Repurposing an aldolase for the chemoenzymatic synthesis of substituted quinolines

DJ Fansher, R Granger, S Kaur, DRJ Palmer - ACS Catalysis, 2021 - ACS Publications
Quinoline derivatives are important natural products and pharmaceuticals, but their
synthesis can be challenging due to poor yields, harsh reaction conditions, and instability of …

Pyruvate aldolases catalyze cross-aldol reactions between ketones: Highly selective access to multi-functionalized tertiary alcohols

V Laurent, L Gourbeyre, A Uzel, V Hélaine… - ACS …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Tertiary alcohols are widely represented in nature and among bioactive molecules. Their
importance is attested by the continuous efforts to meet the challenge of their stereoselective …

Selective synthesis of functionalized quinazolinone derivatives via biocatalysis

J Lan, Z Le, H Li, J Meng, B Gong, Z Xie - Molecular Catalysis, 2020 - Elsevier
A novel and efficient biocatalyzed methodology for the construction of functionalized
quinazolinone derivatives via tandem/hydrolysis/decarboxylation/cyclization and …

[HTML][HTML] Single step syntheses of (1S)-aryl-tetrahydroisoquinolines by norcoclaurine synthases

R Roddan, A Sula, D Méndez-Sánchez… - Communications …, 2020 - nature.com
Abstract The 1-aryl-tetrahydroisoquinoline (1-aryl-THIQ) moiety is found in many biologically
active molecules. Single enantiomer chemical syntheses are challenging and although …

Biocatalytic Synthesis of α, β-Unsaturated 2-Keto Acids and Derivatives Using the Promiscuous Aldolase, NahE

DJ Fansher, N Ngwira, AR Salehi, J Woods… - …, 2023 - thieme-connect.com
Type I aldolases catalyze carbon–carbon bond-forming reactions to form a diverse set of
products in nature but often display high selectivity for their natural substrates. One such …

A Pummerer Reaction-Enabled Modular Synthesis of Alkyl Quinoline-3-carboxylates and 3-Arylquinolines from Amino Acids

JT Ma, T Chen, BC Tang, XL Chen, ZC Yu… - The Journal of …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Concise synthesis of functionalized quinolines has received continuous research attention
owing to the biological importance and synthetic potential of bicyclic N-heterocycles …

An efficient biocatalytic oxidative dehydroaromatization approach for the construction of quinolines enabled by monoamine oxidase with molecular oxygen

H Jin, S Ju, H Yu, L Yang, W Zheng, J Wu - Green Chemistry, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Quinolines are important building blocks for the synthesis of natural products and
pharmaceuticals. In comparison with classical methods, dehydroaromatization of 1, 2, 3, 4 …

[HTML][HTML] Chemoenzymatic conversion of amides to enantioenriched alcohols in aqueous medium

JE Dander, M Giroud, S Racine, ER Darzi… - Communications …, 2019 - nature.com
One-pot reactions that combine non-enzymatic and biocatalytic transformations represent an
emerging strategy in chemical synthesis. Some of the most powerful chemoenzymatic …

Harnessing the substrate promiscuity of dioxygenase AsqJ and developing efficient chemoenzymatic synthesis for quinolones

H Tang, Y Tang, IV Kurnikov, HJ Liao, NL Chan… - ACS …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Nature has developed complexity-generating reactions within natural product biosynthetic
pathways. However, direct utilization of these pathways to prepare compound libraries …

Synthesis of Furo-and Thienoquinolines by Using an Amine Oxidase-Inspired Catalyst

PR Thorve, B Maji - Synlett, 2023 - thieme-connect.com
We report the regioselective synthesis of furo-and thienoquinolines by using an amine
oxidase-inspired catalyst (1, 10-phenanthroline-5, 6-dione) and an abundant Lewis acid …