Oxidation of organoselenium compounds. A study of chemoselectivity of phenylacetone monooxygenase

LH Andrade, EC Pedrozo, HG Leite…

Index: Andrade, Leandro H.; Pedrozo, Eliane C.; Leite, Henrique G.; Brondani, Patricia B. Journal of Molecular Catalysis B: Enzymatic, 2011 , vol. 73, # 1-4 p. 63 - 66

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Abstract

Organoselenium acetophenones oxidation using enzymatic reactions has been developed and chemoselectivity of phenylacetone monooxygenase (PAMO) with selenium-containing ketones has been explored. We discovered that this biocatalyst prefers selenium oxidation, which leads to selenoxide in excellent conversion, over Baeyer–Villiger oxidation.

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