European Journal of Organic Chemistry,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
27(21)
Published: April 2, 2024
Abstract
Enzyme‐catalyzed
acylative
kinetic
resolution
(KR)
and
dynamic
(DKR)
of
racemic
primary
secondary
alcohols
have
been
widely
reported
to
produce
esters
with
high
enantiomeric
purity.
In
contrast,
similar
KRs
tertiary
for
only
a
limited
range
substrates
require
prolonged
reaction
times
several
days.
To
gain
deeper
insight
into
the
substrate
scope
increase
process
efficiency,
we
examined
conditions
using
commercially
available
immobilized
lipase
A
from
Candida
antarctica
found
that
addition
heterogeneous,
inorganic
base
sodium
carbonate
significantly
increased
rate
while
maintaining
enantioselectivity.
The
use
vinyl
hexanoate
as
acyl
donor
provided
were
stable
during
chromatography
purification.
optimized
then
successfully
applied
cyclic
containing
tetralin,
dihydroindene,
chromane,
thiochromane
skeletons
having,
in
part,
substituent
on
aromatic
ring.
this
study
structure–reactivity
relationship
enzymatic
KR‐type
reactions,
achieved
>30
%
conversion
various
24
h
at
25
°C,
producing
optically
active
88–99
ee.
Science,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
382(6673)
Published: Nov. 23, 2023
Biocatalysis
harnesses
enzymes
to
make
valuable
products.
This
green
technology
is
used
in
countless
applications
from
bench
scale
industrial
production
and
allows
practitioners
access
complex
organic
molecules,
often
with
fewer
synthetic
steps
reduced
waste.
The
last
decade
has
seen
an
explosion
the
development
of
experimental
computational
tools
tailor
enzymatic
properties,
equipping
enzyme
engineers
ability
create
biocatalysts
that
perform
reactions
not
present
nature.
By
using
(chemo)-enzymatic
synthesis
routes
or
orchestrating
intricate
cascades,
scientists
can
synthesize
elaborate
targets
ranging
DNA
pharmaceuticals
starch
made
vitro
CO2-derived
methanol.
In
addition,
new
chemistries
have
emerged
through
combination
biocatalysis
transition
metal
catalysis,
photocatalysis,
electrocatalysis.
review
highlights
recent
key
developments,
identifies
current
limitations,
provides
a
future
prospect
for
this
rapidly
developing
technology.
Synthesis,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
55(16), P. 2439 - 2459
Published: May 3, 2023
Abstract
Although
known
for
millennia,
it
is
only
recently
that
mechanochemistry
has
received
serious
attention
by
chemists.
Indeed,
during
the
past
15
years
an
extraordinary
number
of
reports
concerning
solid-state
chemical
transformations
through
grinding
and
milling
techniques
have
been
recorded.
This
short
review
discusses
circumstances
led
this
renaissance,
highlighting
present
intense
interest
in
so-called
green
chemistry,
enabling
capacity
to
handle
insoluble
substrates,
identification
profound
influence
additives
can
on
mechanochemically
activated
reactions.
The
core
account
focuses
salient
developments
synthetic
organic
especially
amino
acid
peptide
mechanosynthesis,
successful
employment
mechanochemical
activation
combination
with
asymmetric
organocatalysis,
promising
enzymatic
whole
cell
biocatalysis,
remarkable
achievement
multicomponent
selective
reactions
via
complex,
multistep
reaction
pathways,
mechanosynthesis
representative
heterocycles.
final
section
comments
some
pending
tasks
area,
such
as
scaling-up
processes
be
practical
use
industry,
requirement
easier
more
efficient
control
parameters
monitoring
devices,
consequently
careful
analysis
additional
procedures
a
proper
understanding
phenomena.
1
Introduction
2
Brief
History
Mechanochemistry
3
Milling
Equipment
Reaction
Parameters
4
Attributes
That
Propelled
Its
Present
Renaissance
4.1
Enormous
Attention
Being
Presently
Paid
Sustainable
Chemistry
4.2
Reduced
Energy
Consumption
4.3
Additive-Based
4.4
Handling
Insoluble
Reactants
4.5
‘Impossible’
Reactions
Are
Successful
4.6
Air-
Water-Sensitive
Reagents
Ball
5
Salient
Developments
Mechanochemical
Activation
Synthetic
Organic
5.1
Amino
Acid
Peptide
Mechanosynthesis
5.2
Asymmetric
Synthesis
Organocatalysis
under
Ball-Milling
Conditions
5.3
Mechanoenzymology
5.4
Multicomponent
Activated
5.5
Heterocycles
Modification
6
Future
Directions
6.1
Scaling-Up
Protocols
6.2
Temperature-Controlled
6.3
Understanding
Transformations
6.4
Emerging
Techniques
7
Conclusions
Chemical Society Reviews,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
53(15), P. 7875 - 7938
Published: Jan. 1, 2024
This
review
explores
linear
cascade
reactions
by
combining
chemo-,
photo-
and
biocatalysts
for
organic
synthesis
strategies
to
overcome
incompatibility
issues.
Advanced Science,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
11(25)
Published: April 23, 2024
Abstract
Metal‐enzyme
integrated
catalysts
(MEICs)
that
combine
metal
and
enzyme
offer
great
potential
for
sustainable
chemoenzymatic
cascade
catalysis.
However,
rational
design
construction
of
optimal
microenvironments
accessible
active
sites
in
individual
nanostructures
are
necessary
but
still
challenging.
Herein,
Pd
nanoparticles
(NPs)
Candida
antarctica
lipase
B
(CALB)
co‐immobilized
into
the
pores
surfaces
covalent
organic
frameworks
(COFs)
with
tunable
functional
groups,
affording
Pd/COF‐X/CALB
(X
=
ONa,
OH,
OMe)
MEICs.
This
strategy
can
regulate
microenvironment
around
NPs
CALB,
their
interactions
substrates.
As
a
result,
activity
COF‐based
MEICs
catalyzing
dynamic
kinetic
resolution
primary
amines
is
enhanced
followed
COF‐OMe
>
COF‐OH
COF‐ONa.
The
experimental
simulation
results
demonstrated
groups
COFs
modulated
conformation
electronic
states
NPs,
affinity
to
substrate,
which
contributed
improvement
catalytic
Further,
prepared
using
COF
hollow
structure
as
support
material,
increased
mass
transfer
efficiency,
thus
improving
performance.
work
provides
blueprint
preparation
highly
Angewandte Chemie International Edition,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
63(10)
Published: Jan. 10, 2024
Stereodivergent
engineering
of
one
enzyme
to
create
stereocomplementary
variants
for
synthesizing
optically
pure
molecules
with
tailor-made
(R)
or
(S)
configurations
on
an
optional
basis
is
highly
desirable
and
challenging.
This
study
aimed
engineer
fatty
acid
photodecarboxylase
from
Chlorella
variabilis
(CvFAP)
using
the
focused
rational
iterative
site-specific
mutagenesis
(FRISM)
strategy
obtain
two
excellent
selectivity
(both
giving
products
up
99
%
e.e.).
These
were
used
CvFAP-catalyzed
light-driven
kinetic
resolution
oxalates
oxamic
acids
prepared
corresponding
sec-alcohols
amines,
providing
a
new
biotransformation
process
preparing
chiral
amines.
Molecular
dynamics
simulation,
data
transient
spectra
revealed
source
selectivity.
represents
first
example
amines
catalyzed
by
pair
CvFAPs.
ACS Catalysis,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
14(11), P. 8786 - 8793
Published: May 22, 2024
Chiral
alcohols
are
important
intermediates
for
various
fine
chemicals
and
pharmaceuticals.
Integrating
chemical
catalysis
efficient
enzyme
in
sequential
systems
the
synthesis
of
chiral
is
considered
an
ecofriendly
promising
approach.
Herein,
employing
a
highly
selective
carbonic
anhydrase
II
different
catalysts,
we
constructed
three
general
chemoenzymatic
alcohol
compound
from
alkanes,
alkenes,
alkynes,
respectively.
Compared
to
classical
approaches,
combination
promiscuous
simple
since
it
requires
only
mild
reaction
conditions
avoids
expensive
ligands
cumbersome
operation
steps.
In
this
integrated
approach,
wide
variety
readily
available
aryl
alkynes
transformed
into
valuable
with
excellent
enantioselectivity
up
99%
(nearly
all
above
90%).
This
unified
strategy
combining
enzymatic
catalyses
advances
process
powerful
transformations.