Shuang Zheng, Jin‐Qi Yu, Xiao‐Rui Zhang, De‐Qing Wang, Jian‐Qun Deng, Li‐Li Sheng, Juan Liu, Jin Hou, Ju‐Zheng Sheng
{"title":"Continuous‐Flow Biocatalysis of UDP‐Glucuronic Acid: Engineering the Rate‐Limiting Enzyme and Optimizing Multienzyme Immobilization","authors":"Shuang Zheng, Jin‐Qi Yu, Xiao‐Rui Zhang, De‐Qing Wang, Jian‐Qun Deng, Li‐Li Sheng, Juan Liu, Jin Hou, Ju‐Zheng Sheng","doi":"10.1002/adsc.70469","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/adsc.70469","url":null,"abstract":"UDP‐GlcA, the activated form of glucuronic acid, is essential for glycosylation and polysaccharide biosynthesis. Despite advances in UDP‐GlcA synthesis, economical and scalable production methods remain limited. Here, we developed a multienzyme immobilization system for the continuous‐flow synthesis of UDP‐GlcA. We first constructed a UDP‐glucose synthesis module that maintained stable operation for over 200 h with a space‐time yield of 3.9 g·L <jats:sup>−1</jats:sup> ·h <jats:sup>−1</jats:sup> . To address the bottleneck of the rate‐limiting enzyme UDP‐glucose dehydrogenase (TuaD), we obtained the mutant TuaD M8, using a combined strategy of protein repair one‐stop shop engineering and rational reversion of synergistic deleterious mutations, achieving significantly enhanced activity and stability. Integration of both modules yielded a UDP‐GlcA flow synthesis system with a space‐time yield of 1.3 g·L <jats:sup>−1</jats:sup> ·h <jats:sup>−1</jats:sup> and 220 h continuous operation, demonstrating strong industrial potential. This strategy provides an efficient, sustainable, and cost‐effective approach for large‐scale UDP‐GlcA production and establishes a framework for biosynthesizing other high‐value nucleotide sugars via immobilized enzyme systems.","PeriodicalId":118,"journal":{"name":"Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis","volume":"32 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.4,"publicationDate":"2026-04-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147751607","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Trimethylsilyl Triflate‐Promoted Synthesis of Enone Functionalized Benzo‐1,3‐Thiazines via Formal [4 + 2] Heteroannulation of Azadienes with β‐Ketodithioesters at Room Temperature","authors":"Ganesh Kumar, Nimisha Gupta, Keshav Raghuvanshi, Maya Shankar Singh","doi":"10.1002/adsc.70467","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/adsc.70467","url":null,"abstract":"An efficient approach for the direct synthesis of previously inaccessible enone functionalized benzo‐1,3‐thiazines has been developed via formal [4 + 2] heteroannulation of azadienes (generated in situ from 2‐aminobenzyl alcohol) with β‐ketodithioesters in acetonitrile at room temperature, facilitated by trimethylsilyl triflate (TMSOTf). This strategy is distinguished by transition‐metal and additive‐free mild conditions, convenient operation, wide functional group compatibility with no steric and electronic constraints, accessible scalability, high yields, and practical transformations. A combination of controlled experiments and HRMS studies corroborated the proposed mechanism.","PeriodicalId":118,"journal":{"name":"Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis","volume":"31 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.4,"publicationDate":"2026-04-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147751606","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jian‐Peng Tai, Yan‐Ping Luo, Bao‐Gui Cai, Zi‐Yi Xie, Hao‐Ting Duan, Zi‐Xuan Dong, Wen‐Chao Mo, Chongqing Pan, Jun Xuan
{"title":"Bis(oxazoline)–Nickel(II)‐Catalyzed Asymmetric Photochemical Hydroxylation of β‐Keto Esters With Nitrones","authors":"Jian‐Peng Tai, Yan‐Ping Luo, Bao‐Gui Cai, Zi‐Yi Xie, Hao‐Ting Duan, Zi‐Xuan Dong, Wen‐Chao Mo, Chongqing Pan, Jun Xuan","doi":"10.1002/adsc.70480","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/adsc.70480","url":null,"abstract":"Nitrones have been extensively employed as electrophiles, 1,3‐dipoles, and radical acceptors in organic chemistry. In contrast, their photochemical transformations, especially in the context of asymmetric catalysis, have remained elusive. Herein we disclose the first enantioselective phototransformation of nitrones for the hydroxylation of β‐keto esters under bis(oxazoline)–Ni(II) catalysis. This photocatalyst‐free method affords chiral α‐hydroxy β‐keto esters in high yields and excellent enantioselectivity (up to 94% yield, 93% ee). This work opens new chemical space for asymmetric photochemistry of nitrones.","PeriodicalId":118,"journal":{"name":"Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.4,"publicationDate":"2026-04-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147751608","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"O 2 ‐Mediated Cu‐Catalyzed Dehydrogenative Sulfilimination of Tyrosines and Bioactive Phenols","authors":"Fang Xiao, Frederic W. Patureau","doi":"10.1002/adsc.70420","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/adsc.70420","url":null,"abstract":"The bioconjugation of unmodified native peptides, in particular at their tyrosine units with the dehydrogenative phenochalcogenazination reaction, has attracted much attention lately due to potential click type applications. In our quest to bring this oxidative coupling concept beyond phenothiazines and its derivatives, we report herein the case of sulfenamides and their mild O <jats:sub>2</jats:sub> ‐mediated Cu‐catalyzed dehydrogenative sulfilimination of diverse bioactive phenols.","PeriodicalId":118,"journal":{"name":"Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis","volume":"28 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.4,"publicationDate":"2026-04-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147751603","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Unexpected Discovery of an Inverse‐Electron‐Demand (5 + 4) Cycloaddition of Oxidopyridinium With Trifluoromethylated o ‐Quinone Methide Yielding a Bridged N, O‐Acetal Scaffold","authors":"Yuto Ide, Takeshi Yasui, Yoshihiko Yamamoto","doi":"10.1002/adsc.70470","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/adsc.70470","url":null,"abstract":"We investigated the reaction of in situ generated 1‐(pyrimidin‐2‐yl)‐3‐oxidopyridiniums with a trifluoromethylated <jats:italic>o</jats:italic> ‐quinone methide and discovered that unexpected bridged N‐heterocycles bearing an N, O‐acetal moiety were predominantly formed via a (5 + 4) cycloaddition occurring at the 2‐ and 6‐positions of the oxidopyridinium ring. To rationalize the unusual regioselectivity, a non‐concerted mechanism was proposed based on density functional theory calculations.","PeriodicalId":118,"journal":{"name":"Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis","volume":"26 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.4,"publicationDate":"2026-04-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147751604","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Gaurav Jaiswal, Jyotish Barman, Ritesh Majhi, Subhas Chandra Pan
{"title":"Highly Diastereoselective (4 + 3)‐Cycloannulation of Carbonyl Ylides and 3‐Aryl‐1‐(2‐(1‐Arylvinyl)phenyl)prop‐2‐Yn‐1‐Ones Enabled by Silver Catalysis","authors":"Gaurav Jaiswal, Jyotish Barman, Ritesh Majhi, Subhas Chandra Pan","doi":"10.1002/adsc.70449","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/adsc.70449","url":null,"abstract":"A highly diastereoselective (4 + 3)‐cycloannulation of in situ generated carbonyl ylides and 3‐aryl‐1‐(2‐(1‐arylvinyl)phenyl)prop‐2‐yn‐1‐ones enabled by silver catalysis is described. This study is the first to report the synthesis of naphthalenes with an oxa‐bridged motif using silver catalysis. The reaction's scope is broad and the oxa‐bridged naphthalene products were obtained in good to high yields and with excellent diastereoselectivities.","PeriodicalId":118,"journal":{"name":"Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis","volume":"29 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.4,"publicationDate":"2026-04-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147739222","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Synthesis of ß‐Substituted Dehydroamino Acids via Formal C–H Functionalization of Dehydroalanine with Diazo Precursors","authors":"Xiaoshen Ma, Stephen J. Sujansky","doi":"10.1002/adsc.70332","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/adsc.70332","url":null,"abstract":"Recent advances in peptide drug discovery inspired the discovery of novel synthetic methods to access diverse noncanonical amino acids (ncAAs). Dehydroamino acids (ΔAAs) provide opportunities for not only the generation of ncAA building blocks but also late‐stage functionalizations of the α,ß‐desaturation via diverse transformations. Herein, we report a general synthetic method accessing ß‐substituted ΔAAs via formal C–H functionalization of dehydroalanine derivatives. The mild reaction conditions allow broad functional group compatibility and the products provide entries into the novel chemical space of ncAAs.","PeriodicalId":118,"journal":{"name":"Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis","volume":"5 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.4,"publicationDate":"2026-04-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147739224","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Wenxuan Zhang, Chen Dong, Wenjing Qiu, Yuhuan Yang, Tao Liu
{"title":"Enantioselective Synthesis of C–N Atropisomeric Pyrazole–Pyrroles via Asymmetric Paal–Knorr Reaction","authors":"Wenxuan Zhang, Chen Dong, Wenjing Qiu, Yuhuan Yang, Tao Liu","doi":"10.1002/adsc.70431","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/adsc.70431","url":null,"abstract":"The catalytic asymmetric construction of bis‐five‐membered C–N axially chiral scaffolds remains challenging, owing to their low rotational energy barriers. Herein, we describe a chiral phosphoric acid‐catalyzed asymmetric Paal–Knorr reaction between <jats:italic>N</jats:italic> ‐alkyl 5‐aminopyrazoles and 1,4‐diketones, affording <jats:italic>ortho</jats:italic> ‐trisubstituted C–N axially chiral pyrazole–pyrroles in high yield and excellent enantioselectivity. Moreover, the successful construction of <jats:italic>ortho</jats:italic> ‐trisubstituted pyrazole–pyrrole atropisomers is attributed to the strategic use of sterically bulky <jats:italic>N</jats:italic> ‐alkyl pyrazoles for effective stereocontrol. This protocol not only expands the repertoire of bis‐five‐membered C–N axially chiral scaffolds but also exhibits facile scale‐up and diverse late‐stage functionalizations, underscoring its synthetic utility.","PeriodicalId":118,"journal":{"name":"Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis","volume":"67 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.4,"publicationDate":"2026-04-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147739227","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Design, Synthesis, and Structural Analysis of Binaphthyl‐Based Chiral Benzindenes","authors":"Marko Gobin, Nikola Topolovčan","doi":"10.1002/adsc.70478","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/adsc.70478","url":null,"abstract":"Chiral benzindenes are an unexplored structural motif in the realm of organic synthesis. This is a result of a lack of synthetic protocols for constructing these compounds in which chirality does not arise from additional chiral substituents. This work introduces an unprecedented route toward chiral benzindenes as a new potential structural motif for further exploratory studies. Starting from readily available ( <jats:italic>R</jats:italic> )‐BINOL, the convergent synthesis over 9 steps culminated in benzindene with embedded chirality into the binaphthyl framework. The synthetic challenges associated with structural decoration are addressed and evaluated, while DFT and NMR structural analysis of the prepared chiral benzindene revealed its molecular characteristics.","PeriodicalId":118,"journal":{"name":"Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis","volume":"34 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.4,"publicationDate":"2026-04-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147739223","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Asymmetric Transformations of α,β‐Unsaturated Oxazolidinones Catalyzed by C 2 ‐Symmetric Chiral Iron Triad Complexes","authors":"Arthur David, Thierry Ollevier","doi":"10.1002/adsc.70440","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/adsc.70440","url":null,"abstract":"<jats:italic>C</jats:italic> <jats:sub>2</jats:sub> ‐symmetric ligands demonstrate outstanding efficiency in coordinating iron, cobalt, and nickel salts to generate highly active catalysts for asymmetric transformations. Chiral complexes derived from these iron triad metals exhibit excellent performance in stereoselective reactions involving α,β‐unsaturated oxazolidinones, consistently affording high enantio‐ and diastereoselectivities. In the Diels–Alder reaction of cyclopentadiene and aliphatic dienes, enantiomeric and diastereomeric excesses of up to 99% are produced. 1,3‐Dipolar cycloadditions run with nitrones, azomethine imines, nitrile oxides, and diazo esters lead to high levels of selectivity mostly using Ni catalysts. The thia‐Michael addition of thiols to α,β‐unsaturated oxazolidinones successfully affords products with enantiomeric excesses of up to 97% <jats:italic>ee</jats:italic> . Chiral Ni complexes are efficient catalysts for other highly asymmetric transformations, such as Michael addition and α‐chlorination reactions. Fe catalysts provide excellent results of asymmetric conjugate radical addition reaching 98% <jats:italic>ee</jats:italic> . Coordinated iron triad metals are investigated through transition‐state analyses, which support the stereoselectivity observed with multidentate, sterically hindered catalysts. The bidentate BOX, tridentate PyBOX and DBFOX, tetradentate BINIM, and bipyridine diol ligands are particularly valuable in these stereoselective transformations.","PeriodicalId":118,"journal":{"name":"Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis","volume":"26 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.4,"publicationDate":"2026-04-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147739226","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}