Stereoselectivity-Tailored, Metal-Free Hydrolytic Dynamic Kinetic Resolution of Morita-Baylis-Hillman Acetates Using an Engineered Lipase-Organic Base Cocatalyst
Stereoselectivity-Tailored, Metal-Free Hydrolytic Dynamic Kinetic Resolution of Morita-Baylis-Hillman Acetates Using an Engineered Lipase-Organic Base Cocatalyst
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使用工程脂肪酶有机碱助催化剂对 Morita-Baylis-Hillman 乙酸酯进行立体选择性定制、无金属水解动态动力学解析
DOI:
10.1021/acscatal.7b01400
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发表时间:
2017-07-01
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影响因子:
12.9
通讯作者:
Wu, Qi
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作者:
Xia, Bo;Xu, Jian;Wu, Qi
Metal-free enantiocomplementary hydrolytic dynamic kinetic resolution of Morita-Baylis-Hillman (MBH) acetates was developed using triethylamine (TEA) as a racemization catalyst and wild-type or engineered lipase B from Candida antarctica (CALB) as stereoselectivity-determining catalyst, leading to chiral MBH alcohols with tailor-made R or S configurations on an optional basis. In the TEA-WT CALB catalysis system, WT CALB displays excellent S enantioselectivity for a series of MBH acetates tested (up to 96% ee and 98% conversion). Reversal of enantioselectivity in favor of (R)-MBH alcohols (95% ee; 95% conversion) was achieved by generating a focused site-specific mutagenesis library composed of less than 20 variants. Molecular modeling explains the origin of stereoselectivity.