71155-04-9Relevant articles and documents
E. coli cells expressing the Baeyer-Villiger monooxygenase 'MO14' (ro03437) from Rhodococcus jostii RHA1 catalyse the gram-scale resolution of a bicyclic ketone in a fermentor
Summers, Benjamin D.,Omar, Muhiadin,Ronson, Thomas O.,Cartwright, Jared,Lloyd, Michael,Grogan, Gideon
, p. 1897 - 1903 (2015/02/19)
The Baeyer-Villiger monooxygenase (BVMO) 'MO14' from Rhodococcus jostii RHA1, is an enantioselective BVMO that catalyses the resolution of the model ketone substrate bicyclo[3.2.0]hept-2-en-6-one to the (1S,5R)-2-oxa lactone and the residual (1S,5R)-substrate enantiomer. This regio-plus enantioselective behaviour is highly unusual for BVMOs, which often perform enantiodivergent biotransformations of this substrate. The scaleability of the transformation was investigated using fermentor-based experiments, in which variables including gene codon optimisation, temperature and substrate concentration were investigated. E. coli cells expressing MO14 catalysed the resolution of bicyclo[3.2.0]hept-2-en-6-one to yield (1S,5R)-2-oxa lactone of >99% ee and (1S,5R)-ketone of 96% ee after 14 h at a temperature of 16 °C and a substrate concentration of 0.5 g L-1 (4.5 mM). MO14 is thus a promising biocatalyst for the production of enantio-enriched ketones and lactones derived from the [3.2.0] platform.
Identification of novel mammalian squalene synthase inhibitors using a three-dimensional pharmacophore
Fairlamb, Ian J.S.,Dickinson, Julia M.,O'Connor, Rachael,Higson, Seamus,Grieveson, Lynsey,Marin, Veronica
, p. 2641 - 2656 (2007/10/03)
Squalene synthase (E.C. 2.5.1.21) catalyses the reductive dimerisation of farnesyl diphosphate in a [1-4] head to head fashion to form squalene, and is the first committed step in cholesterol biosynthesis. Specific inhibitors of squalene synthase would inhibit cholesterol formation and allow production of other important compounds derived from the cholesterol biosynthetic pathway, namely the ubiquinones (co-enzyme Q10), dolichol, and would also allow the isoprenylation process of ras by farnesyl-protein transferase. The construction of a hypothetical squalene synthase three-dimensional pharmacophore is presented. It serves as a template for the identification of several new potential classes of inhibitors. The synthesis, anti-microbial and mammalian pig liver squalene synthase activities of analogues based on the bicyclo[3.2.0]heptane and bicyclo[3.3.0]octane ring systems are reported. Analogues of the latter system are pro-drug type inhibitors and exhibit promising biological activity.
Thermal rearrangement of 7-methylbicyclo[3.2.0]hept-2-ene: An experimental probe of the extent of orbital symmetry control in the [1,3] sigmatropic rearrangement
Bender, Jared D.,Leber, Phyllis A.,Lirio, Ruel R.,Smith, Randall S.
, p. 5396 - 5402 (2007/10/03)
The gas-phase thermal rearrangement of exo-7-methylbicyclo[3.2.0]hept-2-ene yields almost exclusively 5-methylnorbornene products. Inversion (i) of configuration dominates this [1,3] sigmatropic shift although some retention (r) is also observed. Because the [1,3] migration can only occur suprafacially (s) in this geometrically constrained system, the si/sr ratio of 7 observed for the migration of C7 in exo-7-methylbicyclo[3.2.0]hept-2-ene indicates that the orbital symmetry rules are somewhat permissive for the [1,3] sigmatropic migration of carbon.
