Pyruvate Aldolases Catalyze Cross-Aldol Reactions between Ketones: Highly Selective Access to Multi-Functionalized Tertiary Alcohols

Autor: Mounir Traïkia, Alexandre Uzel, Véronique de Berardinis, Marielle Lemaire, Léa Gourbeyre, Virgil Hélaine, Victor Laurent, Marcel Salanoubat, Thierry Gefflaut, Lionel Nauton, Christine Guérard-Hélaine
Přispěvatelé: Institut de Chimie de Clermont-Ferrand (ICCF), SIGMA Clermont (SIGMA Clermont)-Institut de Chimie du CNRS (INC)-Université Clermont Auvergne [2017-2020] (UCA [2017-2020])-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Génomique métabolique (UMR 8030), Genoscope - Centre national de séquençage [Evry] (GENOSCOPE), Université Paris-Saclay-Direction de Recherche Fondamentale (CEA) (DRF (CEA)), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris-Saclay-Direction de Recherche Fondamentale (CEA) (DRF (CEA)), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université d'Évry-Val-d'Essonne (UEVE)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université d'Évry-Val-d'Essonne (UEVE)
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: ACS Catalysis
ACS Catalysis, 2020, 10 (4), pp.2538-2543. ⟨10.1021/acscatal.9b05512⟩
ACS Catalysis, American Chemical Society, 2020, 10 (4), pp.2538-2543. ⟨10.1021/acscatal.9b05512⟩
ISSN: 2155-5435
Popis: International audience; Tertiary alcohols are widely represented in nature and among bioactive molecules. Their importance is attested by the continuous efforts to meet the challenge of their stereoselective synthesis. In this context, we propose an enzymatic approach, involving class II pyruvate aldolases. These enzymes are shown to catalyze selective cross-aldol reactions between pyruvic acid or derivatives as nucleophiles and a series of ketones as electrophiles. This catalytic activity is exemplified by the highly stereoselective preparation of seven branched ketols with good yields. One of them was readily converted into a constrained 4-hydroxyproline analogue in a multienzymatic one-pot one-step process.
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