Tetrahedron letters

A novel enzyme mimic for thiazolium-catalyzed α-ketoacid decarboxylation

N Bergmann, FP Schmidtchen

Index: Bergmann, N.; Schmidtchen, F. P. Tetrahedron Letters, 1988 , vol. 29, # 48 p. 6235 - 6238

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Abstract

Abstract: The covalent combination of the thiazolium hetero- cycle of thiamine with macrotricyclic quaternary ammonium receptor units yields the enzyme mimics 3a,b, which show enhanced substrate selectivity and catalytic activity in decarboxylations of a-ketoacids compared to simpler salts lacking the receptor substructure. ... In contrast to the great variety of enzyme models for hydrolytic or redox reactions, artificial mimics of biological carbon-carbon bond forming or ...