Shahedi M, Omidi N, Habibi Z, Yousefi M, Brask J, Notash B, Mohammadi M. Biocatalytic stereoselective synthesis of pyrrolidine-2,3-diones containing all-carbon quaternary stereocenters.
Org Biomol Chem 2023;
21:2742-2747. [PMID:
36916669 DOI:
10.1039/d2ob02294j]
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Abstract
Highly functionalized pyrrolidine-2,3-diones can be synthesized efficiently and stereoselectively under mild conditions using a biocatalytic approach. The reaction led to the formation of new all-carbon quaternary stereocenters from Myceliophthora thermophila laccase (Novozym 51003) catalyzed oxidation of catechols to ortho-quinones and subsequent 1,4-addition with 3-hydroxy-1,5-dihydro-2H-pyrrol-2-ones. The reaction was conducted with various substituents on both reactants, resulting in 13 products in moderate to good yields (42-91%). The same 15 reactions were also tested with K3Fe(CN)6 as a catalyst, but here only one reaction resulted in a product (60% yield).
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