Regio- and stereoselective multi-enzymatic aminohydroxylation of β-methylstyrene using dioxygen, ammonia and formate

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Publication date 07-12-2019
Journal Green Chemistry
Volume | Issue number 21 | 23
Pages (from-to) 6246-6251
Number of pages 6
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  • Faculty of Science (FNWI) - Van 't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences (HIMS)
Abstract We report an enzymatic route for the formal regio- and stereoselective aminohydroxylation of β-methylstyrene that consumes only dioxygen, ammonia and formate; carbonate is the by-product. The biocascade entails highly selective epoxidation, hydrolysis and hydrogen-borrowing alcohol amination. Thus, β-methylstyrene was converted into 1R,2R and 1S,2R-phenylpropanolamine in 59–63% isolated yields, and up to >99.5 : <0.5 dr and er.
Document type Article
Note With supplementary file
Language English
Published at https://doi.org/10.1039/c9gc03161h
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