Ring lipase-catalyzed

Asymmetric alcoholyses catalyzed by lipases have been employed for the resolution of lactones with high enantioselectivity. The racemic P-lactone (oxetan-2-one) illustrated in Figure 6.21 was resolved by a lipase-catalyzed alcoholysis to give the corresponding (2S,3 S)-hydroxy benzyl ester and the remaining (3R,4R)-lactone [68]. Tropic acid lactone was resolved by a similar procedure [69]. These reactions are promoted by releasing the strain in the four-membered ring. 

Combination of lipase-catalyzed transesterification with unsaturated vinyl esters as acyl donors and ring-closing metatheses (RCMs) have also been reported [146-148]. Two groups applied this strategy for the synthesis of goniothalamin from cinnamaldehyde [147,148]. The key steps were a transesterification using vinyl acrylate as acyl donor, followed by an RCM, as depicted in Figure 6.55. 

Various cyclic esters have been subjected to hpase-catalyzed ring-opening polymerization. Lipase catalyzed the ring-opening polymerization of 4- to 17-membered non-substituted lactones.In 1993, it was first demonstrated that medium-size lactones, 8-valerolactone (8-VL, six-membered) and e-caprolactone (e-CL, seven-membered), were polymerized by lipases derived from Candida cylindracea, Burkholderia cepacia (lipase BC), Pseudomonas fluorescens (lipase PF), and porcine pancreas (PPL). °... 

On the other hand, the macrolides showed unusual enzymatic reactivity. Lipase PF-catalyzed polymerization of the macrolides proceeded much faster than that of 8-CL. The lipase-catalyzed polymerizability of lactones was quantitatively evaluated by Michaelis-Menten kinetics. For all monomers, linearity was observed in the Hanes-Woolf plot, indicating that the polymerization followed Michaehs-Menten kinetics. The V, (iaotone) and K,ax(iaotone)/ m(iaotone) values increased with the ring size of lactone, whereas the A (iactone) values scarcely changed. These data imply that the enzymatic polymerizability increased as a function of the ring size, and the large enzymatic polymerizability is governed mainly by the reachon rate hut not to the binding abilities, i.e., the reaction process of... 

Lipase-catalyzed synthesis of polyesters from cyclic anhydrides and oxi-ranes was reported. The polymerization took place by PPL catalyst and the molecular weight reached 1 x 10" under the selected reaction conditions. During the polymerizahon, the enzymatically formed acid group from the anhydride may open the oxirane ring to give a glycol, which is then reacted with the anhydride or acid by lipase catalysis, yielding the polyesters. 

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). ... 

Lipase-Catalyzed Ring-Opening Polymerization of Cyclic Monomers... 

Polyester syntheses have been achieved by enzymatic ring-opening polymerization of lactide and lactones with various ring-sizes. Here, we focus not only on these cyclic esters but also other cyclic monomers for lipase-catalyzed ringopening polymerizations. Figure 8 summarizes cyclic monomers for providing polyesters via lipase catalysis. 

Lipase catalyzed the ring-opening polymerization of medium-size lactones, d-valerolactone (<5-VL, six-membered) and -caprolactone (c-CL, seven-mem-bered). Lipases CC, PF and PPL showed high catalytic activity for the polymerization of <5-VL [74,75]. The molecular weight of the polymer obtained in bulk at 60 °C was relatively low (less than 2000). 

Here, lipase-catalyzed ring-opening polymerization of cyclic compounds giving polymers other than polyesters is described. l,3-Dioxan-2-one, six-membered cyclic carbonate, was polymerized in the presence of lipase catalysts (Fig. 13)... 

Berkane, C. Mezoul, G. Lalot, T. Brigodiot, M. Lipase-catalyzed polyester synthesis in organic medium. Study of ring-chain equilibrium. Macromolecules 1997, 30, 7729-7734. 

Feng Y, Kniifermann J, Klee D, Hdcker H (1999) Lipase-catalyzed ring-opening polymerization of 3(S)-isopropylmorpholine-2,5-dione. Macromol Chem Phys 200 1506-1514... 

Chiral 3-suhstituted glutaric acid monoester (23) can be obtained via Pseudomonasfluorescens lipase-catalyzed nucleophilic ring opening of anhydride (22) hy butanol (38). 

The kinetic resolution of racemic l-(benzofuran-2-yl)ethanol rac-33 having different substituents on the benzene was reported ring using lipase-catalyzed transesterification with vinyl acetate as acyl donor. The reaction afforded (lA)-l-acetoxy-l-(benzofuran-2-yl)ethanes (A)-34 and (16)-l-benzofuran-2-yl)ethanols (S)-33 in highly enantiopure form.65... 

A practical method for the synthesis of chiral pyridazinone bearing a pyrazolopyridine ring via lipase-catalyzed resolution of 2-(acyloxymethyl)-4,5-dihydro-5-methylpyridazin-3(2H)-one derivatives 113 was reported by Yoshida et al.95... 

Figure 56 lipase-catalyzed enantioselective ring opening of unactivated alicyclic /J-lactams. 

Forro, E. Fulop, F. Lipase-catalyzed enantioselective ring opening of unactivated alicyclic-fused / lactams in an organic solvent. Organic Letters 2003, 5(8), 1209-1212. 

The aliphatic poly(ether lactonejs are a group of synthetic polymers with high elasticity and high tissue absorptivity [293]. The ether function in the polymer backbone adds flexibility to the ester chain. Ring-opening polymerization of l,4-dioxan-2-one yields an elastic polymer, polydioxanone, with a tensile strength similar to that of human tissue [294]. Polydioxanone has been successfully used to prepare monofilament sutures, with a flexibility superior to that of PGA sutures [294]. Recently, the lipase-catalyzed polymerization of polydioxanone was demonstrated [295]. 

Lipase-catalyzed enantioselective ring cleavage of racemic cis- and rra r-13-azabicyclo[10.2.0]tetradecan-14-one has given enantiopure /3-aminoacids and /3-lactams (see Section 2.04.6.4) <2006TA3193>. 

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