Stereoselective enzymatic reduction of 1,4-diaryl-1,4-diones to the corresponding diols employing alcohol dehydrogenases

Due to the steric hindrance of the starting prochiral ketones, the preparation of chiral 1,4-diaryl-1,4-diols through the asymmetric hydrogen transfer reaction has been mainly restricted to the use of metal-based catalysts, oxazaborolidines, or organocatalysts. Herein, we demonstrated the versatilit...

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Autores: Mourelle Insua, Ángela, Gonzalo Calvo, Gonzalo de, Lavandera, Iván, Gotor Fernández, Vicente
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2018
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Sevilla (US)
Repositorio:idUS. Depósito de Investigación de la Universidad de Sevilla
OAI Identifier:oai:idus.us.es:11441/74936
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/11441/74936
https://doi.org/10.3390/catal8040150
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Alcohol dehydrogenases
Asymmetric synthesis
Bioreduction
1,4-diols
Diketones
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Sumario:Due to the steric hindrance of the starting prochiral ketones, the preparation of chiral 1,4-diaryl-1,4-diols through the asymmetric hydrogen transfer reaction has been mainly restricted to the use of metal-based catalysts, oxazaborolidines, or organocatalysts. Herein, we demonstrated the versatility of oxidoreductases, finding overexpressed alcohol dehydrogenase from Ralstonia sp. (E. coli/RasADH) as the most active and stereoselective biocatalyst. Thus, the preparation of a set of 1,4-diaryl-1,4-diols bearing different pattern substitutions in the aromatic ring was achieved with complete diastereo- and enantioselectivity under mild reaction conditions.