酶分子在试管内的定向进化及其在手性有机物合成中的应用

本文扼要介绍了当今改进酶分子性能的有效手段———分子定向进化技术的基本方法如易错PCR和DNA洗牌,以及派生的一些新技术的原理与进展,并列举了在手性有机物合成中一些成功的实例,为该领域的研究与应用提供了一些新的信息。     

Synthesis and characterization of new oligosilane derivatives of iron and molybdenum

By use of salt elimination, the transition metal substituted oligosilanes (η⁵-C₅Me₄Et)Fe(CO)₂SiMe₂SiMe₂Cl 1, (η⁵-C₅Me₄Et)Mo(CO)₃SiMe₂SiMe₂Br 2, (η⁵-C₅Me₄Et)Fe(CO)₂(SiMe₂)₆(CO)₂Fe(η⁵-C₅Me₄Et) 3 and (η⁵-C₅Me₄Et)Fe(CO)₂(SiMe₂)₆Br 4 were prepared and characterized. Compound 1 is well crystallized from pentane and its structure has been determined by X-ray diffraction analysis.     

Highly efficient redox isomerization of allylic alcohols at ambient temperature catalyzed by novel ruthenium-cyclopentadienyl complexes--new insight into the mechanism

A range of ruthenium cyclopentadienyl (Cp) complexes have been prepared and used for isomerization of allylic alcohols to the corresponding saturated carbonyl compounds. Complexes bearing CO ligands show higher activity than those with PPh3 ligands. The isomerization rate is highly affected by the substituents on the Cp ring. Tetra(phenyl)methyl-substituted catalysts rapidly isomerize allylic alcohols under very mild reaction conditions (ambient temperature) with short reaction times. Substituted allylic alcohols have been isomerized by employing Ru-Cp complexes. A study of the isomerization catalyzed by [Ru(Ph5Cp)(CO)2H] (14) indicates that the isomerization catalyzed by ruthenium hydrides partly follows a different mechanism than that of ruthenium halides activated by KOtBu. Furthermore, the lack of ketone exchange when the isomerization was performed in the presence of an unsaturated ketone (1 equiv), different from that obtained by dehydrogenation of the starting allylic alcohol, supports a mechanism in which the isomerization takes place within the coordination sphere of the ruthenium catalyst.     

Effects of allylic and homoallylic substituents on the ring closing metathesis reaction used to synthesise simplified eleuthesides

During the course of our synthetic studies towards simplified eleuthesides, we have found that p-methoxyphenyl (PMP) protected allylic alcohols are compatible with the RCM reaction and can give better yields than the corresponding free allylic alcohols.     

Investigations on 1-Azabicyclic Compounds. 25. Stereochemistry, Hydrogen Bonds, and Gas-Liquid Chromatography of Pyrrolizidine Alcohols

Data have been summarized of several studies on the separation of isomeric pyrrolizidine alcohols by GLC using liquid polar stationary phases. It was shown that the order of emergence of isomers from the chromatographic column is determined to a significant extent by competition of intermolecular hydrogen bonds formed in the sorbate-sorbent systems and intramolecular hydrogen bonds in the molecules of the same pyrrolizidine alcohols. The preference for one or other type of hydrogen bond depends on the stereochemistry of the pyrrolizidine alcohols. Analysis of the geometric conditions for the formation of intramolecular hydrogen bonds in the investigated compounds in conjunction with chromatographic resolution data enables their configurations to be assigned. The anomalously short retention times of highly strained 5-hydroxyalkyl-3-methylpyrrolizidines are explained by the existence in them of a bicyclic conformation predominantly with a trans linkage and with f avora ble geometric conditions for forming intramolecular hydrogen bonds in them.     

4-Methylpyrimidinium ylides. Part 7: 3+2 Dipolar cycloadditions to non-symmetrical substituted alkenes and alkynes

The ability of 4-methylpyrimidinium ylides (as 1,3-dipoles) to react with activated non-symmetrical substituted dipolarophiles (alkenes and alkynes) is presented. 4-Methylpyrimidinium ylides did not react with alkenes. With alkynes the reactions are regiospecific, a single regioisomer being obtained. A possible mechanism for the reaction pathway is proposed. For the first time in the pyrimidinium ylides series both isomers resulting from bonding to the 2-and 6-positions of the heterocycle ring were obtained. The appropriate conditions in order to increase the selectivity of one of the isomers were determined.     

Analysis of metabolites of glucose pathways in human erythrocytes by analytical isotachophoresis

A method for the quantitative determination of the major anionic constituents of fountain solutions, typically mono-, di- and hydroxycarboxylates, alkylbenzenesulfonates, and inorganic anions, including orthophosphate and polyphosphates, is presented here for the first time. The analytical problems arising from extensive co-elution of many of these analytes on an ion-exchange column have been resolved through a combination of (i) careful selection of the concentration gradient of the sodium hydroxide eluent; (ii) parallel analysis by ion-exclusion chromatography; and (iii) determination of total phosphorus by inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectrometry.     

A conformational analysis method for understanding the energy landscapes of clusters.

A newly developed unbiased structural optimization method, named dynamic lattice searching (DLS), is proposed as an approach for conformational analysis of atomic/molecular clusters and used in understanding the energy landscape of large clusters. The structures of clusters are described in terms of the number of basic tetrahedron (BT) units they contain. We found that the hit numbers of different structural motifs in DLS runs is proportional to the number of BTs. A parameter T(max) is defined to limit the maximal number of atoms moved in a structural transition. Results show that T(max) is a key parameter for modulating the efficiency of the DLS method and has a great influence on the hit number of different motifs in DLS runs. Finally, the effect of potential range on the conformational distribution of the (Morse)(98) cluster is also discussed with different potential-range parameters.     

Organometallic Syntheses with Diazoalkanes

In recent years, aliphatic diazo compounds have proved to be more and more versatile as reagents in the preparative chemistry of organometallic complexes. As readily accessible compounds, they are not only suitable for the synthesis of known kinds of metal complexes but also open fresh routes to novel complex systems. The comparatively new field of diazoalkane complex chemistry exhibits numerous unexpected and novel reactions, and introduces interesting and promising aspects into the chemistry of carbonylmetal compounds.     

Effect of ionic additives on the elution of sodium aryl sulfonates in supercritical fluid chromatography

Addition of a small amount of polar solvent (i.e., modifier) to CO2 in packed column supercritical fluid chromatography (SFC) has shown major improvements in both polar analyte solubility and interaction of the polar analyte with the stationary phase. Recently, the addition of an ionic component (i.e., additive) to the primary modifier by one of us has been shown to extend even further the application of SFC to polar analytes. In this work, the effect of various ionic additives on the elution of ionic compounds, such as sodium 4-dodecylbenzene sulfonate and sodium 4-octylbenene sulfonate, has been studied. The additives were lithium acetate, ammonium acetate, tetramethylammonium acetate, tetrabutylammonium acetate, and ammonium chloride dissolved in methanol. Three stationary phases with different degrees of deactivation were considered: conventional cyanopropyl, deltabond cyanopropyl, and bare silica. The effect of additive concentration and additive functionality on analyte retention was investigated. Sodium 4-dodecylbenzene sulfonate was successfully eluted using all the additives with good peak shape under isocratic/isobaric/isothermal conditions. Different additives, however, yielded different retention times and in some cases different peak shapes.