Ketone, reduction synthesis

Enantiometrically pure alcohols are important and valuable intermediates in the synthesis of pharmaceuticals and other fine chemicals. A variety of synthetic methods have been developed to obtain optically pure alcohols. Among these methods, a straightforward approach is the reduction of prochiral ketones to chiral alcohols. In this context, varieties of chiral metal complexes have been developed as catalysts in asymmetric ketone reductions [ 1-3]. However, in many cases, difficulties remain in the process operation, and in obtaining sufficient enantiomeric purity and productivity [2,3]. In addition, residual metal in the products originating from the metal catalyst presents another challenge because of the ever more stringent regulatory restrictions on the level of metals allowed in pharmaceutical products [4]. An alternative to the chemical asymmetric reduction processes is biocatalytic transformation, which offers... 

Krauueer, M., Hummel, W. and Groeger, H. (2007) Enantioselective one-pot two-step synthesis of hydrophobic allylic alcohols in aqueous medium through the combination of a Wittig reaction and an enzymatic ketone reduction. European Journal of Organic Chemistry, (31), 5175—5179. 

Another method for ketone reduction, BINAL-H asymmetric reduction, can also be used in co-side chain synthesis. An example of applying BINAL-H asymmetric reduction in PG synthesis is illustrated in Scheme 7-27. This has been a general method for generating the alcohol with (15. -configuration. The binaphthol chiral auxiliary can easily be recovered and reused. As shown in Scheme 7-27, when the chiral halo enone 91 is reduced by (S -BINAL-H at — 100°C, product (15S)-92 can be obtained with high enantioselectivity. 

CI2 evolution reaction, 38 56 electrochemical desorption, 38 53-54 electrode kinetics, 38 55-56 factors that determine, 38 55 ketone reduction, 38 56-57 Langmuir adsorption isotherm, 38 52 recombination desorption, 38 53 surface reaction-order factor, 38 52 Temkin and Frumkin isotherm, 38 53 real-area factor, 38 57-58 regular heterogeneous catalysis, 38 10-16 anodic oxidation of ammonia, 38 13 binding energy quantification, 38 15-16 Haber-Bosch atrunonia synthesis, 38 12-13... 

Stereospecific ketone reduction was also observed (Giordano et al. 1985) with potassium, rubidium, and cesium (but not with sodium) in tertiary alcohols (but not in secondary or primary alcohols). The undesirable dimerization probably proceeds more readily in the case of sodium. Tertiary alcohols are simply more acidic than primary or secondary alcohols. It is reasonable to point out that the ketone-to-alcohol reduction of 3a-hydroxy-7-oxo-5p-cholic acid by alkali metals is a key step in the industrial synthesis of 3a,7p-dihydroxy-5p-cholic acid. 

At high concentrations of acetyl-CoA in the liver mitochondria, two molecules condense to form acetoacetyl CoA [1]. The transfer of another acetyl group [2] gives rise to 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA (HMC CoA), which after release of acetyl CoA [3] yields free acetoacetate (Lynen cycle). Acetoacetate can be converted to 3-hydroxybutyrate by reduction [4], or can pass into acetone by nonenzymatic decarboxylation [5]. These three compounds are together referred to as "ketone bodies," although in fact 3-hydroxy-butyrate is not actually a ketone. As reaction [3] releases an ion, metabolic acidosis can occur as a result of increased ketone body synthesis (see p. 288). 

Polyhalo ketones, reductive dehalogenation of, 29, 2 Pomeranz-Fritsch reaction, 6, 4 Prevost reaction, 9, 5 Pschorr synthesis, 2, 6 9, 7 Pnmmerer reaction, 40, 3 Pyrazolines, intermediates in diazoacetic ester reactions, 18, 3 Pyridininm chlorochromate, 53, 1 Pyrolysis ... 

GRUNDMANN ALDEHYDE SYNTHESIS. Transformation of an acid into an aldehyde of the same chain length by conversion of the acid chloride via the diazo ketone to the acetoxy ketone, reduction with aluminum isopropoxide and hydrolysis to the glycol, and cleavage with lead tetraacetate. 

Being restricted to DHAP as the nucleophile, aldol additions will only generate ketoses and derivatives from which aldose isomers may be obtained by biocatalytic ketol isomerization (cf. Sect. 7.1) [306]. For a more direct entry to aldoses the inversion strategy may be followed (Scheme 19) [290] which utilizes monoprotected dialdehydes. After aldolization and stereoselective chemical or enzymatic ketone reduction, the remaining masked aldehyde function is deprotected to provide the free aldose. Further examples of the directed, stereodivergent synthesis of sugars and related compounds such as aza- or thiosugars are collected in Sect. 7. 

In reduction synthesis, both NaBH4 and LiAlH, will reduce aldehydes and ketones, but only UA1H4 is strong enough to reduce esters and acetates. 

The chemoenzymatic synthesis of chiral alcohols is a field of major interest within biocatalytic asymmetric conversions. A convenient access to secondary highly enan-tiomerically enriched alcohols is the usage of alcohol dehydrogenases (ADHs) (ketoreductases) for the stereoselective reduction of prochiral ketones. Here, as in many other cases in asymmetric catalysis, enzymes are not always only an alternative to chemical possibilities, but are rather complementary. Albeit biocatalysts might sometimes seem to be more environmentally friendly, asymmetric ketone reduction... 

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