The evolving nature of biocatalysis in pharmaceutical research and development

SP France, RD Lewis, CA Martinez - JACS Au, 2023 - ACS Publications
Biocatalysis is a highly valued enabling technology for pharmaceutical research and
development as it can unlock synthetic routes to complex chiral motifs with unparalleled …

Biocatalytic reductive aminations with NAD (P) H-dependent enzymes: enzyme discovery, engineering and synthetic applications

B Yuan, D Yang, G Qu, NJ Turner, Z Sun - Chemical Society Reviews, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Chiral amines are pivotal building blocks for the pharmaceutical industry. Asymmetric
reductive amination is one of the most efficient and atom economic methodologies for the …

Emerging technologies for biocatalysis in the pharmaceutical industry

RD Lewis, SP France, CA Martinez - ACS Catalysis, 2023 - ACS Publications
Biocatalysis is a key technology in the pharmaceutical industry as it can provide efficient and
sustainable catalytic routes toward active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs). The …

Reductive aminations by imine reductases: from milligrams to tons

AK Gilio, TW Thorpe, N Turner, G Grogan - Chemical Science, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
The synthesis of secondary and tertiary amines through the reductive amination of carbonyl
compounds is one of the most significant reactions in synthetic chemistry. Asymmetric …

Assembly of (hetero) aryl thioethers via simple nucleophilic aromatic substitution and Cu-catalyzed coupling reactions with (hetero) aryl chlorides and bromides under …

W Liu, X Jin, D Ma - Green Chemistry, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
The requirement of higher reaction temperatures for an SNAr reaction between thiols and
less reactive electron-poor aryl halides described in earlier reports has triggered intensive …

Imine Reductases and Reductive Aminases in Organic Synthesis

GA Aleku - ACS Catalysis, 2024 - ACS Publications
Imine reductases (IREDs) and reductive aminases (RedAms) are NADPH-dependent
oxidoreductases catalyzing C–N redox reactions. These include the enantioselective …

Catalyzing the future: Recent advances in chemical synthesis using enzymes

JC Reisenbauer, KM Sicinski, FH Arnold - Current opinion in chemical …, 2024 - Elsevier
Highlights•Engineered biocatalysts that access pharmaceutical products through more
sustainable synthetic routes.•Novel biocatalysts that construct enantiomerically enriched …

Engineering of a Reductive Aminase to Enable the Synthesis of a Key Intermediate to a CDK 2/4/6 Inhibitor

J Steflik, A Gilio, M Burns, G Grogan, R Kumar… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Biocatalytic reductive amination reactions with reductive aminases (RedAms) are emerging
transformations with a high potential value for pharmaceutical synthesis. Here, we report the …

Asymmetric Reductive Amination in Organocatalysis and Biocatalysis

T Li, Q Zhou, F Meng, W Cui, Q Li… - European Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
This review summarizes the recent progress of organocatalytic and biocatalytic asymmetric
reductive amination (ARA), a challenging but important topic for drug discovery and the …

Highlights of the recent patent literature─ focus on biocatalysis innovation

DL Hughes - Organic Process Research & Development, 2022 - ACS Publications
This review surveys recent advances in biocatalysis, with a primary focus on contributions
from the patent literature since 2018, including reductive aminations, nitro reductions …