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ORGANIC & BIOMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY
Volume 20, Issue 10, Pages 2081-2085Publisher
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/d1ob02485j
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- National Key R&D Program of China [2021YFC2102000]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [32171273, 31971207]
- LiaoNing Revitalization Talents Program [XLYC1907153]
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The study presents a biocatalytic strategy for synthesizing chiral beta-hydroxy sulfones, utilizing KRED-catalyzed asymmetric reduction of prochiral ketones with high conversion rates and enantioselectivities.
Ketoreductase (KRED)-catalyzed asymmetric reduction of prochiral ketones is an attractive method to synthesize chiral alcohols. Herein, two KREDs LfSDR1-V186A/E141I and CgKR1-F92I with complementary stereopreference were identified towards reduction of apremilast prochiral ketone intermediate la. LfSDR1-V186A/E141I exhibited >99% conversion and 99.2% ee yielding an apremilast chiral alcohol intermediate ((R)-2a) at 50 g L-1 substrate loading. Furthermore, we investigated the substrate scope of beta-keto sulfones by using LfSDR1-V186A/E141I and CgKR1-F92I to produce both enantiomers of the corresponding beta-hydroxy sulfones, with good-to-excellent conversion (up to >99%) and enantioselectivity (up to 99.9% ee) being obtained in most cases. Finally, the gram-scale synthesis of (R) 2a was performed by employing the crude enzyme of LfSDR1-V186A/E141I and BsGDH to afford the desired enantiomer with >99% conversion, 85.9% isolated yield and 99.2% ee. This study presents a biocatalytic strategy to synthesize chiral beta-hydroxy sulfones.
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