title: Stereochemical and mechanistic aspects of dioxygenase-catalysed benzylic hydroxylation of indene and chromane substrates.
abstract: Toluene dioxygenase (TDO)-catalysed benzylic hydroxylation of indene substrates (8, 16 and 17), using whole cell cultures of Pseudomonas putida UV4, was found to yield inden-1-ol (14 and 22) and indan-1-one bioproducts (15 and 23). The formation of these bioproducts is consistent with the involvement of carbon-centred radical intermediates. TDO-catalysed oxidation of indenes 8 and 16 also gave cis-diols 13 and 18 respectively. TDO and naphthalene dioxygenase (NDO), used as both whole-cell preparations and as purified enzymes, were found to catalyse the benzylic hydroxylation of chromane 30, deuteriated (+/-)-chromane 30D and enantiomers (4S)-30D and (4R)-30D to yield (4R)- and (4S)-chroman-4-ols 31/31D respectively. The mechanism of benzylic hydroxylation of chromane 30/30D involves the stereoselective abstraction of a pro-R (with TDO) or a pro-S (with NDO) hydrogen atom at C-4 and a marked preference for retention of configuration.
authors.affiliation: School of Chemistry, Queen's University of Belfast, Belfast, UK BT9 5AG. dr.boyd@qub.ac.uk
authors.forename: Derek R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Boyd
authors.forename: Narain D
authors.initials: ND
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.forename: Nigel I
authors.initials: NI
authors.lastname: Bowers
authors.forename: Rosemary
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Boyle
authors.forename: John S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Harrison
authors.forename: Kyoung
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Timothy D
authors.initials: TD
authors.lastname: Bugg
authors.forename: David T
authors.initials: DT
authors.lastname: Gibson
mesh_terms: D002839:Chromans / Q000378:metabolism*; D006900:Hydroxylation; D007192:Indenes / Q000378:metabolism*; D010105:Oxygenases / Q000378:metabolism*; D016958:Pseudomonas putida / Q000201:enzymology; D013379:Substrate Specificity
chemical_list: D002839:Chromans; D007192:Indenes; C093581:indene; D010105:Oxygenases; C023172:toluene dioxygenase