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Cancellieri MC, Nobbio C, Gatti FG, Brenna E, Parmeggiani F. Applications of biocatalytic CC bond reductions in the synthesis of flavours and fragrances. J Biotechnol 2024; 390:13-27. [PMID: 38761886 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2024.05.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/29/2024] [Revised: 05/09/2024] [Accepted: 05/10/2024] [Indexed: 05/20/2024]
Abstract
Industrial biotechnology and biocatalysis can provide very effective synthetic tools to increase the sustainability of the production of fine chemicals, especially flavour and fragrance (F&F) ingredients, the market demand of which has been constantly increasing in the last years. One of the most important transformations in F&F chemistry is the reduction of CC bonds, typically carried out with metal-catalysed hydrogenations or hydride-based reagents. Its biocatalytic counterpart is a competitive alternative, showcasing a range of advantages such as excellent chemo-, regio- and stereoselectivity, ease of implementation, mild reaction conditions and modest environmental impact. In the present review, the application of biocatalysed alkene reductions (from microbial fermentations with wild-type strains to engineered isolated ene-reductase enzymes) to synthetic processes useful for the F&F industry will be described, highlighting not only the exquisite stereoselectivity achieved, but also the overall improvement when chirality is not involved. Multi-enzymatic cascades involving CC bioreductions are also examined, which allow much greater chemical complexity to be built in one-pot biocatalytic systems.
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- Maria C Cancellieri
- Department of Chemistry, Materials and Chemical Engineering "G. Natta", Politecnico di Milano, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, Milano 20133, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry, Materials and Chemical Engineering "G. Natta", Politecnico di Milano, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, Milano 20133, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry, Materials and Chemical Engineering "G. Natta", Politecnico di Milano, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, Milano 20133, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry, Materials and Chemical Engineering "G. Natta", Politecnico di Milano, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, Milano 20133, Italy.
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- Department of Chemistry, Materials and Chemical Engineering "G. Natta", Politecnico di Milano, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, Milano 20133, Italy.
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Lonardi G, Parolin R, Licini G, Orlandi M. Catalytic Asymmetric Conjugate Reduction. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2023; 62:e202216649. [PMID: 36757599 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202216649] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2022] [Revised: 01/16/2023] [Accepted: 02/09/2023] [Indexed: 02/10/2023]
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Enantioselective reduction reactions are privileged transformations for the construction of trisubstituted stereogenic centers. While these include established synthetic strategies, such as asymmetric hydrogenation, methods based on the enantioselective addition of hydridic reagents to electrophilic prochiral substrates have also gained importance. In this context, the asymmetric conjugate reduction (ACR) of α,β-unsaturated compounds has become a convenient approach for the synthesis of chiral compounds with trisubstituted stereocenters in α-, β-, or γ-position to electron-withdrawing functional groups. Because such activating groups are diverse and amenable of further derivatizations, ACRs provide a general and powerful synthetic entry towards a variety of valuable chiral building blocks. This Review provides a comprehensive collection of catalytic ACR methods involving transition-metal, organic, and enzymatic catalysis since its first versions dating back to the late 1970s.
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- Giovanni Lonardi
- Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Padova, Via Marzolo, 1, 35131, Padova, Italy
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- Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Padova, Via Marzolo, 1, 35131, Padova, Italy
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- Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Padova, Via Marzolo, 1, 35131, Padova, Italy
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- Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Padova, Via Marzolo, 1, 35131, Padova, Italy
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González-Rodríguez J, Albarrán-Velo J, Soengas RG, Lavandera I, Gotor-Fernández V, Rodríguez-Solla H. Synthesis of Optically Active syn- and anti-Chlorohydrins through a Bienzymatic Reductive Cascade. Org Lett 2022; 24:7082-7087. [PMID: 36154101 PMCID: PMC9552227 DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.2c02592] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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A bienzymatic cascade
has been designed and optimized to obtain
enantiopure chlorohydrins starting from the corresponding 1-aryl-2-chlorobut-2-en-1-ones.
For the synthesis of these α-chloroenones, a two-step sequence
was developed consisting of the allylation of the corresponding aldehyde
with 3-dichloroprop-1-ene, followed by oxidation and further isomerization.
The selective cooperative catalytic system involving ene-reductases
(EREDs) and alcohol dehydrogenases (ADHs) afforded the desired optically
active chlorohydrins under mild reaction conditions in excellent conversions
(up to >99%) and selectivities (up to >99:1 diastereomeric ratio
(dr),
>99% enantiomeric excess (ee)).
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- Jorge González-Rodríguez
- Organic and Inorganic Chemistry Department, University of Oviedo, Avenida Julián Clavería s/n, 33006 Oviedo, Spain
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- Organic and Inorganic Chemistry Department, University of Oviedo, Avenida Julián Clavería s/n, 33006 Oviedo, Spain
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- Organic and Inorganic Chemistry Department, University of Oviedo, Avenida Julián Clavería s/n, 33006 Oviedo, Spain
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- Organic and Inorganic Chemistry Department, University of Oviedo, Avenida Julián Clavería s/n, 33006 Oviedo, Spain
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- Organic and Inorganic Chemistry Department, University of Oviedo, Avenida Julián Clavería s/n, 33006 Oviedo, Spain
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- Organic and Inorganic Chemistry Department, University of Oviedo, Avenida Julián Clavería s/n, 33006 Oviedo, Spain
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Luan P, Li Y, Huang C, Dong L, Ma T, Liu J, Gao J, Liu Y, Jiang Y. Design of De Novo Three-Enzyme Nanoreactors for Stereodivergent Synthesis of α-Substituted Cyclohexanols. ACS Catal 2022. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.2c02136] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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- Pengqian Luan
- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin 300130, China
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin 300130, China
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin 300130, China
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin 300130, China
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin 300130, China
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin 300130, China
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin 300130, China
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin 300130, China
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin 300130, China
- State Key Laboratory of Biocatalysis and Enzyme Engineering, School of Life Sciences, Hubei University, Wuhan 430062, China
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Hagiwara H. Introduction of Chiral Centers to α- and/or β-Positions of Carbonyl Groups by Biocatalytic Asymmetric Reduction of α,β-Unsaturated Carbonyl Compounds. Nat Prod Commun 2022. [DOI: 10.1177/1934578x221099054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Biocatalytic asymmetric reductions of acyclic and cyclic α,β-unsaturated carbonyl compounds are favorable protocols for introduction of chiral centers to α- and/or β-positions of the carbonyl groups. Representative biocatalytic reductions of electron deficient olefins are compiled from a synthetic point of view according to compound types from the papers in 2012 to early 2022. Applications to syntheses of some enantiomericaly enriched perfumery ingredients are presented to show the feasibility of the biocatalytic reductions.
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- Hisahiro Hagiwara
- Graduate School of Science and Technology, Niigata University, 8050, 2-Nocho, Ikarashi, Nishi-ku, Niigata, 950-2181, Japan
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Kumar Roy T, Sreedharan R, Ghosh P, Gandhi T, Maiti D. Ene-Reductase: A Multifaceted Biocatalyst in Organic Synthesis. Chemistry 2022; 28:e202103949. [PMID: 35133702 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202103949] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2021] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Biocatalysis integrate microbiologists, enzymologists, and organic chemists to access the repertoire of pharmaceutical and agrochemicals with high chemoselectivity, regioselectivity, and enantioselectivity. The saturation of carbon-carbon double bonds by biocatalysts challenges the conventional chemical methodology as it bypasses the use of precious metals (in combination with chiral ligands and molecular hydrogen) or organocatalysts. In this line, Ene-reductases (ERs) from the Old Yellow Enzymes (OYEs) family are found to be a prominent asymmetric biocatalyst that is increasingly used in academia and industries towards unparalleled stereoselective trans-hydrogenations of activated C=C bonds. ERs gained prominence as they were used as individual catalysts, multi-enzyme cascades, and in conjugation with chemical reagents (chemoenzymatic approach). Besides, ERs' participation in the photoelectrochemical and radical-mediated process helps to unlock many scopes outside traditional biocatalysis. These up-and-coming methodologies entice the enzymologists and chemists to explore, expand and harness the chemistries displayed by ERs for industrial settings. Herein, we reviewed the last five year's exploration of organic transformations using ERs.
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- Triptesh Kumar Roy
- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Tirupati, Tirupati, India
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- Department of Chemistry, School of Advanced Sciences, Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore, 632014, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai, India
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- Department of Chemistry, School of Advanced Sciences, Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore, 632014, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Chemistry Department and Interdisciplinary Program in Climate Studies, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Maharashtra 400076, India
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Parmeggiani F, Brenna E, Colombo D, Gatti FG, Tentori F, Tessaro D. "A Study in Yellow": Investigations in the Stereoselectivity of Ene-Reductases. Chembiochem 2021; 23:e202100445. [PMID: 34586700 PMCID: PMC9292831 DOI: 10.1002/cbic.202100445] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2021] [Revised: 09/28/2021] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Ene‐reductases from the Old Yellow Enzyme (OYE) superfamily are a well‐known and efficient biocatalytic alternative for the asymmetric reduction of C=C bonds. Considering the broad variety of substituents that can be tolerated, and the excellent stereoselectivities achieved, it is apparent why these enzymes are so appealing for preparative and industrial applications. Different classes of C=C bonds activated by at least one electron‐withdrawing group have been shown to be accepted by these versatile biocatalysts in the last decades, affording a vast range of chiral intermediates employed in the synthesis of pharmaceuticals, agrochemicals, flavours, fragrances and fine chemicals. In order to access both enantiomers of reduced products, stereodivergent pairs of OYEs are desirable, but their natural occurrence is limited. The detailed knowledge of the stereochemical course of the reaction can uncover alternative strategies to orient the selectivity via mutagenesis, evolution, and substrate engineering. An overview of the ongoing studies on OYE‐mediated bioreductions will be provided, with particular focus on stereochemical investigations by deuterium labelling.
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- Fabio Parmeggiani
- Dipartimento di Chimica, Materiali ed Ingegneria Chimica "Giulio Natta", Politecnico di Milano, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, 20133, Milano, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica, Materiali ed Ingegneria Chimica "Giulio Natta", Politecnico di Milano, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, 20133, Milano, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica, Materiali ed Ingegneria Chimica "Giulio Natta", Politecnico di Milano, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, 20133, Milano, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica, Materiali ed Ingegneria Chimica "Giulio Natta", Politecnico di Milano, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, 20133, Milano, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica, Materiali ed Ingegneria Chimica "Giulio Natta", Politecnico di Milano, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, 20133, Milano, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica, Materiali ed Ingegneria Chimica "Giulio Natta", Politecnico di Milano, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, 20133, Milano, Italy
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Kadikova RN, Gabdullin AM, Mozgovoj OS, Ramazanov IR, Dzhemilev UM. NbCl 5-Mg Reagent System in Regio- and Stereoselective Synthesis of (2 Z)-Alkenylamines and (3 Z)-Alkenylols from Substituted 2-Alkynylamines and 3-Alkynylols. Molecules 2021; 26:3722. [PMID: 34207186 PMCID: PMC8234592 DOI: 10.3390/molecules26123722] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2021] [Revised: 06/11/2021] [Accepted: 06/13/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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The reduction of N,N-disubstituted 2-alkynylamines and substituted 3-alkynylols using the NbCl5-Mg reagent system affords the corresponding dideuterated (2Z)-alkenylamine and (3Z)-alkenylol derivatives in high yields in a regio- and stereoselective manner through the deuterolysis (or hydrolysis). The reaction of substituted propargylamines and homopropargylic alcohols with the in situ generated low-valent niobium complex (based on the reaction of NbCl5 with magnesium metal) is an efficient tool for the synthesis of allylamines and homoallylic alcohols bearing a 1,2-disubstituted double bond. It was found that the well-known approach for the reduction of alkynes based on the use of the TaCl5-Mg reagent system does not work for 2-alkynylamines and 3-alkynylols. Thus, this article reveals a difference in the behavior of two reagent systems-NbCl5-Mg and TaCl5-Mg, in relation to oxygen- and nitrogen-containing alkynes. A regio- and stereoselective method was developed for the synthesis of nitrogen-containing E-β-chlorovinyl sulfides based on the reaction of 2-alkynylamines with three equivalents of methanesulfonyl chloride in the presence of stoichiometric amounts of niobium(V) chloride and magnesium metal in toluene.
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- Rita N. Kadikova
- Institute of Petrochemistry and Catalysis of Russian Academy of Sciences, 141 Prospekt Oktyabrya, 450075 Ufa, Russia; (A.M.G.); (O.S.M.); (I.R.R.); (U.M.D.)
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Venturi S, Brenna E, Colombo D, Fraaije MW, Gatti FG, Macchi P, Monti D, Trajkovic M, Zamboni E. Multienzymatic Stereoselective Reduction of Tetrasubstituted Cyclic Enones to Halohydrins with Three Contiguous Stereogenic Centers. ACS Catal 2020. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.0c04097] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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- Silvia Venturi
- Dipartimento di Chimica, Materiali ed Ingegneria Chimica ”G. Natta”, Politecnico di Milano, P.zza Leonardo da Vinci 32, Milano 20133, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica, Materiali ed Ingegneria Chimica ”G. Natta”, Politecnico di Milano, P.zza Leonardo da Vinci 32, Milano 20133, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica, Materiali ed Ingegneria Chimica ”G. Natta”, Politecnico di Milano, P.zza Leonardo da Vinci 32, Milano 20133, Italy
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- Molecular Enzymology Group, University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 4, Groningen 9747 AG, The Netherlands
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- Dipartimento di Chimica, Materiali ed Ingegneria Chimica ”G. Natta”, Politecnico di Milano, P.zza Leonardo da Vinci 32, Milano 20133, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica, Materiali ed Ingegneria Chimica ”G. Natta”, Politecnico di Milano, P.zza Leonardo da Vinci 32, Milano 20133, Italy
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- Istituto di Scienze e Tecnologie Chimiche “Giulio Natta” (SCITEC), C.N.R., Via Mario Bianco, 9, Milano 20131, Italy
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- Molecular Enzymology Group, University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 4, Groningen 9747 AG, The Netherlands
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- Dipartimento di Chimica, Materiali ed Ingegneria Chimica ”G. Natta”, Politecnico di Milano, P.zza Leonardo da Vinci 32, Milano 20133, Italy
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Hubbell AK, Coates GW. Nucleophilic Transformations of Lewis Acid-Activated Disubstituted Epoxides with Catalyst-Controlled Regioselectivity. J Org Chem 2020; 85:13391-13414. [PMID: 33076663 DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.0c01691] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Due to their inherent ring strain and electrophilicity, epoxides are highly attractive building blocks for fundamental organic reactions. However, controlling the regioselectivity of disubstituted epoxide transformations is often particularly challenging. Most Lewis acid-mediated processes take advantage of intrinsic steric or electronic substrate bias to influence the site of nucleophilic attack. Therefore, the scope of many of these systems is frequently quite limited. Recent efforts to generate catalysts that can overcome substrate bias have expanded the synthetic utility of these well-known reactions. In this Perspective, we highlight various regioselective transformations of disubstituted epoxides, emphasizing those that have inspired the production of challenging, catalyst-controlled processes.
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- Aran K Hubbell
- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Baker Laboratory, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853-1301, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Baker Laboratory, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853-1301, United States
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Nájera C, Foubelo F, Sansano JM, Yus M. Stereodivergent routes in organic synthesis: marine natural products, lactones, other natural products, heterocycles and unnatural compounds. Org Biomol Chem 2020; 18:1279-1336. [PMID: 32025682 DOI: 10.1039/c9ob02597a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Enantio- and diastereodivergent routes to marine-origin natural products with different sizes of cyclic ethers and lactones have been used in order to assign stereochemical features. Kainoid amino acids such as isodomoic acids have been synthesized using diastereodivergent routes. The bis(indole) alkaloid dragmacidin F has been prepared by enantiodivergent strategies as well as furanoterpenes and the tetracyclic agelastatin A. Natural products containing five-membered lactones like quercus lactones, muricatacins, goniofufuranones, methylenolactocins and frenolicin B have been synthesized using stereodivergent routes. Macrolides are very abundant lactones and have been mainly prepared from the corresponding seco-acids by lactonization, such as lasiodiplodin, zaeralanes, macrosphelides and haloprins, or by ring-closing metathesis, such as aspercyclides, microcarpalides, macrolides FD-891 and 892, and tetradic-5-en-9-olides. Other natural products including cyclic ethers (such as sesamin, asarinin, acetogenins, centrolobines and nabilones), alcohols (such as sulcatol), esters (such as methyl jasmonates), polycyclic precursors of fredericamycin, amino alcohols (such as ambroxol and sphingosines), isoprostanes, isofurans, polyketide precursors of anachelins, brevicomins, gummiferol, shikimic acid and the related compounds, and the pheromone disparlure have been synthesized stereodivergently. Heterocyclic systems such as epoxides, theobroxides and bromoxones, oxetan-3-ones, 5- to 8-membered cyclic ethers, azetidones, γ-lactams, oxazolidinones, bis(oxazolines), dihydropyridoisoindolines and octahydroisoquinolines have been prepared following stereodivergent routes. Stereodivergent routes to unnatural compounds such as alkenes, dienes, allenes, cyclopropanes, alcohols, aldols, amines, amino alcohols, β-amino acids, carboxylic acids, lactones, nitriles and α-amino nitriles have been considered as well.
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- Carmen Nájera
- Centro de Innovación en Química Avanzada (ORFEO-CINQA), Universidad de Alicante, Apdo. 99, E-03080 Alicante, Spain.
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- Centro de Innovación en Química Avanzada (ORFEO-CINQA), Universidad de Alicante, Apdo. 99, E-03080 Alicante, Spain. and Departamento de Química Orgánica, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Alicante, Apdo. 99, E-03080 Alicante, Spain and Instituto de Síntesis Orgánica (ISO), Universidad de Alicante, Apdo. 99, E-03080 Alicante, Spain
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- Centro de Innovación en Química Avanzada (ORFEO-CINQA), Universidad de Alicante, Apdo. 99, E-03080 Alicante, Spain. and Departamento de Química Orgánica, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Alicante, Apdo. 99, E-03080 Alicante, Spain and Instituto de Síntesis Orgánica (ISO), Universidad de Alicante, Apdo. 99, E-03080 Alicante, Spain
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- Centro de Innovación en Química Avanzada (ORFEO-CINQA), Universidad de Alicante, Apdo. 99, E-03080 Alicante, Spain.
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Toogood HS, Scrutton NS. Discovery, Characterisation, Engineering and Applications of Ene Reductases for Industrial Biocatalysis. ACS Catal 2019; 8:3532-3549. [PMID: 31157123 PMCID: PMC6542678 DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.8b00624] [Citation(s) in RCA: 154] [Impact Index Per Article: 30.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Recent studies of multiple enzyme families collectively referred to as ene-reductases (ERs) have highlighted potential industrial application of these biocatalysts in the production of fine and speciality chemicals. Processes have been developed whereby ERs contribute to synthetic routes as isolated enzymes, components of multi-enzyme cascades, and more recently in metabolic engineering and synthetic biology programmes using microbial cell factories to support chemicals production. The discovery of ERs from previously untapped sources and the expansion of directed evolution screening programmes, coupled to deeper mechanistic understanding of ER reactions, have driven their use in natural product and chemicals synthesis. Here we review developments, challenges and opportunities for the use of ERs in fine and speciality chemicals manufacture. The ER research field is rapidly expanding and the focus of this review is on developments that have emerged predominantly over the last 4 years.
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- Helen S. Toogood
- School of Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Engineering, University of Manchester, 131 Princess Street, Manchester M1 7DN, U.K
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- School of Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Engineering, University of Manchester, 131 Princess Street, Manchester M1 7DN, U.K
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Foley AM, Maguire AR. The Impact of Recent Developments in Technologies which Enable the Increased Use of Biocatalysts. European J Org Chem 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.201900208] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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- Aoife M. Foley
- School of Chemistry; Analytical & Biological Chemistry Research Facility; Synthesis & Solid State Pharmaceutical Centre; University College Cork; Cork Ireland
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- School of Chemistry & School of Pharmacy; Analytical & Biological Chemistry Research Facility; Synthesis & Solid State Pharmaceutical Centre; University College Cork; Cork Ireland
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Crotti M, Parmeggiani F, Ferrandi EE, Gatti FG, Sacchetti A, Riva S, Brenna E, Monti D. Stereoselectivity Switch in the Reduction of α-Alkyl-β-Arylenones by Structure-Guided Designed Variants of the Ene Reductase OYE1. Front Bioeng Biotechnol 2019; 7:89. [PMID: 31080798 PMCID: PMC6497740 DOI: 10.3389/fbioe.2019.00089] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2018] [Accepted: 04/10/2019] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
Abstract
Ene reductases from the Old Yellow Enzyme (OYE) family are industrially interesting enzymes for the biocatalytic asymmetric reduction of alkenes. To access both enantiomers of the target reduced products, stereocomplementary pairs of OYE enzymes are necessary, but their natural occurrence is quite limited. A library of wild type ene reductases from different sources was screened in the stereoselective reduction of a set of representative α-alkyl-β-arylenones to investigate the naturally available biodiversity. As far as the bioreduction of the ethyl ketone derivatives concerns, the results confirmed the distinctiveness of the OYE3 enzyme in affording the reduced product in the (S) configuration, while all the other tested ene reductases from the Old Yellow Enzymes family showed the same stereoselectivity toward the formation of corresponding (R) enantiomer. A possible determinant role of the "hot spot" residue in position 296 for the stereoselectivity control of these reactions was confirmed by the replacement of Phe296 of OYE1 with Ser as found in OYE3. Further investigations showed that the same stereoselectivity switch in OYE1 could be achieved also by the replacement of Trp116 with Ala and Val, these experimental results being rationalized by structural and docking studies. Moreover, an additive effect on the stereoselectivity of OYE1 was observed when coupling the selected mutations in position 296 and 116, thus providing two extremely enantioselective variants of OYE1 (W116A-F296S, W116V-F296S) showing the opposite stereoselectivity of the wild type enzyme. Lastly, the effects of the mutations on the bioreduction of carvone enantiomers were investigated as well.
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- Michele Crotti
- Dipartimento di Chimica, Materiali e Ingegneria Chimica “G. Natta”, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica, Materiali e Ingegneria Chimica “G. Natta”, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica, Materiali e Ingegneria Chimica “G. Natta”, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica, Materiali e Ingegneria Chimica “G. Natta”, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy
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- Istituto di Chimica del Riconoscimento Molecolare, C.N.R., Milan, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica, Materiali e Ingegneria Chimica “G. Natta”, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy
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- Istituto di Chimica del Riconoscimento Molecolare, C.N.R., Milan, Italy
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Freeman JL, Brimble MA, Furkert DP. Convenient access to 5-membered cyclic iminium ions: evidence for a stepwise [4 + 2] cycloaddition mechanism. Org Biomol Chem 2019; 17:2705-2714. [PMID: 30768089 DOI: 10.1039/c9ob00262f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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In situ generation and reaction of novel 5-membered N-tosyl cyclic α,β-unsaturated iminium ions from readily prepared stable precursors is demonstrated. Formal iminium Diels-Alder cycloaddition proceeded in good yield via a stepwise rather than concerted cycloaddition process, confirmed through the isolation of a Mukaiyama-Michael type intermediate. Relative stereochemistry was determined upon subsequent intramolecular cyclisation under Lewis acid catalysis to afford formal endo 5,6-spirobicyclic adducts, as confirmed by crystallography. Further synthetic elaboration towards complex molecular scaffolds based on the dinoflagellate metabolite portimine, a potent apoptosis inducer, were also developed.
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- Jared L Freeman
- School of Chemical Sciences, The University of Auckland, Symonds Street, Auckland 1010, New Zealand.
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Gandomkar S, Żądło‐Dobrowolska A, Kroutil W. Extending Designed Linear Biocatalytic Cascades for Organic Synthesis. ChemCatChem 2019; 11:225-243. [PMID: 33520008 PMCID: PMC7814890 DOI: 10.1002/cctc.201801063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2018] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Artificial cascade reactions involving biocatalysts have demonstrated a tremendous potential during the recent years. This review just focuses on selected examples of the last year and putting them into context to a previously published suggestion for classification. Subdividing the cascades according to the number of catalysts in the linear sequence, and classifying whether the steps are performed simultaneous or in a sequential fashion as well as whether the reaction sequence is performed in vitro or in vivo allows to organise the concepts. The last year showed, that combinations of in vivo as well as in vitro are possible. Incompatible reaction steps may be run in a sequential fashion or by compartmentalisation of the incompatible steps either by using special reactors (membrane), polymersomes or flow techniques.
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- Somayyeh Gandomkar
- Institute of ChemistryUniversity of GrazHeinrichstrasse 28Graz8010Austria
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- Institute of ChemistryUniversity of GrazHeinrichstrasse 28Graz8010Austria
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Heckenbichler K, Schweiger A, Brandner LA, Binter A, Toplak M, Macheroux P, Gruber K, Breinbauer R. Asymmetric Reductive Carbocyclization Using Engineered Ene Reductases. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2018; 57:7240-7244. [PMID: 29689601 PMCID: PMC6033016 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201802962] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2018] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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Ene reductases from the Old Yellow Enzyme (OYE) family reduce the C=C double bond in α,β-unsaturated compounds bearing an electron-withdrawing group, for example, a carbonyl group. This asymmetric reduction has been exploited for biocatalysis. Going beyond its canonical function, we show that members of this enzyme family can also catalyze the formation of C-C bonds. α,β-Unsaturated aldehydes and ketones containing an additional electrophilic group undergo reductive cyclization. Mechanistically, the two-electron-reduced enzyme cofactor FMN delivers a hydride to generate an enolate intermediate, which reacts with the internal electrophile. Single-site replacement of a crucial Tyr residue with a non-protic Phe or Trp favored the cyclization over the natural reduction reaction. The new transformation enabled the enantioselective synthesis of chiral cyclopropanes in up to >99 % ee.
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- Kathrin Heckenbichler
- Institute of Organic ChemistryGraz University of TechnologyStremayrgasse 98010GrazAustria
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- Institute of Organic ChemistryGraz University of TechnologyStremayrgasse 98010GrazAustria
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- Institute of Organic ChemistryGraz University of TechnologyStremayrgasse 98010GrazAustria
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- Institute of BiochemistryGraz University of TechnologyPetersgasse 10–128010GrazAustria
- Austrian Centre of Industrial Biotechnology (ACIB)Petersgasse 148010GrazAustria
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- Institute of BiochemistryGraz University of TechnologyPetersgasse 10–128010GrazAustria
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- Institute of BiochemistryGraz University of TechnologyPetersgasse 10–128010GrazAustria
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- Austrian Centre of Industrial Biotechnology (ACIB)Petersgasse 148010GrazAustria
- Institute of Molecular BiosciencesUniversity of GrazHumboldtstraße 508010GrazAustria
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- Institute of Organic ChemistryGraz University of TechnologyStremayrgasse 98010GrazAustria
- Austrian Centre of Industrial Biotechnology (ACIB)Petersgasse 148010GrazAustria
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Brenna E, Crotti M, De Pieri M, Gatti FG, Manenti G, Monti D. Chemo-Enzymatic Oxidative Rearrangement of Tertiary Allylic Alcohols: Synthetic Application and Integration into a Cascade Process. Adv Synth Catal 2018. [DOI: 10.1002/adsc.201800299] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Elisabetta Brenna
- Dipartimento CMIC “G. Natta”; Politecnico di Milano; Via Mancinelli 20134 Milan IT
- The Protein Factory; Politecnico di Milano Università degli Studi dell' Insubria; Via Mancinelli 7 20131 Milano IT
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- Dipartimento CMIC “G. Natta”; Politecnico di Milano; Via Mancinelli 20134 Milan IT
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- Dipartimento CMIC “G. Natta”; Politecnico di Milano; Via Mancinelli 20134 Milan IT
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- Dipartimento CMIC “G. Natta”; Politecnico di Milano; Via Mancinelli 20134 Milan IT
- The Protein Factory; Politecnico di Milano Università degli Studi dell' Insubria; Via Mancinelli 7 20131 Milano IT
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- Dipartimento CMIC “G. Natta”; Politecnico di Milano; Via Mancinelli 20134 Milan IT
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- Istituto di Chimica del Riconoscimento Molecolare C.N.R.; Via Mario Bianco 9 20131 Milano IT
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Heckenbichler K, Schweiger A, Brandner LA, Binter A, Toplak M, Macheroux P, Gruber K, Breinbauer R. Asymmetrische reduktive Carbocyclisierung durch modifizierte En-Reduktasen. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2018. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201802962] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Kathrin Heckenbichler
- Institut für Organische Chemie; Technische Universität Graz; Stremayrgasse 9 8010 Graz Österreich
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- Institut für Organische Chemie; Technische Universität Graz; Stremayrgasse 9 8010 Graz Österreich
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- Institut für Organische Chemie; Technische Universität Graz; Stremayrgasse 9 8010 Graz Österreich
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- Institut für Biochemie; Technische Universität Graz; Petersgasse 10-12 8010 Graz Österreich
- Austrian Centre of Industrial Biotechnology (ACIB); Petersgasse 14 8010 Graz Österreich
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- Institut für Biochemie; Technische Universität Graz; Petersgasse 10-12 8010 Graz Österreich
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- Institut für Biochemie; Technische Universität Graz; Petersgasse 10-12 8010 Graz Österreich
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- Austrian Centre of Industrial Biotechnology (ACIB); Petersgasse 14 8010 Graz Österreich
- Institut für Molekulare Biowissenschaften; Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz; Humboldtstraße 50 8010 Graz Österreich
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- Institut für Organische Chemie; Technische Universität Graz; Stremayrgasse 9 8010 Graz Österreich
- Austrian Centre of Industrial Biotechnology (ACIB); Petersgasse 14 8010 Graz Österreich
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Complex molecules, clever solutions – Enzymatic approaches towards natural product and active agent syntheses. Bioorg Med Chem 2018; 26:1285-1303. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2017.06.045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2017] [Revised: 05/29/2017] [Accepted: 06/27/2017] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Winkler CK, Faber K, Hall M. Biocatalytic reduction of activated CC-bonds and beyond: emerging trends. Curr Opin Chem Biol 2018; 43:97-105. [PMID: 29275291 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2017.12.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2017] [Revised: 11/02/2017] [Accepted: 12/04/2017] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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The biocatalytic reduction of activated CC-bonds is dominated by ene-reductases from the Old Yellow Enzyme family, which gained broad practical use owing to exquisite stereoselectivity combined with wide substrate scope. Protein diversity is fostered by mining distinct protein classes and by implementing protein engineering techniques. Recent efforts are focusing on expanding the chemical complexity of the product portfolio, either through substrate functionalization or design of multi-step reactions. This review also highlights unusual chemistries catalyzed by ene-reductases and presents emerging methodologies developed to bypass the need of natural nicotinamide cofactors.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Graz, Heinrichstrasse 28, 8010 Graz, Austria
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Graz, Heinrichstrasse 28, 8010 Graz, Austria.
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