syn-3,5-Dihydroxy Hexanoate

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pure 8 (2.4 g, HPLC purity, 92%). [α]D25 = −41.3 (c = 1.0, CHCl3), >99.5% de.(8g, 9) 1H NMR (CDCl3, 400 MHz), δ/ppm: 1.47 (s, 9H), 1.71–1.75 (m, 2H), 2.42–2.44 (m, 2H), 2.54–2.56 (m, 2H), 3.71 (brs, 2H), 4.18–4.22 (m, 1H), 4.26–4.31 (m, 1H).

 

t-butyl 6-cyano-(5R)-hydroxy-3-oxo-hexanoate

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t-Butyl-6-cyano-(3R,5R)-dihydroxyhexanoate is an advanced chiral precursor for the synthesis of the side chain pharmacophore of cholesterol-lowering drug atorvastatin. Herein, a robust carbonyl reductase (LbCR) was newly identified from Lactobacillus brevis, which displays high activity and excellent diastereoselectivity toward bulky t-butyl 6-cyano-(5R)-hydroxy-3-oxo-hexanoate (7). The engineered Escherichia coli cells harboring LbCR and glucose dehydrogenase (for cofactor regeneration) were employed as biocatalysts for the asymmetric reduction of substrate 7. As a result, as much as 300 g L–1 of water-insoluble substrate was completely converted to the corresponding chiral diol with >99.5% de in a space–time yield of 351 g L–1 d–1, indicating a great potential of LbCR for practical synthesis of the very bulky and bi-chiral 3,5-dihydroxy carboxylate side chain of best-selling statin drugs.

Identification of a Robust Carbonyl Reductase for Diastereoselectively Building syn-3,5-Dihydroxy Hexanoate: a Bulky Side Chain of Atorvastatin

 State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, Shanghai Collaborative Innovation Center for Biomanufacturing, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai 200237, P. R. China
 School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Guangxi University, Nanning 530004, Guangxi, P. R. China
§ Guangxi Key Laboratory of Biorefinery, Guangxi Academy of Sciences, Nanning 530003, Guangxi, P. R. China
Org. Process Res. Dev., Article ASAP
DOI: 10.1021/acs.oprd.7b00194
*E-mail: gaoweizheng@ecust.edu.cn; fax: (+86)-21-64250840., *E-mail: jianhexu@ecust.edu.cn; fax: (+86)-21-64252498.
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