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Friday 5 August 2016

Simultaneous KRED and NHase/amidase activity

Developing a Biocascade Process: Concurrent Ketone Reduction-Nitrile Hydrolysis of 2-Oxocycloalkanecarbonitriles
Elisa Liardo, Nicolás Ríos-Lombardía, Francisco Morís, Javier González-Sabín, and Francisca Rebolledo
Org. Lett., 2016, 18 (14), pp 3366–3369

 

 A stereoselective bioreduction of 2-oxocycloalkanecarbonitriles was concurrently coupled to a whole cell-catalyzed nitrile hydrolysis in one-pot. The first step, mediated by ketoreductases, involved a dynamic reductive kinetic resolution, which led to 2-hydroxycycloalkanenitriles in very high enantio- and diastereomeric ratios. Then, the simultaneous exposure to nitrile hydratase and amidase from whole cells of Rhodococcus rhodochrous provided the corresponding 2-hydroxycycloalkanecarboxylic acids with excellent overall yield and optical purity for the all-enzymatic cascade.

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