Determination of absolute configuration of secondary alcohols using lipase-catalyzed kinetic resolutions.

Chirality

Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biophysics and the Biotechnology Institute, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, Minnesota 55106-6104, USA.

Published: May 2008

Lipases show high enantioselectivity toward a wide range of secondary alcohols. An empirical rule based on the relative sizes of the substituents predicts which enantiomer reacts faster. X-ray structures of lipases provide a molecular basis for this empirical rule: their alcohol-binding pocket contains large hydrophobic pocket open to solvent and another smaller pocket. This predictable enantiopreference of lipases allows the determination of the absolute configuration of secondary alcohols using lipase-catalyzed kinetic resolution. Researchers have used this relative method to determine the configuration of approximately 50 secondary alcohols either as the only method or in combination with other methods.

Download full-text PDF

Source
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/chir.20543DOI Listing

Publication Analysis

Top Keywords

secondary alcohols
16
configuration secondary
12
determination absolute
8
absolute configuration
8
alcohols lipase-catalyzed
8
lipase-catalyzed kinetic
8
empirical rule
8
secondary
4
alcohols
4
kinetic resolutions
4

Similar Publications

Background: Streptococcal Toxic Shock Syndrome (STSS) is a life-threatening condition caused by bacterial toxins. The STSS triad encompasses high fever, hypotensive shock, and a "sunburn-like" rash with desquamation. STSS, like Toxic Shock Syndrome (TSS), is a rare complication of streptococcal infec-tions caused by Group A Streptococcus (GAS), Streptococcal pyogenes (S.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Natural products, particularly plants, remain a vital source of bioactive compounds owing to their unparalleled metabolic diversity across pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, foods, and agriculture. However, this diversity, encompassing not only a multitude of compounds but also their varying chemical and physical properties, presents a challenge in their effective utilization. Targeted analysis of specific metabolites, as well as untargeted approaches covering a wide metabolite range, necessitate optimal extraction solvents tailored to meet diverse requirements.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Objectives: The aim of this study was to develop and validate a nomogram model that predicts the risk of bone metastasis (BM) in a prostate cancer (PCa) population.

Methods: We retrospectively collected and analyzed the clinical data of patients with pathologic diagnosis of PCa from January 1, 2013 to December 31, 2022 in two hospitals in Yangzhou, China. Patients from the Affiliated Hospital of Yangzhou University were divided into a training set and patients from the Affiliated Clinical College of Traditional Chinese Medicine of Yangzhou University were divided into a validation set.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Biallelic pathogenic variants in the inorganic pyrophosphatase 2 (PPA2) gene are a rare but established cause of sudden infant death, which may be precipitated by a pyrexial or viral illness. It has also been associated with sudden death secondary to alcohol ingestion in young adults. We describe the case of a thirteen-month-old female who presented following out-of- hospital cardiac arrest and was subsequently diagnosed with compound, heterozygous pathogenic variants of PPA2.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Cleaning and sterilization are critical Prerequisite Programs in sanitation management based on HACCP. Most food factories clean and sanitize equipment daily after production using detergents containing benzalkonium chloride (BAC). However, in factories that produce oil and fat-rich foods, it has been discovered that microbes can persist on production equipment.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Want AI Summaries of new PubMed Abstracts delivered to your In-box?

Enter search terms and have AI summaries delivered each week - change queries or unsubscribe any time!