Two-step enzymatic modification of solid-supported bergenin in aqueous and organic media

Umar Akbar, Dong Sik Shin, Elizabeth Schneider, Jonathan S. Dordick, Douglas S. Clark

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Abstract

The natural flavonoid bergenin was directly immobilized onto carboxylic acid-functionalized controlled pore glass (carboxy-CPG) at 95% yield. Immobilized bergenin was brominated via chloroperoxidase in aqueous solution and then transesterified with vinyl butyrate in diisopropyl ether by subtilisin carslberg (SC) extracted into the organic solvent via ion-pairing. Enzymatic cleavage of 7-bromo-4-butyrylbergenin from carboxy-CPG (9.6% final yield) was accomplished using lipase B (LipB) in an aqueous/organic mixture (90/10 v/v of water/acetonitrile), demonstrating the feasibility of solid-phase biocatalysis of a natural product in aqueous and non-aqueous media.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1220-1225
Number of pages6
JournalTetrahedron Letters
Volume51
Issue number8
DOIs
StatePublished - 24 Feb 2010
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Biocatalysis
  • Enzyme cleavage
  • Non-aqueous
  • Solid Phase

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