Abstract
In order to elucidate the nature of a novel lipase (CSL), isolated from the yeast Cryptococcus spp. S-2, in chiral recognition by comparison with that of immobilized PPL, the desymmetrization and asymmetrization of prochiral 2-phenyl-1,3-propanediol ( 1a), 2-benzyl-1,3-propanediol ( 1b), 2-methyl-2-phenyl-1,3-propanediol ( 1c), 2-benzyl-2-methyl-1,3-propanediol ( 1d), 2-ethyl-2-phenyl-1,3-propanediol ( 1e), and 2-benzyl-2-ethyl-1,3-propanediol ( 1f) by acetylation was investigated. Acetylation of 1a with excess vinyl acetate by the CSL-enzyme catalyst gave the corresponding monoacetate 2a with high enantioselectivity (80% ee) in 46% yield. Very high levels of desymmetrization were observed in the tertiary systems of 1c– f, giving the corresponding monoacetates 2c– f, respectively, in >97%. In the desymmetrization of diols 1a, 1c, 1d, and 1f, the sense of chiral differentiation of CSL was opposite to that of immobilized porcine pancreatic lipase (PPL).
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