Penicillin G acylase-mediated kinetic resolution of racemic 1-(N-acylamino)alkylphosphonic and 1-(N-acylamino)alkylphosphinic acids and their esters

Publication date: Available online 25 June 2016 Source:Journal of Molecular Catalysis B: Enzymatic Author(s): Katarzyna Zielińska, Roman Mazurkiewicz, Katarzyna Szymańska, Andrzej Jarzębski, Sylwia Magiera, Karol Erfurt Extensive studies on the penicillin G acylase-mediated kinetic resolution of N-acylated 1-aminoalkylphosphonic and 1-aminoalkylphosphinic acids as well as their esters were carried out to recognise the relationships between the substrate structure, reaction conditions, and the enzymatic hydrolytic deacylation efficiency and stereoselectivity. Reactivity of 1-(N-acylamino)alkylphosphonic and 1-(N-acylamino)alkylphosphinic acids and their esters in the penicillin G acylase-mediated hydrolytic deacylation reaction depends strongly on the kind of their N-acyl group, with high preference to the hydrolytic splitting of the N-phenylacetyl moiety. The initial hydrolysis rates of 1-(N-phenylacetylamino)alkylphosphonic acid dimethyl esters 2 are mostly distinctly lower in comparison with the corresponding free acids 3 and rapidly decrease with the increasing steric effect of the substituent at the α-position. In contrary to the substituents at the α-carbon, bulky substituents at the phosphorus hinder the enzymatic hydrolysis to a much lesser degree. The penicillin G acylase-mediated stereospecific hydrolysis of N-acyl group of both racemic 1-(N-acylamino)alkylphosphonic acids 3 and their dimethyl esters 2 proved to be, in most cases, a highly effect...

Source: Journal of Molecular Catalysis B: Enzymatic - July 3, 2016 Category: Biochemistry Source Type: research