Lipases chirality

E. Rogalska, C. Cudrey, F. Ferrato, R. Verger, Stereoselective Hydrolysis of Triglycerides by Animal and Microbial Lipases , Chirality 1993, 5, 24-30. 

Rogalska, E., Cudrey, C., Ferrato, F., and Verger, R. 1993. Stereoselective hydrolysis of triglycerides by animal and microbial lipases. Chirality, 5, 24-30. 

JY Houng, ML Wu, ST Chen. Kinetic resolution of amino acids esters catalyzed by lipases. Chirality 8 418-422,1996. 

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... 

Esterases, proteases, and some lipases are used in stereoselective hydrolysis of esters bearing a chiral or a prochiral acyl moiety. The substrates are racemic esters and prochiral or meso-diesters. Pig liver esterase (PLE) is the most useful enzyme for this type of reaction, especially for the desymmetrization of prochiral or meso substrates. 

The resolution of racemic ethyl 2-chloropropionate with aliphatic and aromatic amines using Candida cylindracea lipase (CCL) [28] was one of the first examples that showed the possibilities of this kind of processes for the resolution of racemic esters or the preparation of chiral amides in benign conditions. Normally, in these enzymatic aminolysis reactions the enzyme is selective toward the (S)-isomer of the ester. Recently, the resolution ofthis ester has been carried out through a dynamic kinetic resolution (DKR) via aminolysis catalyzed by encapsulated CCL in the presence of triphenylphosphonium chloride immobilized on Merrifield resin (Scheme 7.13). This process has allowed the preparation of (S)-amides with high isolated yields and good enantiomeric excesses [29]. 

In recent years, a great variety of primary chiral amines have been obtained in enantiomerically pure form through this methodology. A representative example is the KR of some 2-phenylcycloalkanamines that has been performed by means of aminolysis reactions catalyzed by lipases (Scheme 7.17) [34]. Kazlauskas rule has been followed in all cases. The size of the cycle and the stereochemistry of the chiral centers of the amines had a strong influence on both the enantiomeric ratio and the reaction rate of these aminolysis processes. CALB showed excellent enantioselec-tivities toward frans-2-phenylcyclohexanamine in a variety of reaction conditions ( >150), but the reaction was markedly slower and occurred with very poor enantioselectivity with the cis-isomer, whereas Candida antarctica lipase A (GALA) was the best catalyst for the acylation of cis-2-phenylcyclohexanamine ( = 34) and frans-2-phenylcyclopropanamine ( =7). Resolution of both cis- and frans-2-phenyl-cyclopentanamine was efficiently catalyzed by CALB obtaining all stereoisomers with high enantiomeric excess. 

A detailed spectroscopic and theoretical study of the conformation of dioxolanes 1 has appeared <96T8275>, and a theoretical study has shown that the anomeric effect explains the non-planarity of 1,3-dioxole <96JA9850>. The tetraalkynyldioxolanone 2 has been prepared and its structure and reactivity studied <96HCA634>. Both enantiomers of the chiral glycolic acid equivalent 3 can be prepared from D-mannitol <96HCA1696>, and lipase-mediated kinetic... 

The low-temperature method was then applied to the resolution of ( )-2-hydroxy-2-(pentafluorophenyl)acetonitrile (7) (Fig. which is usahle for the syntheses of a variety of ethane diols, amino alcohols containing CgFj groups as novel chiral ligands. After screening lipases such as Amano PS and AK, lipase LIP Pseudomonas aeruginosa lipase immobilized on Hyflo Super-Cel, Toyobo,... 

The catalytic alcohol racemization with diruthenium catalyst 1 is based on the reversible transfer hydrogenation mechanism. Meanwhile, the problem of ketone formation in the DKR of secondary alcohols with 1 was identified due to the liberation of molecular hydrogen. Then, we envisioned a novel asymmetric reductive acetylation of ketones to circumvent the problem of ketone formation (Scheme 6). A key factor of this process was the selection of hydrogen donors compatible with the DKR conditions. 2,6-Dimethyl-4-heptanol, which cannot be acylated by lipases, was chosen as a proper hydrogen donor. Asymmetric reductive acetylation of ketones was also possible under 1 atm hydrogen in ethyl acetate, which acted as acyl donor and solvent. Ethanol formation from ethyl acetate did not cause critical problem, and various ketones were successfully transformed into the corresponding chiral acetates (Table 17). However, reaction time (96 h) was unsatisfactory. 

Another approach to the synthesis of chiral non-racemic hydroxyalkyl sulfones used enzyme-catalysed kinetic resolution of racemic substrates. In the first attempt. Porcine pancreas lipase was applied to acylate racemic (3, y and 8-hydroxyalkyl sulfones using trichloroethyl butyrate. Although both enantiomers of the products could be obtained, their enantiomeric excesses were only low to moderate. Recently, we have found that a stereoselective acetylation of racemic p-hydroxyalkyl sulfones can be successfully carried out using several lipases, among which CAL-B and lipase PS (AMANO) proved most efficient. Moreover, application of a dynamic kinetic resolution procedure, in which lipase-promoted kinetic resolution was combined with a concomitant ruthenium-catalysed racem-ization of the substrates, gave the corresponding p-acetoxyalkyl sulfones 8 in yields... 

There are several other examples of C-chiral hydroxy phosphorus compounds which were obtained in enantiomerically enriched forms using enzymatic methodology. Thus, a 5-l-diethylphosphonomethyl-2-hydroxycyclohexane 48 was resolved into enantiomers by enzymatic acetylation the highest enantioselectivity was achieved using lipase PS in THF or lipase AK without solvent and vinyl acetate as the acetylating agent (Equation 26). ... 

Finally, prochiral bis(hydroxymethyl)phenylphosphine oxide 82 was desym-metrisized using either a lipase-catalysed acetylation (Method A) or hydrolysis of the corresponding diacetyl derivative 83 (Method B), to give the chiral monoacetate 84. Application of the two reverse procedures made it possible to obtain both enantiomerically enriched forms of 84 (Equation 40). ... 

Lipase catalysis is often used for enantioselective production of chiral compounds. Lipase induced the enantioselective ring-opening polymerization of racemic lactones. In the lipase-catalyzed polymerization of racemic (3-BL, the enantioselec-tivity was low an enantioselective polymerization of (3-BL occurred by using thermophilic lipase to give (/ )-enriched PHB with 20-37% enantiomeric excess (ee). ... 

In addition to Rh-catalysed hydroformylation, this special phase behaviour has been successfully applied to other continuous catalytic reactions - such as Ni-catalysed, enantioselective hydrovinylation [66] and the lipase-catalysed kinetic resolution and enantiomer separation of chiral alcohols [67]. 

Two methods have been developed to provide enantiomerically enriched cycloadducts using the chromium-mediated [6 + 2]- and [6 + 4]-cycloadditions one involving a chiral resolution and the other involving the attachment of a chiral auxiliary to the triene. The lipase resolution method provides access to either enantiomer of the chromium complex, albeit with moderate enantiomeric excesses (Scheme 34).119 The [6 + 4]- and [6 + 2]-reactions of chiral substrates such as 116 which are available by the attachment of a removable chiral auxiliary (R ) to the triene moiety are highly diastereoselective (Equation (17)).120... 

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