Dynamic kinetic resolution of 2-methyl-2-nitrocyclohexanol: Combining the intramolecular nitroaldol (Henry) reaction & lipase catalysed resolution
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2018-02-02
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Foley, Aoife M.
Gavin, Declan P.
Deasy, Rebecca E.
Milner, Sinéad E.
Moody, Thomas S.
Eccles, Kevin S.
Lawrence, Simon E.
Maguire, Anita R.
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Elsevier B.V.
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Abstract
Efforts to combine the intramolecular nitroaldol reaction with lipase-catalysed resolution of the resulting nitroaldol adduct in a one-pot dynamic kinetic resolution (DKR) are described. Significant challenges were encountered in the combination of the two systems. trans-2-Methyl-2-nitrocyclohexyl acetate (±)-3b was isolated in excellent enantiopurity (>98% ee) via a sequential DKR sequence where the lipase-mediated resolution and base-mediated interconversion of 2-methyl-2-nitrocyclohexanol 2 were effected alternately, demonstrating the feasibility of this approach initially. Further work showed, for the first time, evidence that a DKR-type system is possible for 2. Reaction engineering allowed the design of a sequential one-pot reaction system which furnished the products with excellent enantioselectivity, and good diastereoselectivity.
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Biocatalysis , Kinetic resolution , Henry reaction , Dynamic kinetic resolution , Lipases
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Foley, A. M., Gavin, D. P.; Deasy, R. E., Milner, S. E., Moody, T. S., Eccles, K. S., Lawrence, S. E. and Maguire, A. R. (2018) 'Dynamic kinetic resolution of 2-methyl-2-nitrocyclohexanol: Combining the intramolecular nitroaldol (Henry) reaction & lipase catalysed resolution', Tetrahedron, 74(13), pp. 1435-1443. doi:10.1016/j.tet.2018.01.055