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H 3C<br />

H 3CO<br />

Br<br />

726893<br />

NH 2<br />

727083<br />

726842<br />

NH 2<br />

726869<br />

NH 2<br />

NH 2<br />

CH 3<br />

ChiPros Chiral Acids<br />

Enantiopure α- and ß-hydroxy acids and esters are versatile build<strong>in</strong>g<br />

blocks for <strong>the</strong> preparati<strong>on</strong> of a wide range of active pharmaceutical<br />

<strong>in</strong>gredients by <strong>in</strong>corporat<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong>m as esters, amides or e<strong>the</strong>rs, or after<br />

fur<strong>the</strong>r derivatizati<strong>on</strong>, as diols, am<strong>in</strong>o alcohols, thioe<strong>the</strong>rs.<br />

Hydroxy acids are accessible via a range of biotransformati<strong>on</strong>s, am<strong>on</strong>g<br />

<strong>the</strong>m are <strong>the</strong> stereoselective hydrolysis of <strong>the</strong> racemic ester precursor or<br />

reducti<strong>on</strong> of <strong>the</strong> corresp<strong>on</strong>d<strong>in</strong>g keto esters. Hydroxynitrile lyase (HNL)<br />

processes catalyze <strong>the</strong> stereoselective additi<strong>on</strong> of HCN to aldehydes and<br />

ket<strong>on</strong>es yield<strong>in</strong>g s<strong>in</strong>gle-enantiomeric nitriles. 3 Applicati<strong>on</strong> of nitrilases or<br />

a comb<strong>in</strong>ati<strong>on</strong> of nitrile-hydratase plus amidase allows <strong>the</strong> transformati<strong>on</strong><br />

of <strong>the</strong> start<strong>in</strong>g material <strong>in</strong>to <strong>the</strong> desired enantiomer of <strong>the</strong> corresp<strong>on</strong>d<strong>in</strong>g<br />

acid <strong>in</strong> a dynamic k<strong>in</strong>etic resoluti<strong>on</strong> fi nally yield<strong>in</strong>g mandelic<br />

acid derivatives.<br />

BASF developed proprietary processes based <strong>on</strong> dehydrogenases to off er<br />

access to a wide range of α- and ß-hydroxy esters, start<strong>in</strong>g from readily<br />

available keto esters. Due to <strong>the</strong> large range of enzymes available, both<br />

enantiomers can normally be made. Ano<strong>the</strong>r established technology is<br />

enzymatic resoluti<strong>on</strong> us<strong>in</strong>g lipases which <strong>on</strong>ly acylate <strong>on</strong>e enantiomer.<br />

Cl OH<br />

CH 3<br />

O<br />

727067<br />

H 3C<br />

CH3 H3C OH<br />

H 3C<br />

NH2 CH3 726605<br />

726885<br />

NH 2<br />

726923<br />

727342<br />

NH 2<br />

CH 3<br />

CH3 H3C NH2<br />

CH3<br />

OH<br />

726990<br />

O<br />

OH<br />

HN<br />

NH 2<br />

CH 3<br />

726818<br />

NH2 CH3 726613<br />

727180<br />

727032<br />

NH 2<br />

CH 3<br />

NH3 O<br />

H3C OH<br />

727350<br />

Br<br />

CH3<br />

H3CO SO 3<br />

CH 3<br />

ChiPros Chiral Alcohols<br />

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NH 2<br />

726958<br />

NCO<br />

CH 3<br />

726761<br />

726656<br />

CH 3<br />

NH 2<br />

CH 3<br />

Asymmetric Syn<strong>the</strong>sis 5<br />

Chiral alcohols form a versatile class of chiral synth<strong>on</strong>s, s<strong>in</strong>ce <strong>the</strong>y can<br />

be <strong>in</strong>corporated <strong>in</strong>to <strong>the</strong> API structures directly as esters or e<strong>the</strong>rs. They<br />

can be start<strong>in</strong>g materials for <strong>the</strong> formati<strong>on</strong> of am<strong>in</strong>es, amides, thiols,<br />

thioe<strong>the</strong>rs. In additi<strong>on</strong>, after transform<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong> hydroxyl functi<strong>on</strong> <strong>in</strong>to a<br />

leav<strong>in</strong>g group by way of mesylati<strong>on</strong>, tosylati<strong>on</strong> or trifl ati<strong>on</strong>, <strong>the</strong>y can be<br />

used to form new C–C b<strong>on</strong>ds.<br />

Many manufactur<strong>in</strong>g r<str<strong>on</strong>g>out</str<strong>on</strong>g>es make use of asymmetric hydrogenati<strong>on</strong><br />

methods. 4 The two most important biocatalytical processes for <strong>the</strong> formati<strong>on</strong><br />

of chiral alcohols apply lipases and dehydrogenases, respectively. 3<br />

The latter off ers <strong>the</strong> advantage that <strong>on</strong>ly <strong>the</strong> requested enantiomer is<br />

obta<strong>in</strong>ed. Enzyme-catalyzed acylati<strong>on</strong>s us<strong>in</strong>g lipases, however, achieve<br />

<strong>the</strong> resoluti<strong>on</strong> of racemic mixtures of alcohols but with an <strong>in</strong>herent 50<br />

percent maximum yield of <strong>the</strong> total amount of start<strong>in</strong>g material. One<br />

enantiomer of <strong>the</strong> racemic mixture rema<strong>in</strong>s unchanged while <strong>the</strong> antipodal<br />

enantiomer is esterifi ed (Scheme 2).<br />

H 3CO<br />

O<br />

O<br />

CH 3<br />

OH<br />

OH<br />

+ CH3 Lipase<br />

CH3 +<br />

R<br />

Scheme 2: Lipase-catalyzed resoluti<strong>on</strong> of aryl-substituted alcohols.<br />

R<br />

R<br />

O<br />

O<br />

CH 3<br />

OCH 3<br />

Thanks to a variety of commercial and proprietary enzymes at its disposal,<br />

BASF off ers a wide range of aliphatic and cycloaliphatic and aryl-substituted<br />

s<strong>in</strong>gle-enantiomer alcohols under <strong>the</strong> ChiPros brand.<br />

H3C<br />

OH<br />

CH 3<br />

726753 726672<br />

OH<br />

726567<br />

CH 3<br />

H 3C<br />

OH<br />

CH 3<br />

H 3C<br />

OH<br />

727059<br />

CH 3<br />

OH<br />

O<br />

O<br />

727210<br />

CH 3

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