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CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL
Volume 13, Issue 29, Pages 8271-8276Publisher
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/chem.200700528
Keywords
alcohol dehydrogenase biotransformations; dynamic resolution; racemization; redox chemistry; secondary alcohols
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- Austrian Science Fund FWF [P 18537] Funding Source: Medline
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Racemization is the key step to turn a kinetic resolution process into dynamic resolution. A general strategy for racemization under mild reaction conditions by employing stereoseleclive biocatalysts is presented, in which racemization is achieved by employing a pair of stereocomplementary biocatalysts that reversibly interconvert an sp(3) to a sp(2) center. The formal interconversion of the enantiomers proceeds via a prochiral sp(2) intermediate the formation of which is catalyzed either by two stereocomplementary enzymes or by a single enzyme with low stereoselectivity. By choosing appropriate reaction conditions, the amount of the prochiral intermediate is kept to a minimum.This general strategy, which is applicable to redox enzymes (e.g., by acting on R2CHOH and R2CHNHR groups) and lyase-catalyzed addition-elimination reactions, was proven for the racemization of secondary alcohols by employing alcohol dehydrogenases. Thus, enantiopure chiral alcohols were used as model substrates and were racemized either with highly stereoselective biocatalysts or by using (rarely found) non-selective enzymes.
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