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Biocatalytic Approaches to the Synthesis of Enantiomerically Pure Chiral Amines

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Enantiomerically pure chiral amines are valuable building blocks for the synthesis of pharmaceutical drugs and agrochemicals. Indeed it is estimated that currently 40 % of pharmaceuticals contain a chiral amine component in their structure. Chiral amines are also widely used as resolving agents for diastereomeric salt crystallization. One of the challenges of preparing chiral amines in enantiomerically pure form is the development of cost-effective and sustainable catalytic methods that are able to address the requirement for the entire range of primary, secondary and tertiary amines. In this review we highlight various biocatalytic strategies that have been developed, particularly those based upon asymmetric synthesis or their equivalent therefore (i.e. dynamic kinetic resolution, deracemisation) in which yields and enantiomeric excesses approaching 100 % can be attained. Particular attention is given to the use of monoamine oxidase (MAO-N) from Aspergillus niger which has been engineered by directed evolution to provide a tool-box of variants which can generate enantiomerically pure primary, secondary and tertiary amines. These MAO-N variants are combined with non-selective chemical reducing agents in deracemisation processes.

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Ghislieri, D., Turner, N.J. Biocatalytic Approaches to the Synthesis of Enantiomerically Pure Chiral Amines. Top Catal 57, 284–300 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11244-013-0184-1

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