Acylation of racemic alcohol

Figure 6.48 Favored enantiomer in lipase-catalyzed acylations of racemic alcohols containing an organometallic substituent.

In the late 1990s, Fuji and Kawabata also set out to develop an efficient catalyst that would promote the enantioselective acylation of racemic alcohols. Their strategy was based on the use of a 4-PPY-derived catalyst that would mimic the induced-fit... 

Scheme 7.7 The acylation of racemic alcohol to yield (S)-acetate, an intermediate for the synthesis of (S)-l 5-deoxyspergualin.

Csajagi et al. (2008) recently demonstrated the enantioselective acylation of racemic alcohols in a continuous flow bioreactor, using Candida antarctica lipase B (CaLB) 167. Employing a packed-bed reactor, containing 0.40 g of enzyme 167, and pumping a solution of rac-phenyl-1-ethanol 119 (10 mg ml-1) in hexane THF vinyl acetate 168 (2 1 1) at a flow rate of 100 gl min-1 (at 25 °C), the authors found the reactor reached steady state after 30 min of operation. Under the aforementioned conditions, the... 

Lipase B from Candida antarctica (CALB) has been shown to be an excellent enantioselective biocatalyst for the stereo-selective acylation of racemic alcohols [14, 15]. The most often used commercial preparation of CALB is Novozym 435, where the enzyme is immobilized on a macroporous acrylic resin and the matrix presents about 90% of the total mass. 

Thiazolidine-2-thione shows excellent selectivity for primary alcohols over secondary alcohols (>20 1)." A chiral version of this reagent gives moderate enantioselectivity in the acylation of racemic alcohols. 

Table 11.1-26. Subtilisin-catalyzed acylation of racemic alcohols in organic solvents.

The synthesis was reported of the enantiomers of phenothiazinyl ethanol derivatives and their acetates via lipase B (CALB)-catalysed acylation of racemic alcohols and/or enantioselective methanolysis of the relevant racemic esters (Scheme 4.7) [11]. Both enantiomers were produced with high ee (>99%) and with high enan-tioselectivity (E = 200). 

Csajagi, C., Szatzker, G., Toke, E.R., Urge, L., Darvas, F., and Poppe, L. (2008) Enantiomer selective acylation of racemic alcohols by lipases in continuous-flow bioreactors. Tetrahedron Asymmetry, 19, 237-246. doi 10.1016/j.tetasy.2008.01.002... 

Anticholesterol drag enantioselective enzymatic acylation of racemic alcohol 54. 

Antichoiesteroi Drug Enantioselective Enzymatic Acylation of Racemic Alcohol 54... 

Some reviews have described elegant examples for the enantioselective acylation of racemic alcohols [14-18]. Here, we have selected some reactions of considerable importance due to different factors attending to the substrate structure, the possibility to scale up the biotransformations, and the enz5mie recycling. 

Resolution of racemic alcohols by acylation (Table 6) is as popular as that by hydrolysis. Because of the simplicity of reactions ia nonaqueous media, acylation routes are often preferred. As ia hydrolytic reactions, selectivity of esterification may depend on the stmcture of the acylatiag agent. Whereas Candida glindracea Upase-catalyzed acylation of racemic-cx-methylhenzyl alcohol [98-85-1] (59) with butyric acid has an enantiomeric value E of 20, acylation with dodecanoic acid increases the E value to 46 (16). Not only acids but also anhydrides are used as acylatiag agents. Pseudomonasfl. Upase (PFL), for example, catalyzed acylation of a-phenethanol [98-85-1] (59) with acetic anhydride ia 42% yield and 92% selectivity (74). 

Apart from being employed solely as solvents, ILs can also be used as reagent carriers (TSlLs, task-specific ionic liquids). An efficient system that uses ILs as solvents and anchoring/acylating reagents for the CAL B-catalyzed separation of racemic alcohols is shown in Scheme 5.17 [69]. 

A chemoenzymatic methodology has been developed using indium-mediated allylation (and propargylation) of heterocyclic aldehydes under aqueous conditions followed by Pseudomonas cepacia lipase-catalyzed enantioselective acylation of racemic homoallylic and homo-propargylic alcohols in organic media.192... 

Although in recent years transesterification processes of racemic alcohols have received major attention, enzymatic acylation of amines for synthetic purposes is also being employed as a conventional tool for the synthesis of chiral amines and amides [31], using CALB as the biocatalyst in the majority of these reactions [31a]. The main difference between enzymatic acylation of alcohols and amines is the use of the corresponding acyl donor, because activated esters which are of utility... 

The infrared radiation caused by the heat of reaction of an enantioselective enzyme-catalyzed transformation can be detected by modern photovoltaic infrared (IT)-thermographic cameras equipped with focal-plane array detectors. Specifically, in the lipase-catalyzed enantioselective acylation of racemic 1-phenylethanol (20), the (K)- and (S)-substrates were allowed to react separately in the wells of microtiter plates, the (7 )-alcohol showing hot spots in the IR-thermographic images (113,114). Thus, enantioselective enzymes can be identified in kinetic resolution. However, quantification has not been achieved thus far by this method, which means that only those mutants can be identified which have E values larger than 100 (113-115). 

Kinetic optical resolution of racemic alcohols and carboxylic acids by enzymatic acyl transfer reactions has received enormous attention in recent years56. The enzymes generally employed are commercially available lipases and esterases, preferentially porcine liver esterase (PLE) or porcine pancreatic lipase (PPL). Lipases from microorganisms, such as Candida cylindracea, Rhizopus arrhizus or Chromobacterium viscosum, are also fairly common. A list of suitable enzymes is found in reference 57. Standard procedures are described in reference 58. Some examples of the resolution of racemic alcohols are given39. 

The application of enzymatic acylation for the resolution of racemic alcohols in organic solvent has shown to be an effective method to rapidly synthesize chiral alcohols. The racemic alcohols are treated with the lipase and acylating agent one enantiomer remains unconverted whereas the second enantiomer is esterified and easily separated by distillation (Scheme 7.2). Vinyl acetate or isopropenyl acetate are typical acylating agents, as the generated vinyl alcohol tautomerizes rapidly... 

Scheme 7.2 Resolution of racemic alcohols through enzymatic acylation.

Scheme 7.4 Resolution of racemic alcohol enzymatic acylation.

Scheme 7.8 Dynamic kinetic resolution of racemic alcohols by the combination of transition metal catalysis with enzymatic acylation.

Attachment of carboxylic acids to supports as trityl esters is achieved by treatment of the corresponding trityl chloride resin with the acid in the presence of an excess of a tertiary amine (Figure 3.5 see also Section 13.4.2). This esterification usually proceeds more quickly than the acylation of benzyl alcohol linkers. Less racemization is generally observed during the esterification of A-protected a-amino acids with trityl linkers than with benzyl alcohol linkers [47], If valuable acids are to be linked to insoluble supports, quantitative esterification can be accomplished by using excess 2-chlorotrityl chloride resin, followed by displacement of the remaining chloride with methanol [64]. 

This chapter covers the kinetic resolution of racemic alcohols by formation of esters and the kinetic resolution of racemic amines by formation of amides [1]. The desymmetrization of meso diols is discussed in Section 13.3. The acyl donors employed are usually either acid chlorides or acid anhydrides. In principle, acylation reactions of this type are equally suitable for resolving or desymmetrizing the acyl donor (e.g. a meso-anhydride or a prochiral ketene). Transformations of the latter type are discussed in Section 13.1, Desymmetrization and Kinetic Resolution of Cyclic Anhydrides, and Section 13.2, Additions to Prochiral Ketenes. 

Recent years have seen enormous advances in the field of catalytic asymmetric acylations. Most of the work has been devoted to the kinetic resolution of racemic alcohols. For this application the most efficient catalysts currently available are... 

In principle, oxidative kinetic resolution of racemic alcohols can be achieved by using chiral oxidation catalysts such as TEMPO derivatives or dioxiranes. The selectivity achieved by use of these methods is, however, less than that observed in acylation reactions (Section 12.1). 

Kinetic resolution of racemic alcohols by acylation Few steps from chiral diols... 

Amphoteric compounds such as amino acids can be resolved as acid or amine forms after deriving corresponding esters or N-acyl compounds. Racemic alcohols and amines are also resolved by use of optically active isocyanates, where the alcohols and amines are derived the corresponding diastereomeric urethanes or ureas. 

Type I Acylative KR of Racemic Alcohols and Amines 8.2.1.1 Aryl Alkyl sec-Alcohols... 

In an alternate process, enantioselective enzymatic acylation of racemic a-methyl-l,3-benzodioxole-5-ethanol (55, Fig. 17) was developed using Amano lipase PS-30 (lipase from Pseudomonas cepacia) with vinyl acetate as acylating agent in n-hexane benzene (2 1). This process gave (+)-56 in 54% yield with 80% ee and (-)-57 in 46% yield with 96% ee After separation of alcohol (+)-56 from acetate (-)-57 by methanolysis in the presence of K2CC)3, the acetate was converted to alcohol (-)-56 in 95% yield with 96% ee Mitsunobu inversion of (-)-56 provided (+)-56 in 94% yield with 96% ee The conversion of (.S )-alcohol 56 to (-)-talampanel was carried out in 54% overall yield (Easwar and Argade, 2003). 

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