Abstract
The Baeyer-Villiger oxidation of the 2-substituted ketones 1 and 3 with the coupled system cyclohexanone monooxygenase from Acinetobacter NCIMB 9871 / formate dehydrogenase from Pseudomonas sp. 101 provides the lactones (R)-2 and (R)-4 with high enantiomeric excess which are precursors in the synthesis of lipoic acid. The symmetrically trisubstituted ketone 5 was oxidised to the lactones 6a and 6b in a ratio of approx. 3:1. The absolute configuration of 6a and 6b was determined by hydrolysis of the racemic lactone with PLE yielding the hydroxycarboxylic acid (-)-7 with known absolute configuration.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 947-951 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Synthesis |
| Issue number | 6 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - May 2001 |
Keywords
- oxidation
- enzymes
- kinetic resolution
- hydrolysis
- natural products
- FORMATE DEHYDROGENASE
- AGGREGATION PHEROMONE
- (R)-(+)-LIPOIC ACID
- LARDOGLYPHUS-KONOI
- EPSILON-LACTONES
- ACARID MITE
- OXYGENASE
- RESOLUTION
- LARDOLURE