Lipase-catalyzed kinetic resolution of racemic 1-heteroarylethanols—experimental and QM/MM study

Autor: Florin Dan Irimie, György Szakács, Paula Moldovan, Lajos Novák, Csaba Paizs, Monica Ioana Toşa, Gábor Szatzker, László Poppe, Sarolta Pilbák
Rok vydání: 2008
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Zdroj: Tetrahedron: Asymmetry. 19:1844-1852
ISSN: 0957-4166
DOI: 10.1016/j.tetasy.2008.07.004
Popis: The kinetic resolution of racemic 1-(benzothiazol-2-yl)ethanol rac-2a, 1-(benzo[b]thiophen-2-yl)ethanol rac-2b, 1-(benzo[b]furan-3-yl)ethanol rac-2c and 1-(benzo[b]thiophen-3-yl)ethanol rac-2d was studied by enantiomer selective acylation catalyzed by a selection of commercially available and in house produced lipases. Alcoholysis of the corresponding racemic acetates rac-3a–d catalyzed by Candida antarctica lipase B (CaLB) was also investigated. Two racemic 1-heteroarylethanols rac-2a,b were prepared by addition of the corresponding lithiated heteroarylic compounds 1a,b to acetaldehyde, whereas two others, rac-2c,d were synthesized by the addition of MeMgI onto the corresponding heteroaryl-carbaldehydes 1c,d. The high enantiomer selectivities of CaLB in the acylation of racemic 1-heteroarylethanols rac-2a–d allowed the determination of the enantiomeric preference of these enzymatic acetylation reactions by QM/MM [pm3/uff or hf(3-21+g∗∗)/uff] calculations. For acetylation of each of the racemic alcohols rac-2a–d, four possible tetrahedral intermediate states were compared and analyzed.
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