladium over charcoal, yielded low-level oxygenated N-heterocyclic derivatives of piperidine, pyrrolidine and N-bicyclic structures bearing fused cyclobutane and cyclopentane rings, with stereoselectivities of 96-98 ee and 97:3 dr in isolated yields ranging from 35 to 79%. |
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