Enhanced enantioselectivity

An example that refers to the third method additives can be employed is described below. Markedly enhanced enantioselectivity was reported for P. cepacia lipase and subtilisin Carlsberg with chiral substrates converted to salts by treatment with numerous Bronsted-Lowry adds or bases [63]. This effect was observed in various organic solvents but not in water, where the salts apparently dissociate to regenerate... 

The initial results of the MM/QM study regarding the source of enhanced enantioselectivity led to several plausible conclusions ]36a[. First, only two of the six amino add substitutions of mutant X influence enantioselectivity substantially. 

The ANEH-mutant displaying enhanced enantioselectivity ( =10.8) was sequenced and shown to be characterized by three mutations, A217V near the active site and K332E and A390E both at remote positions [58]. The X-ray crystal structure of the WT ANEH had been analyzed earlier [61], revealing a dimer comprising identical... 

The enantioselective 1,4-addition addition of organometaUic reagents to a,p-unsaturated carbonyl compounds, the so-called Michael reaction, provides a powerful method for the synthesis of optically active compounds by carbon-carbon bond formation [129]. Therefore, symmetrical and unsymmetrical MiniPHOS phosphines were used for in situ preparation of copper-catalysts, and employed in an optimization study on Cu(I)-catalyzed Michael reactions of di-ethylzinc to a, -unsaturated ketones (Scheme 31) [29,30]. In most cases, complete conversion and good enantioselectivity were obtained and no 1,2-addition product was detected, showing complete regioselectivity. Of interest, the enantioselectivity observed using Cu(I) directly in place of Cu(II) allowed enhanced enantioselectivity, implying that the chiral environment of the Cu(I) complex produced by in situ reduction of Cu(II) may be less selective than the one with preformed Cu(I). 

A mixed solvent system of an IL with organic solvent sometimes gave very nice results LundelP reported that enhanced enantioselectivity was obtained when lipase-catalyzed acylation was carried out in a mixed solvent system of [emim][TFSI] with t-BuOMe (1 1), while poor enantioselectivity was recorded for that in the pure [emim][TFSI] solvent (Fig. 11). 

We investigated lipase-catalyzed acylation of 1-phenylethanol in the presence of various additives, in particular an E. additive using diisopropyl ether as solvent. Enhanced enantioselectivity was obtained when a BEG-hased novel IE, i.e., imidazolium polyoxyethylene(lO) cetyl sulfate, was added at 3-10 mol% vs. substrate in the Burkholderia cepacia lipase (hpase PS-C) catalyzed transesterification using vinyl acetate in diisopropyl ether or a hexane solvent system. ... 

An IL solvent system is applicable to not only lipase but also other enzymes, though examples are still limited for hpase-catalyzed reaction in a pure IL solvent. But several types of enzymatic reaction or microhe-mediated reaction have been reported in a mixed solvent of IL with water. Howarth reported Baker s yeast reduction of a ketone in a mixed solvent of [hmim] [PFg] with water (10 1) (Fig. 16). Enhanced enantioselectivity was obtained compared to the reaction in a buffer solution, while the chemical yield dropped. 

Further detailed investigations towards new chiral ruthenium catalysts that could enhance enantioselectivity and expand the substrate scope in asymmetric RCM were reported by Grubbs and co-workers in 2006 [70] (Fig. 3.24). Catalysts 59 and 61, which are close derivatives of 56 incorporating additional substituents on the aryl ring para to the ort/to-isopropyl group, maintained similar enantioselectivity than 56b. However, incorporation of an isopropyl group on the side chain ortho to the ortho-isopropyl group 60 led to an increase in enantioselectivity for a number of substrates. 

The scope of this methodology was extended by these authors to more sterically hindered ketones that provided the corresponding alcohols with enhanced enantioselectivities. As shown in Scheme 9.3, the results demonstrated that the steric and electronic properties of the substrates influenced the reaction course. 

As with aldol and Mukaiyama addition reactions, the Mannich reaction is subject to enantioselective catalysis.192 A catalyst consisting of Ag+ and the chiral imino aryl phosphine 22 achieves high levels of enantioselectivity with a range of N-(2-methoxyphenyljimines.193 The 2-methoxyphenyl group is evidently involved in an interaction with the catalyst and enhances enantioselectivity relative to other A-aryl substituents. The isopropanol serves as a proton source and as the ultimate acceptor of the trimethyl silyl group. 

Complex (17) of Class 3 has no chiral auxiliary, but is endowed with facial chirality by the presence of a bridging strap (Figure 4).65 Treatment of (17) with oxidant generates metal oxo bonds, preferentially on the sterically less hindered (nonbridged) side of the complex, and epoxidation with (17) is low in enantioselectivity (Scheme 10). However, the enantioselectivity is considerably improved by the addition of imidazole. The imidazole has been considered to coordinate the metal center from the nonbridged side and to force the formation of metal oxo bonds on the bridged (chiral) side, thus enhancing enantioselectivity. 

Fu and Dosa139 report the enantioselective addition of diphenylzinc to a range of aryl-alkyl and dialkyl ketones with good to excellent stereocontrol. Addition of 1.5 eq. of MeOH in the presence of a catalytic amount of (+)-DAIB 135 results in enhanced enantioselectivity and improved yield (Scheme 2-53). Table 2-16 gives the results of this reaction. 

The application of a chiral auxiliary or catalyst, in either stoichiometric or catalytic fashion, has been a common practice in asymmetric synthesis, and most of such auxiliaries are available in homochiral form. Some processes of enantiodifferentiation arise from diastereomeric interactions in racemic mixtures and thus cause enhanced enantioselectivity in the reaction. In other words, there can be a nonlinear relationship between the optical purity of the chiral auxiliary and the enantiomeric excess of the product. One may expect that a chiral ligand, not necessarily in enantiomerically pure form, can lead to high levels of asymmetric induction via enantiodiscrimination. In such cases, a nonlinear relationship (NLE) between the ee of the product and the ee of the chiral ligand may be observed. 

S. Otto, G. Boccaletti, J. B. F. N. Engberts, A Chiral Lewis-Acid-Catalyzed Diels-Alder Reaction. Water-Enhanced Enantioselectivity J. Am. Chem. Soc 1998, 120, 4238-4239. 

The favorable effect of the introduction of a carbamate moiety into the cinchonan selectors was already proven by the prototype cinchonan carbamate CSPs (type I and type II) (Figure 1.9) [30], which showed enhanced enantioselectivities and a widened application range as compared to the CSPs with native cinchona alkaloid selectors and those reported earlier in the literature. 

Lammerhofer, M., Tobler, E., Zarbl, E., Lindner, W., Svec, E, and Frechet, J. M. J. (2003). Macroporous monolithic chiral stationary phases for capillary electrochromatography new chiral monomer derived from cinchona alkaloid with enhanced enantioselectivity. Electrophoresis 24, 2986-2999. 

The kinetic resolution of (5, 7 )-l-methoxy-2-propylacetate was investigated using various commercially available hydrolases. The agreement between the apparent selectivity factor app and the actual value true determined by GC turned out to be excellent at low enantioselectivity E — 1.4— 13), but less so at higher enantioselec-tivity (20% variation at E— 80). This limitation may cause problems when attempting to enhance enantioselectivity beyond E — 50. 

Finally, it is interesting to note that in most cases enhanced enantioselectivity was shown to be due to a reduced value of / cat/Am for the non-preferred enantiomer 143). This result is contrasted with the results of directed evolution of the lipase from Pseudomonas aeruginosa, in which case the value of for the preferred... 

The beneficial effect of the hydrophobicity of [BMIM]PFg was shown to extend to other enzymes a remarkably enhanced enantioselectivity was observed for lipases AK and Pseudomonas fluorescens for the kinetic resolution of racemic P-chiral hydroxymethanephosphinates (Scheme 31) (278). The ee values of the recovered alcohols and the acetates were about 80% when the enzymatic reactions were conducted in the hydrophobic [BMIMJPFg. In contrast, there was little enantioselectivity (<5%) observed with the enzymes in hydrophilic [BMIM]BF4. The lack of stereoselectivity in [BMIM]BF4 was attributed to the high miscibility of [BMIM]BF4 with water. The relatively hydrophilic ionic liquid is capable of stripping off the essential water from the enzyme surface, leading to insufficient hydration of the enzyme and a consequently strong influence on its performance (279). 

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