Novel chemoenzymatic oxidation of amines into oximes based on hydrolase-catalysed peracid formation.

The efficient transformation of benzylamines into the corresponding oximes has been described by means of a chemoenzymatic process. This strategy is based on a two-step sequence developed in one-pot at 30 °C and atmospheric pressure. First, the formation of a reactive peracid intermediate occurs by means of a lipase-catalysed perhydrolysis reaction, and then this peracid acts as a chemical oxidising agent of the amines.

Stereoselective Access to 1-[2-Bromo(het)aryloxy]propan-2-amines Using Transaminases and Lipases; Development of a Chemoenzymatic Strategy Toward a Levofloxacin Precursor.

Two independent enzymatic strategies have been developed toward the synthesis of enantioenriched 1-[2-bromo(het)aryloxy]propan-2-amines. With that purpose a series of racemic amines and prochiral ketones have been synthesized from commercially available 2-bromophenols or brominated pyridine derivatives bearing different pattern substitutions in the aromatic ring. Biotransamination experiments have been studied using ketones as starting materials, yielding both the (R)- and (S)-amine enantiomers with high selectivity (91-99% ee) depending on the transaminase source.

Catalytic Promiscuity of Transaminases: Preparation of Enantioenriched β-Fluoroamines by Formal Tandem Hydrodefluorination/Deamination.

Transaminases are valuable enzymes for industrial biocatalysis and enable the preparation of optically pure amines. For these transformations they require either an amine donor (amination of ketones) or an amine acceptor (deamination of racemic amines). Herein transaminases are shown to react with aromatic β-fluoroamines, thus leading to simultaneous enantioselective dehalogenation and deamination to form the corresponding acetophenone derivatives in the absence of an amine acceptor.

Chemoenzymatic asymmetric synthesis of 1,4-benzoxazine derivatives: application in the synthesis of a levofloxacin precursor.

A versatile and general route has been developed for the asymmetric synthesis of a wide family of 3-methyl-3,4-dihydro-2H-benzo[b][1,4]oxazines bearing different pattern substitutions in the aromatic ring. Whereas hydrolases were not suitable for resolution of these racemic cyclic nitrogenated amines, alternative chemoenzymatic strategies were designed through independent pathways leading to both amine antipodes. On one hand, bioreduction of 1-(2-nitrophenoxy)propan-2-ones allowed the recovery of the enantiopure (S)-alcohols in high yields using the alcohol dehydrogenase from Rhodococcus ruber (ADH-A), whereas evo-1.

Enzymatic preparation of cis and trans-3-amino-4-hydroxytetrahydrofurans and cis-3-amino-4-hydroxypyrrolidines.

The lipase catalyzed resolution of cis and trans-3-amino-4-hydroxytetrahydrofurans and cis-3-amino-4-hydroxypyrrolidines have been studied. For all the heterocycles, the best enantioselectivity was obtained using Candida antarctica lipases A and B as catalysts in hydrolytic processes. The absolute configuration of the optically pure obtained heterocycles has been assigned.