1. Synthesis and microbial transformation of β-amino nitriles
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Winkler, Margit, Martínková, Ludmila, Knall, Astrid C., Krahulec, Stefan, and Klempier, Norbert
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NITRILES , *HYDROLYSIS , *AMINO acids , *AMIDES - Abstract
Abstract: Rhodococcus equi A4, Rhodococcus erythropolis NCIMB 11540 and Rhodococcus sp. R312 were investigated towards their ability to produce β-amino amides and acids from β-amino nitriles. The microorganisms show comparable trends: five-membered alicyclic 2-amino nitriles were transformed significantly faster than the six-membered compounds and the products of trans-2-amino nitriles (amides and acids) were formed considerably faster than the cis-counterparts (amides). The trans-five membered nitriles gave the amides (1b, 5b) in excellent enantiomeric excess (94–99%), the biotransformation of trans-six membered substrates resulted in the formation of the acid (3c, 7c) in excellent ee (87–99%). The ee''s of the cis-compounds were throughout lower. Fifteen new substances were synthesized and characterized in the course of this work. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]
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- 2005
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