Chemoenzymatic amination of alcohols by combining oxidation catalysts with transaminases in one pot

• Chemoenzymatic methods for the amination of alcohols have been developed. The reactions were performed in a one-pot two-step fashion, where the alcohol starting material was first oxidized to the corresponding carbonyl compound and then subsequently converted to the amine product with an enzymatic system based on an amine transaminase. The enzyme system was able to operate in a water/organic solvent two-phase system in the presence of either a heterogeneous palladium(0) catalyst or a homogeneous copper(I) catalyst. High conversions to the product amines were achieved for a range of substituted benzyl alcohols and similar compounds, but unfortunately the use of aliphatic alcohols resulted in lower conversions and secondary alcohols could not be converted to the corresponding amines with this methodology.

Subject headings

NATURVETENSKAP  -- Kemi -- Organisk kemi (hsv//swe)

NATURAL SCIENCES  -- Chemical Sciences -- Organic Chemistry (hsv//eng)

Keyword

Biocatalysis

enzyme

amine transaminase

ω-transaminase

green chemistry

palladium

copper

TEMPO

Bioteknologi

Biotechnology

Publication and Content Type

vet (subject category)

ovr (subject category)