{"title":"Rapid Development of a Scalable Reduction of R-Carvone Utilizing Commercially Available Biocatalysts","authors":"Shane M. McKenna, David T. George, Yichen Tan","doi":"10.1021/acs.oprd.5c00116","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"This work demonstrates the rapid optimization and scale-up of biocatalytic cascades in early development programs, achieving efficient results without the need for lengthy upfront evolution campaigns which are expensive and often do not meet project delivery timelines, which range from 6 to 12 months. By utilizing readily available enzymes, we were able to streamline the process from initial screening to a 100 g reaction, highlighting the feasibility and benefits of this approach in a significantly reduced time frame. Specifically, the ERED- and KRED-catalyzed reduction of <i>R</i>-carvone is described, which allows access to <i>R</i>,<i>R</i>,<i>R</i>-dihydrocarveol with high enantio- and diastereoselectivity under mild conditions.","PeriodicalId":55,"journal":{"name":"Organic Process Research & Development","volume":"147 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.1000,"publicationDate":"2025-05-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Organic Process Research & Development","FirstCategoryId":"92","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.oprd.5c00116","RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"CHEMISTRY, APPLIED","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
This work demonstrates the rapid optimization and scale-up of biocatalytic cascades in early development programs, achieving efficient results without the need for lengthy upfront evolution campaigns which are expensive and often do not meet project delivery timelines, which range from 6 to 12 months. By utilizing readily available enzymes, we were able to streamline the process from initial screening to a 100 g reaction, highlighting the feasibility and benefits of this approach in a significantly reduced time frame. Specifically, the ERED- and KRED-catalyzed reduction of R-carvone is described, which allows access to R,R,R-dihydrocarveol with high enantio- and diastereoselectivity under mild conditions.
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The journal Organic Process Research & Development serves as a communication tool between industrial chemists and chemists working in universities and research institutes. As such, it reports original work from the broad field of industrial process chemistry but also presents academic results that are relevant, or potentially relevant, to industrial applications. Process chemistry is the science that enables the safe, environmentally benign and ultimately economical manufacturing of organic compounds that are required in larger amounts to help address the needs of society. Consequently, the Journal encompasses every aspect of organic chemistry, including all aspects of catalysis, synthetic methodology development and synthetic strategy exploration, but also includes aspects from analytical and solid-state chemistry and chemical engineering, such as work-up tools,process safety, or flow-chemistry. The goal of development and optimization of chemical reactions and processes is their transfer to a larger scale; original work describing such studies and the actual implementation on scale is highly relevant to the journal. However, studies on new developments from either industry, research institutes or academia that have not yet been demonstrated on scale, but where an industrial utility can be expected and where the study has addressed important prerequisites for a scale-up and has given confidence into the reliability and practicality of the chemistry, also serve the mission of OPR&D as a communication tool between the different contributors to the field.