title: Asymmetric Synthesis with the Enzyme Coprinus Peroxidase: Kinetic Resolution of Chiral Hydroperoxides and Enantioselective Sulfoxidation.
abstract: The enzyme Coprinus peroxidase (CiP) was employed for the kinetic resolution of racemic hydroperoxides 1 and the asymmetric sulfoxidation of prochiral sulfides 4. Eleven hydroperoxides 1a-k were reduced by CiP and guaiacol as reductant under conditions of kinetic resolution with enantioselectivities of up to >98% for the (S)-hydroperoxide 1 and 90% for the (R)-alcohol 2. In the absence of a reductant, the hydroperoxide 1a afforded with CiP enantiomerically enriched hydroperoxide 1a (ee up to 54%) and alcohol 2a (ee up to 40%), as well as ketone 3a (which is also formed simultaneously in all other reactions) and molecular oxygen. Catalase activity was established for CiP with hydrogen peroxide. When aryl alkyl sulfides 4 were used as oxygen acceptors, three products, sulfoxides 5, alcohols 2, and hydroperoxides 1, were obtained, all in enantiomerically enriched form. The highest ee value (89%) was achieved for the sulfoxide derived from naphthyl methyl sulfide (4f). Thus, CiP may be utilized for the asymmetric synthesis of optically active hydroperoxides 1, alcohols 2, and sulfoxides 5.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Organische Chemie der Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, D-97074 Würzburg, Germany.
authors.forename: Waldemar
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Adam
authors.forename: Cordula
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Mock-Knoblauch
authors.forename: Chantu R.
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Saha-Möller