Enantioselection mechanism

The enantioselective mechanism proposed in the literature stated that the structure I might be the most predominant structure and structure II might be a minor structure. Structure I resulted in (S)-amino alcohol when (S)-amine additive was used. On the other hand, structure II resulted in (R)-amino alcohol when (S)-amine additive was used. When the alkyl group of keto alcohol is methyl, conformation of reactant might he composed mainly of structure I, therefore resulting in highly optically active alaninol as indicated in Scheme 2. However, according to the experimental results, structure I can be a major conformation in this reaction. 

This enantioselective mechanism is also in accordance with the elegant analysis and optical activity measurements by Pino et al.44,45 on the saturated propene oligomers obtained under suitable conditions with this kind of catalysts, proving that the re insertion of the monomer is favored in case of (R, R) chirality of coordination of the C2H4(1-Ind)2 ligand. 

It is worth noting that the lower syndiospecificity of catalytic systems based on 31, with respect to those based on 30,9 is accounted for by these calculations. This is easily rationalized in the framework of the enantioselective mechanism which imposes to the growing chain (both in the preinsertion intermediate and in the approximated transition state) a chiral orientation toward... 

The functions of phenylpropanoid derivatives are as diverse as their structural variations. Phenylpropanoids serve as phytoalexins, UV protectants, insect repellents, flower pigments, and signal molecules for plant-microbe interactions. They also function as polymeric constituents of support and surface structures such as lignins and suberins [1]. Therefore, biosynthesis of phenylpropanoids has received much interest in relation to these functions. In addition, the biosynthesis of these compounds has been intensively studied because they are often chiral, and naturally occurring samples of these compounds are usually optically active. Elucidation of these enantioselective mechanisms may contribute to the development of novel biomimetic systems for enantioselective organic synthesis. 

Using this system, (Z)-hinokiresinol isolated from cultured cells of A. officinalis was determined to be the optically pure (75 )-isomer, while ( )-hinokiresinol isolated from cultured cells of C. japonica had 83.3% e.e. in favor of the (7S)-enantiomer (Table 12.1). The enzymatically formed (Z)-hinokiresinol obtained following incubation of p-coumaryl p-coumarate with a mixture of equal amounts of recZHRSa and recZHRSf) was found to be the optically pure (75)-isomer, which is identical to that isolated from A. officinalis cells (Table 12.1). A similar result was obtained with the crude plant protein from A. officinalis cultured cells, where the formed (Z)-hinokiresinol was almost optically pure, 97.2% e.e. in favor of the (75)-isomer (Table 12.1). In sharp contrast, when each subunit protein, recZHRSa or recZHRSP, was individually incubated with p-coumaryl p-coumarate, ( )-hinokiresinol was formed (Table 12.1). The enantiomeric compositions of ( )-hinokiresinol thus formed were 20.6% e.e. (with recZHRSa) and 9.0% e.e. (with recZHRSP) in favor of the (7S)-enantiomer (Table 12.1). Taken together, these results clearly indicate that the subunit composition of ZHRS controls not only cis/trans selectivity but also enantioselectivity in hinokiresinol formation (Fig. 12.3). This provides a novel example of enantiomeric control in the biosynthesis of natural products. Although the mechanism for the cis/trans selective and enantioselective reaction remains to be elucidated, for example by x-ray crystallography, the enantioselective mechanism totally differs from the enantioselectivity in biosynthesis of lignans, another class of phenylpropanoid compounds closely related to norlignans in terms of structure and biosynthesis. 

PK Owens, AF Fell, MW Coleman, M Kinns, JC Berridge. Use of H -NMR spectroscopy to determine the enantioselective mechanism of neutral and anionic cyclodextrins in capillary electrophoresis. J Pharm Biomed Anal 15 1603-1619, 1997. 

The aromatic substituents on the phosphorus atoms have a pronounced effect on the enantioselectivity of this reaction. Instead of CF3 groups, if the aromatic rings are substituted in the same positions by CH3 groups, the e.e. value drops by 70%. This indicates that electronic factors may play a crucial role in the enantioselection mechanism. The proposed catalytic cycle for this reaction is shown in Fig. 9.14. All the steps shown in the catalytic cycle have precedence in achiral hydrocyanation reactions (see Section 7.7). 

The latest results on imprinted chiral footprints [154] have shown that enantioselective catalysis (hydrolysis) does occur, and based on kinetic measurement the authors believe that this is due to an enantioselective mechanism. Kaiser and Andersson also chose aluminium doped silica as a polymeric material to obtain phenanthrene imprints and their work has been discussed earlier [52]. No selectivity towards the template was observed when imprinted silica was used as stationary phase. Only relative retention and capacity factors increased. Furthermore, even after careful extraction in a Soxhlet, the polymer still leaked phenanthrene. They also found that diazomethane yields a side reaction forming long alkyl chains. Finally they attempted to rej at the work of Morihara et al. [150-155]. but were not able to detect any selectivity using dibenzamide as the template and instead found that the template decomposes into at least five different products when adsorbed on the silica. Clearly further work is required on these systems. 

Enantioselective, mechanism-based inactivation of guinea pig hepatic cytochrome P450 by N-(alpha-methylbenzyl)- -aminobenzotriazole. Drug Metab. Dispos. 26, 681-688. 

Classification of immobilized chiral selectors (chiral stationary phases) by enantioselectivity mechanism TVpe Description... 

Assuming that the enantioselection mechanism for artificial transfer hydroge-nases using biotinylated d -piano-stool complexes should be similar to the homogeneous systems, we initially focused on the reduction of prochiral acetophenone derivatives [57-59]. Systematic variation of the pH revealed that these systems perform best at pH 6.25. As the pH rises during catalysis, we used a mixed buffer consisting of a sodium formate and boric acid mixture. Addition of MOPS further contributed to stabilization of the pH and improved the selectivity of the system. 

It is of interest to point out that in the enantioselective hydrogenation of ethyl pyruvate on a Pt-alumina-cinchonidine system (see Chapter 5, Wehrli the presence of water improved the as5mimetric effect, which indicates a quite different enantioselective mechanisms in that case. 

Vancomycin Molecular Interactions Antibiotic and Enantioselective Mechanisms... 

Enzyme-Catalyzed Oligomerization of Alkyl Lactates Enantioselection Mechanism... 

The other two structures, 6.12 and 6.13, have been studied much, and their structural difference in terms of symmetry has an important bearing on the tacticity of PP produced by them. As we will see, such observations have provided strong evidences for the enantioselection mechanisms. 

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