Toluene dioxygenase mediated oxidation of halogen-substituted benzoate esters.
Vladislav Semak, Thomas A Metcalf, Mary Ann A Endoma-Arias, Pavel Mach, Tomas Hudlicky
Index: Org. Biomol. Chem. 10(22) , 4407-16, (2012)
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Abstract
A series of ortho-, meta-, and para- halogen-substituted methyl benzoate esters was subjected to enzymatic dihydroxylation via the whole-cell fermentation with E. coli JM109 (pDTG601A). Only ortho-substituted benzoates were metabolized. Methyl 2-fluorobenzoate yielded one diol regioselectively whereas methyl 2-chloro-, methyl 2-bromo- and methyl 2-iodobenzoates each yielded a mixture of regioisomers. Absolute stereochemistry was determined for all new metabolites. Computational analysis of these results and a possible rationale for the regioselectivity of the enzymatic dihydroxylation is advanced.
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