β-Lactams: versatile building blocks for the stereoselective synthesis of non-β-lactam products

B Alcaide, P Almendros, C Aragoncillo - Chemical reviews, 2007 - ACS Publications
Since the advent of penicillin, the β-lactam antibiotics have been the subject of much
discussion and investigation within both the scientific and public sectors. β-Lactam …

Hydrolases: catalytically promiscuous enzymes for non-conventional reactions in organic synthesis

E Busto, V Gotor-Fernández, V Gotor - Chemical Society Reviews, 2010 - pubs.rsc.org
During the last three decades the use of hydrolases for the catalysis of environmentally
friendly organic processes under mild reaction conditions has been well documented …

[HTML][HTML] Characterising covalent warhead reactivity

JS Martin, CJ MacKenzie, D Fletcher… - Bioorganic & medicinal …, 2019 - Elsevier
Many drugs currently used are covalent inhibitors and irreversibly inhibit their targets. Most
of these were discovered through serendipity. Covalent inhibitions can have many …

Biocatalytic routes to anti-viral agents and their synthetic intermediates

S Slagman, WD Fessner - Chemical Society Reviews, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
With recent outbreaks of COVID-19 and Ebola, health and healthcare have once more
shown to be heavily burdened by the lack of generally effective anti-viral therapies. Initial …

Hydrolases in the Stereoselective Synthesis of N-Heterocyclic Amines and Amino Acid Derivatives

E Busto, V Gotor-Fernández, V Gotor - Chemical reviews, 2011 - ACS Publications
Chiral nitrogenated compounds are highly attractive compounds because of their
importance in agrochemicals, fine chemicals, and pharmaceuticals but also due to their …

[HTML][HTML] Candida antarctica Lipase B mediated kinetic resolution: A sustainable method for chiral synthesis of antiproliferative β-lactams

EC McLoughlin, B Twamley, NM O'Boyle - European Journal of Medicinal …, 2024 - Elsevier
Biocatalysis is a valuable industrial approach in active pharmaceutical ingredient (API)
manufacturing for asymmetric induction and synthesis of chiral APIs. Herein, we investigated …

HPLC enantioseparation on a homochiral MOF–silica composite as a novel chiral stationary phase

K Tanaka, T Muraoka, Y Otubo, H Takahashi… - RSC …, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
The last frontier in the development of chiral stationary phases for chromatographic
enantioseparation involves homochiral metal–organic frameworks (MOFs). Using …

Catalytic, enantioselective N-acylation of lactams and thiolactams using amidine-based catalysts

X Yang, VD Bumbu, P Liu, X Li, H Jiang… - Journal of the …, 2012 - ACS Publications
In contrast to alcohols and amines, racemic lactams and thiolactams cannot be resolved
directly via enzymatic acylation or classical resolution. Asymmetric N-acylation promoted by …

Immobilization of cis‐4‐Hydroxydiphenylprolinol Silyl Ethers onto Polystyrene. Application in the Catalytic Enantioselective Synthesis of 5‐Hydroxyisoxazolidines in …

J Lai, S Sayalero, A Ferrali… - Advanced Synthesis …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
A new family of polystyrene‐supported cis‐4‐hydroxydiphenylprolinol silyl ethers has been
prepared, and the resulting polymers have been evaluated as organocatalysts to promote …

Rhodium-catalyzed asymmetric addition of arylboronic acids to β-phthaliminoacrylate esters toward the synthesis of β-amino acids

T Nishimura, J Wang, M Nagaosa… - Journal of the …, 2010 - ACS Publications
Rhodium-Catalyzed Asymmetric Addition of Arylboronic Acids to β-Phthaliminoacrylate Esters
toward the Synthesis of β-Amino Acids | Journal of the American Chemical Society ACS ACS …