Moderate
diastereoselectivity
(typically
70:30
dr)
is
observed
in
the
isothiourea-catalysed
[2+2]-cycloaddition
of
C(1)-ammonium
enolates
with
pyrazol-4,5-diones
to
generate
spirocyclic
β
lactones,
but
subsequent
ring-opening
morpholine
generatesβ
hydroxyamide
products
enhanced
stereoselectivity
(up
>95:5
dr).
Stereoconvergence
diastereoisomeric
β-lactones,
leading
a
single
product
(>95:5
dr,
>99:1
er).
Mechanistic
studies
and
DFT
analysis
indicate
substrate
controlled
Dynamic
Kinetic
Asymmetric
Transformation
(DyKAT)
involving
epimerisation
at
C(3)
β-lactone
under
reaction
conditions,
coupled
hydrogen
bond-assisted
nucleophilic
addition
Si
face
stereodetermining
ring-opening.
The
scope
limitations
one-pot
protocol
consisting
enantio-determining
[2+2]
cycloaddition
followed
by
diastereo-determining
subsequently
developed.
Variation
within
anhydride
ammonium
enolate
precursor,
as
well
N(1)-
C(3)-
pyrazol-4,5-dione
scaffold
demonstrated,
giving
range
functionalised
hydroxyamides
high
diastereo-
enantiocontrol
(>20
examples,
up
dr
er)
via
this
DyKAT.
Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: Jan. 10, 2025
Nitrilase
is
extensively
applied
across
diverse
sectors
owing
to
its
unique
catalytic
properties.
Nevertheless,
in
industrial
production,
nitrilases
often
face
issues
such
as
low
efficiency,
limited
substrate
range,
suboptimal
selectivity,
and
side
reaction
products,
which
have
garnered
heightened
attention.
With
the
widespread
recognition
that
structure
of
enzymes
has
a
direct
impact
on
their
properties,
an
increasing
number
researchers
are
beginning
optimize
functional
characteristics
by
modifying
structures,
order
meet
specific
or
biotechnology
application
needs.
Particularly
artificial
intelligence
era,
innovative
computer-aided
design
enzyme
engineering
offers
remarkable
opportunities
tailor
for
production
high-value
products.
In
this
discussion,
we
will
briefly
examine
structural
mechanism
nitrilase.
An
overview
protein
strategies
preference,
regioselectivity
stereoselectivity
explored
combined
with
some
representative
examples
recently
terms
specificity
enzyme.
The
future
research
trends
field
also
prospected.
Angewandte Chemie International Edition,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
63(14)
Published: Feb. 17, 2024
Abstract
Owing
to
their
distinctive
1,3‐dipolar
structure,
the
catalytic
asymmetric
hydrogenation
of
nitrones
hydroxylamines
has
been
a
formidable
and
longstanding
challenge,
characterized
by
intricate
enantiocontrol
susceptibility
N−O
bond
cleavage.
In
this
study,
transfer
were
accomplished
with
tethered
TsDPEN‐derived
cyclopentadienyl
rhodium(III)
catalyst
(TsDPEN:
p
‐toluenesulfonyl‐1,2‐diphenylethylene‐1,2‐diamine),
reaction
proceeds
via
novel
7‐membered
cyclic
transition
state,
producing
chiral
up
99
%
yield
>99
ee.
The
practical
viability
methodology
was
underscored
gram‐scale
reactions
subsequent
transformations.
Furthermore,
mechanistic
investigations
DFT
calculations
also
conducted
elucidate
origin
enantioselectivity.
Catalysts,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
15(2), P. 168 - 168
Published: Feb. 12, 2025
Lipases
are
enzymes
that
catalyze
the
hydrolysis
of
carboxylic
esters
at
a
lipid–water
interface
and
able
to
reactions
such
as
alcoholysis,
esterification,
transesterification,
enantioselective
synthesis
in
organic
media.
They
important
biocatalysts
for
biotechnological
industrial
applications—such
food
flavor
industry—and
production
biopharmaceuticals,
biofuels,
biopolymers,
detergents.
A
desirable
property
lipases
is
stereoselectivity
chemicals
with
high
optical
purity.
In
this
work,
we
report
improvement
capabilities
Geobacillus
thermoleovorans
CCR11
lipase.
By
means
rational
design
bioinformatic
approaches,
six
amino
acids
catalytic
cavity
lipase
LipTioCCR11
were
substituted
resulting
an
increase
optimum
temperature
enzyme
resistance
presence
solvents
hydrolytic
reactions,
promotion
recognition
R
isomers
importance
pharmaceutical
industries.
Journal of the American Chemical Society,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
146(29), P. 20357 - 20369
Published: June 13, 2024
Developing
a
general,
highly
efficient,
and
enantioselective
catalytic
method
for
the
synthesis
of
chiral
alcohols
is
still
formidable
challenge.
We
report
in
this
article
asymmetric
transfer
hydrogenation
(ATH)
N-methyliminodiacetyl
(MIDA)
acylboronates
as
general
substrate-independent
entry
to
enantioenriched
secondary
alcohols.
ATH
acyl-MIDA-boronates
with
(het)aryl,
alkyl,
alkynyl,
alkenyl,
carbonyl
substituents
delivers
variety
α-boryl
The
latter
are
used
range
stereospecific
transformations
based
on
boron
moiety,
enabling
carbinols
two
closely
related
α-substituents,
which
cannot
be
obtained
high
enantioselectivities
using
direct
methods,
such
(R)-cloperastine
intermediate.
Computational
studies
illustrate
that
BMIDA
group
privileged
enantioselectivity-directing
Noyori–Ikariya
compared
conventionally
aryl
alkynyl
groups
due
favorable
CH–O
attractive
electrostatic
interaction
between
η6-arene-CH
catalyst
σ-bonded
oxygen
atoms
BMIDA.
work
expands
domain
conventional
shows
its
huge
potential
addressing
challenges
symmetric
synthesis.
Angewandte Chemie International Edition,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
63(19)
Published: Feb. 26, 2024
Abstract
Stereoselective
hydrogenation
of
tetrasubstituted
olefins
is
an
attractive
method
to
access
compounds
with
two
contiguous
stereocenters.
However,
homogeneous
catalysts
for
enantio‐
and
diastereoselective
exhibit
low
reactivity
toward
due
steric
crowding
between
the
ligand
scaffold
substrate.
Monometallic
heterogeneous
catalysts,
on
other
hand,
provide
accessible
surface
active
sites
hindered
but
unpredictable
inconsistent
stereoinduction.
In
this
work,
we
develop
a
Pt−Ni
bimetallic
alloy
catalyst
that
can
diastereoselectively
hydrogenate
unactivated,
sterically‐bulky
olefins,
utilizing
more
oxophilic
Ni
atoms
adsorb
hydroxyl
directing
group
direct
facially‐selective
hydrogen
addition
olefin
via
Pt
atoms.
Structure‐activity
studies
several
compositions
underscore
importance
exposing
uniform
PtNi
achieve
high
diastereoselectivity
minimize
side
reactions.
The
optimized
Pt−Ni/SiO
2
exhibits
good
functional
tolerance
broad
scope
in
cyclopentene
scaffold,
generating
cyclopentanol
products
three
synthetic
utility
demonstrated
four‐step
synthesis
(1
R
,2
S
)‐(+)‐
cis
‐methyldihydrojasmonate
yield
enantiopurity.
Green Chemistry,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
26(10), P. 6068 - 6077
Published: Jan. 1, 2024
CsPbBr
3
quantum
dots
embedded
in
KIT-6
to
form
silica-shell-protected
heterogeneous
photocatalysts,
which
were
further
combined
with
chiral
organocatalysts
forming
dual-catalysts
explore
the
activity
and
stereoselectivity
asymmetric
catalysis.
Journal of the American Chemical Society,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
146(29), P. 20092 - 20106
Published: July 15, 2024
Developing
a
general
method
that
leads
to
the
formation
of
different
classes
chiral
bioactive
compounds
and
their
stereoisomers
is
an
attractive
but
challenging
research
topic
in
organic
synthesis.
Furthermore,
despite
great
value
asymmetric
transfer
hydrogenation
(ATH)
both
synthesis
pharmaceutical
industry,
monohydrogenation
unsymmetrical
1,2-diketones
remains
underdeveloped.
Here,
we
report
aryloxy
group-assisted
highly
regio-,
diastereo-,
enantioselective
ATH
racemic
1,2-diketones.
The
work
produces
myriad
enantioenriched
dihydroxy
ketones,
further
transformations
furnish
all
eight
diaryl
triols,
polyphenol,
emblirol,
glycerol-type
natural
products.
Mechanistic
studies
calculations
reveal
two
working
modes
group
switching
regioselectivity
from
more
reactive
carbonyl
less
one,
potential
on
solving
synthetic
issues
has
been
clearly
demonstrated.
Chemical Science,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
15(23), P. 8896 - 8904
Published: Jan. 1, 2024
A
dynamic
kinetic
asymmetric
transformation
that
couples
epimerisation
with
a
hydrogen
bond-assisted
nucleophilic
addition
and
stereodetermining
ring-opening
is
investigated.
Biomolecules,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
15(3), P. 351 - 351
Published: Feb. 28, 2025
The
aim
of
this
study
was
to
synthesize
new
racemic
and
optically
pure
aryl-substituted
purine
bioisosteres
using
ultrasound-assisted
Cu(I)-catalyzed
Huisgen
1,3-dipolar
cycloaddition.
Regioselective
synthesis
α-azido
alcohols
applied
afford
heterocycles
with
a
2-hydroxyeth-1-yl
linker.
Catalytic
asymmetric
halohydrin
dehalogenase
in
the
ring-opening
epoxides
gave
enantioenriched
azido
alcohols,
which
subsequently
afforded
R-
S-enantiomers
pyrrolo[2,3-d]pyrimidines
1-hydroxyeth-2-yl
newly
synthesized
compounds
were
evaluated
vitro
for
their
antiproliferative
activity
against
four
malignant
tumor
cell
lines.
influence
regioisomerism
stereochemistry
hydroxyethyl
group,
as
well
N-heterocyclic
scaffold
linked
aryl
moiety
on
cytostatic
evaluated.
Of
all
tested,
40a
pyrrolo[2,3-d]pyrimidine
45a
derivatives
p-trifluoromethyl-substituted
connected
1,2,3-triazole
via
spacer
showed
promising
submicromolar
activity.
In
addition,
compound
exhibited
selectivity
towards
line,
index
(SI)
40,
moderate
clearance,
good
membrane
permeability.