• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.8 no.5
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• pp.421-423
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• 1987

The chiral B-isopinocampheyl-9-borabicyclo[3.3.1]nonane-potassium hydride (IPC-9-BBN-KH) and potassium B-isopinocampheyl-9-boratabicyclo[3.3.1]nonane (K IPC-9-BBNH) systems were applied to the enantioselective reduction of representative racemic epoxides, namely 1,2-epoxybutane, 1,2-epoxyoctane, 3,3-dimethyl-1,2-epoxybutane and styrene oxide. In the case of IPC-9-BBN-KH system, the optical yields are in the range of 8.3-37.4$\%$ ee. However, the system of K IPC-9-BBNH provides significantly lower optical yields, showing 7-22.5$\%$ ee. These results strongly suggest that the enantioselective coordination of chiral organoborane to the epoxy oxygen of racemic epoxides plays an important role in this resolution.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.12 no.5
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• pp.565-569
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• 1991

Enantioselective synthesis of 1-substituted tetrahydroisoquinoline alkaloids (1) via asymmetric reduction of 1-substituted 3,4-dihydroisoquinolines (2) and the corresponding iminium salts (3) with the selected chiral hydride reagents, such as K glucoride (5), Itsuno's reagent (6), and Mosher's reagent (7) were examined. In these reactions, dihydroisoquinolines were not reduced by the hydride reagents, whereas the iminium salts were easily reduced under the same reaction conditions found in successful reduction of ketones. Thus, the reduction of 6,7-dimethoxy-3,4-dihydroisoquinolium iodide(3a) with 5, 6 and 7 provided the product 1a with 52.3 % ee, 18 % ee, and 66.4 % ee, respectively. For 1-benzyl derivatives (3b-3d), syntheses of 1b-1d with 0.7-6.2 % ee, 5.9-21 % ee, and 1.4-2.7 % ee were achieved with chiral reducing agents 5, 6 and 7, respectively. For 1-aryl derivatives, use of 5, 6 and 7 resulted in optical inductions in the range of 25.2-43 % ee, 13-21.1 % ee, and 6.3-16 % ee, respectively.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Industry Convergence
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• v.12 no.3
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• pp.143-147
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• 2009

The enantioselective reduction of representative prochiral alkyl-aryl ketones with a new chiral alkoxy-amine-aluminum derivatives from aluminum hydride and ${\alpha},{\alpha}$-diphenyl-${\beta}$-amino alcohols, such as (S)-(-)-2-amino-3-methyl-1,1-diphenylbutan-1-ol(AMDPB) and (S)-(-)-2-(diphenylhydroxy-methyl)pyrrolidine(DPHMP), in THF at $0^{\circ}C$ was studied. In the reduction of alkoxy-amine-aluminum derivatives, acetophenone, propiophenone, isopropiophenone, and butyrophenone are reduced to corresponding aromatic secoundary alcohols with 34~60 % enantiomeric excess of (S)-isomers. For such ketones, the optical induction was enhanced by increasing a size of alkyl groups.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.11 no.1
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• pp.81-82
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• 1990

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.15 no.12
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• pp.1027-1029
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• 1994

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• v.25 no.11
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• pp.1810-1818
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• 2015

For the synthesis of various pharmaceuticals, chiral alcohols are useful intermediates. Among them, (R)-ethyl-4-chloro-3-hydroxybutanoate ((R)-ECHB) is an important building block for the synthesis of L-carnitine. (R)-ECHB is produced from ethyl-4-chloro-3-oxobutanoate (ECOB) by a reductase-mediated, enantioselective reduction reaction. The Saccharomyces cerevisiae YOL151W reductase that is expressed in Escherichia coli cells exhibited an enantioselective reduction reaction toward ECOB. By virtue of the C-terminal His-tag, the YOL151W reductase was purified from the cell-free extract using Ni²⁺-NTA column chromatography and immobilized onto Ni²⁺-magnetic microparticles. The physical properties of the immobilized reductase (Imm-Red) were measured using electron microscopy, a magnetic property measurement system, and a zeta potential system; the average size of the particles was approximately 1 μm and the saturated magnetic value was 31.76 emu/g. A neodymium magnet was used to recover the immobilized enzyme within 2 min. The Imm-Red showed an optimum temperature at 45℃ and an optimum pH at 6.0. In addition, Bacillus megaterium glucose dehydrogenase (GDH) was produced in the E. coli cells and was used in the coupling reaction to regenerate the NADPH cofactor. The reduction/oxidation coupling reaction composed of the Imm-Red and GDH converted 20 mM ECOB exclusively into (R)-ECHB with an e.e._p value of 98%.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.9 no.1
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• pp.62-64
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• 1988

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.15 no.2
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• pp.101-103
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• 1994

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• v.20 no.9
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• pp.1300-1306
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• 2010

Ethyl (R, S)-4-chloro-3-hydroxybutanoate (ECHB) is a useful chiral building block for the synthesis of L-carnitine and hypercholesterolemia drugs. The yeast reductase, YOL151W (GenBank locus tag), exhibits an enantioselective reduction activity, converting ethyl-4-chlorooxobutanoate (ECOB) exclusively into (R)-ECHB. YOL151W was generated in Escherichia coli cells and purified via Ni-NTA and desalting column chromatography. It evidenced an optimum temperature of $45^{\circ}C$ and an optimum pH of 6.5-7.5. Bacillus subtilis glucose dehydrogenase (GDH) was also expressed in Escherichia coli, and was used for the recycling of NADPH, required for the reduction reaction. Thereafter, Escherichia coli cells co-expressing YOL151W and GDH were constructed. After permeablization treatment, the Escherichia coli whole cells were utilized for ECHB synthesis. Through the use of this system, the 30 mM ECOB substrate could be converted to (R)-ECHB.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.15 no.12
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• pp.1080-1084
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• 1994

Asymmetric inducing effects of substituents attached at nitrogen, the 5-position and boron in oxazaborolidine rings on asymmetric borane reduction of ketones were investigated. Thus, the effect of N-substituents examined with the oxazaborolidines prepared from (lR,2S)-N-alkyl norephedrine derivatives showed the remarkable decrease of enantioselectivities of the product alcohols by the variation of the steric size of alkyl groups on nitrogen from Me${\leftrightarro}$n-Bu(${\simeq}$Bn)${\leftrightarro}$ neopentyl${\leftrightarro}$i-Pr, such as 83${\%}$ ee with 5b, 22${\%}$ ee with 5c, 23${\%}$ ee with 5f, 16${\%}$ ee with 5e, and 3${\%}$ ee with 5d for the reduction of acetophenone. The presence of diphenyl groups at the 5-position enhanced the enantioselectivities dramatically. The effect of B-alkyl substituents in the oxazaborolidines derived from (lR,2S)-ephedrine showed that the enantioselectivities of product alcohols decreased gradually when the substituents were changed from hydrogen to steric bulky groups such as methyl, n-butyl, thexyl and phenyl.