Development of dynamic kinetic resolution on large scale for (±)-1-phenylethylamine

• Lisa K. Thalén and
• Jan-E. Bäckvall

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2010, 6, 823–829, doi:10.3762/bjoc.6.97

• Lisa K. Thalen Jan-E. Backvall Stockholm University, Department of Organic Chemistry, Arrhenius Laboratory SE-106 91, Stockholm, Sweden 10.3762/bjoc.6.97 Abstract Candida antarctica lipase B (CALB) and racemization catalyst 4 were combined in the dynamic kinetic resolution (DKR) of (±)-1

• donor. Keywords: dynamic kinetic resolution; kinetic resolution; racemization; Shvo; Candida antartica lipase B; Introduction Chiral amines are important building blocks in the synthesis of many pharmaceuticals, fragrances, and agricultural products, and it is therefore important to develop methods

• (CALB) as the enzyme and 4 as the racemization catalyst (See Scheme 1 for an example of the previously developed protocol with isopropyl acetate as the acyl donor providing 2 as the amide product) [12][13]. The Jacobs–De Vos group showed that palladium on an alkaline earth support in combination with an

Recent advances in carbocupration of α-heterosubstituted alkynes

• Ahmad Basheer and
• Ilan Marek

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2010, 6, No. 77, doi:10.3762/bjoc.6.77

• pure sulfoxide was used as starting material, no racemization was detected [40]. 1-Alkynyl sulfones 38 are prone to addition of organocopper reagents. However, the stereochemistry of the resulting vinyl sulfones 39 appear to be dependent on the relative amounts of copper(I) bromide as well as the

RAFT polymers for protein recognition

• Alan F. Tominey,
• Julia Liese,
• Sun Wei,
• Klaus Kowski,
• Thomas Schrader and
• Arno Kraft

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2010, 6, No. 66, doi:10.3762/bjoc.6.66

• polymer backbones. They also pose fewer racemization problems which often accompany proteinogenic amino acids in peptidic environments. In recent years, our group has developed water-soluble linear polymeric protein binders which contained one or more different binding monomers and displayed micromolar

Shelf-stable electrophilic trifluoromethylating reagents: A brief historical perspective

• Norio Shibata,
• Andrej Matsnev and
• Dominique Cahard

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2010, 6, No. 65, doi:10.3762/bjoc.6.65

• stereoretentive CF3 transfer. High enantioselectivities in the range 93–97% were measured for the corresponding alcohols because of post-reaction racemization of aldehydes. Although the scope of this asymmetric reaction is limited to aldehydes, the level of enantioselectivity is superior to that obtained in the

Ring strain and total syntheses of modified macrocycles of the isoplagiochin type

• Andreas Speicher,
• Timo Backes,
• Kerstin Hesidens and
• Jürgen Kolz

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2009, 5, No. 71, doi:10.3762/bjoc.5.71

• and quantum chemical CD (circular dichroism) investigations, the absolute configuration of the first natural compound of this type, isoplagiochin C from P. deflexa, was established as (PA)-1 and the energy of racemization was calculated and measured to be 102 kJ/mol, approximately [13]. The

• stereochemical correlation between isoplagiochin C (1) and isoplagiochin D (2) was also confirmed experimentally by hydrogenolysis of enantiopure samples of (PA)-1 to give and (PA)-2 (Scheme 1), and of (MA)-1 to give and (MA)-2, respectively, without any racemization [14]. The natural compounds isoplagiochin D

The first preparative solution phase synthesis of melanotan II

• Vladimir V. Ryakhovsky,
• Georgy A. Khachiyan,
• Nina F. Kosovova,
• Elena F. Isamiddinova and
• Andrey S. Ivanov

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2008, 4, No. 39, doi:10.3762/bjoc.4.39

• 8-fold excess of DCC as the coupling agent and 1-hydroxybenzotriazole (HOBt) as a racemization suppressant. The yield of the cyclized product 12 was 31%, very close to the reported 30% yield for solution-phase cyclization of a related linear heptapeptide obtained by solid phase peptide synthesis [18

Synthesis of new triazole- based trifluoromethyl scaffolds

• Michela Martinelli,
• Thierry Milcent,
• Sandrine Ongeri and
• Benoit Crousse

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2008, 4, No. 19, doi:10.3762/bjoc.4.19

• single isomer without any racemization. This compound can easily afford the free amino ester which is a promising trifluoromethyl building block for the synthesis of new triazole-based trifluoromethyl oligomers. Conclusion In summary, this paper describes the synthesis of new trifluoromethyl triazole

DBFOX- Ph/metal complexes: Evaluation as catalysts for enantioselective fluorination of 3-(2-arylacetyl)-2-thiazolidinones

• Takehisa Ishimaru,
• Norio Shibata,
• Dhande Sudhakar Reddy,
• Takao Horikawa,
• Shuichi Nakamura and
• Takeshi Toru

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2008, 4, No. 16, doi:10.3762/bjoc.4.16

• that of Sodeoka's report [57]; this is presumably due to the low activity of our catalyst system which requires higher reaction temperature conditions (0 °C vs. −20 °C [57]). Racemization of the products 2 during the fluorination reaction was ruled out since no racemization was observed when 2a was

Synthesis of (–)-Indolizidine 167B based on domino hydroformylation/cyclization reactions

• Giuditta Guazzelli,
• Raffaello Lazzaroni and
• Roberta Settambolo

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2008, 4, No. 2, doi:10.1186/1860-5397-4-2

• conversions, practically the same ee, that is, the starting ee value (92%). A similar behaviour occurred for dihydroindolizine 3, its ee value remaining the same as that of the corresponding olefin 1 (ee 92%) at all reaction times. The isomerization of b into l and the absence of racemization of starting

Large- scale ruthenium- and enzyme- catalyzed dynamic kinetic resolution of (rac)-1-phenylethanol

• Krisztián Bogár,
• Belén Martín-Matute and
• Jan-E. Bäckvall

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2007, 3, No. 50, doi:10.1186/1860-5397-3-50

• racemization of 1-phenylethanol (2) in the presence of the immobilized enzyme, and could be used in 0.05 mol% with high efficiency. Commercially available isopropenyl acetate was employed as acylating agent in the lipase-catalyzed transesterifications, which makes the purification of the product very easy. In

• ][28] and recently this approach has been extended to dynamic kinetic resolution (DKR) by combining the enzymatic resolution with a metal-catalyzed racemization. [29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37] Today, many stable lipases are commercially available and they are frequently used in synthetic organic

• "in situ" racemization of the substrate using a ruthenium(II) racemization catalyst (1) at ambient temperature (Figure 1).[32][34] Many 1-arylethanols are used as intermediates for the synthesis of pharmaceuticals and agrochemicals,[40][41] and they are therefore needed in enantiomerically pure form