{"title":"Asymmetric Biomimetic Aldol Reaction of Glycinate with Aliphatic Aldehydes for Efficient Synthesis of Chiral β-Hydroxy-α-Amino Acid Esters","authors":"Tao Liu, Dong Ma, Mingming Lu, Ting Ma, Siqi Liu, Guoqing Zhao, Baoguo Zhao","doi":"10.1039/d5qo00653h","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"In biological systems, enzyme catalyzed processes are efficient and environmentally friendly ways for the transformations of various substances. Biomimetic processes can provide straight forward strategies for the synthesis of target molecules. Asymmetric biomimetic aldol reaction of glycinate is a highly efficient method for the synthesis of chemically and biologically important chiral β-hydroxy-α-amino acid esters. Herein, we developed an asymmetric aldol reaction of glycinate with aliphatic aldehydes using chiral N-quaternized pyridoxal as catalyst, affording a variety of chiral β-hydroxy-α-amino acid esters in 20–91% yields, with up to > 20:1 dr and up to 99% ee.","PeriodicalId":97,"journal":{"name":"Organic Chemistry Frontiers","volume":"97 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.7000,"publicationDate":"2025-07-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Organic Chemistry Frontiers","FirstCategoryId":"92","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1039/d5qo00653h","RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"CHEMISTRY, ORGANIC","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
In biological systems, enzyme catalyzed processes are efficient and environmentally friendly ways for the transformations of various substances. Biomimetic processes can provide straight forward strategies for the synthesis of target molecules. Asymmetric biomimetic aldol reaction of glycinate is a highly efficient method for the synthesis of chemically and biologically important chiral β-hydroxy-α-amino acid esters. Herein, we developed an asymmetric aldol reaction of glycinate with aliphatic aldehydes using chiral N-quaternized pyridoxal as catalyst, affording a variety of chiral β-hydroxy-α-amino acid esters in 20–91% yields, with up to > 20:1 dr and up to 99% ee.
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Organic Chemistry Frontiers is an esteemed journal that publishes high-quality research across the field of organic chemistry. It places a significant emphasis on studies that contribute substantially to the field by introducing new or significantly improved protocols and methodologies. The journal covers a wide array of topics which include, but are not limited to, organic synthesis, the development of synthetic methodologies, catalysis, natural products, functional organic materials, supramolecular and macromolecular chemistry, as well as physical and computational organic chemistry.