Li-Hua Du,Rui-Jie Long,Miao Xue,Ping-Feng Chen,Meng-Jie Yang,Xi-Ping Luo
A continuous-flow procedure for the synthesis of β-amino acid esters has been developed via lipase-catalyzed Michael reaction of various aromatic amines with acrylates. Lipase TL IM fromThermomyces lanuginosuswas first used to catalyze Michael addition reaction of aromatic amines. Compared with other methods, the salient features of this work include green reaction conditions (methanol as reaction medium), short residence time (30 min), readily available catalyst and a reaction process that is easy to control. This enzymatic synthesis of β-amino acid esters performed in continuous-flow microreactors is an innovation that provides a new strategy for the fast biotransformation of β-amino acid esters.Keywords:enzymatic synthesis;β-amino acid esters;microreactor;aromatic amines;Michael addition
Song Bai,Shan Liu,Yunying Zhu,Jiali Lu,Lina Ai,Jing Xue,Qin Wu
An efficient asymmetric synthesis of chiral β-amino acid ester derivatives containing a 4-(pyridin-3-yl)pyrimidin-2-yl amine moiety was developed. This catalytic asymmetric Mannich reaction gave target products in high yields (95%) and excellent enantioselectivities (>99% ee) using a cinchona-based squaramide catalyst under solvent-free, one-pot conditions. Antiviral bioassays indicated that some of the chiral products exhibited higher antiviral activities against tobacco mosaic virus than the commercial compound ribavirin.