Coupling biocatalysis with high-energy flow reactions for the synthesis of carbamates and β-amino acid derivatives

Autor: Alexander Leslie, Thomas S. Moody, Megan Smyth, Scott Wharry, Marcus Baumann
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry, Vol 17, Iss 1, Pp 379-384 (2021)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1860-5397
DOI: 10.3762/bjoc.17.33
Popis: A continuous flow process is presented that couples a Curtius rearrangement step with a biocatalytic impurity tagging strategy to produce a series of valuable Cbz-carbamate products. Immobilized CALB was exploited as a robust hydrolase to transform residual benzyl alcohol into easily separable benzyl butyrate. The resulting telescoped flow process was effectively applied across a series of acid substrates rendering the desired carbamate structures in high yield and purity. The derivatization of these products via complementary flow-based Michael addition reactions furthermore demonstrated the creation of β-amino acid species. This strategy thus highlights the applicability of this work towards the creation of important chemical building blocks for the pharmaceutical and speciality chemical industries.
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