Predictable stereoselective and chemoselective hydroxylations and epoxidations with P450 3A4

AT Larsen, EM May, K Auclair

Index: Larsen, Aaron T.; May, Erin M.; Auclair, Karine Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2011 , vol. 133, # 20 p. 7853 - 7858

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Abstract

Enantioselective hydroxylation of one specific methylene in the presence of many similar groups is debatably the most challenging chemical transformation. Although chemists have recently made progress toward the hydroxylation of inactivated C–H bonds, enzymes such as P450s (CYPs) remain unsurpassed in specificity and scope. The substrate promiscuity of many P450s is desirable for synthetic applications; however, the inability to predict the ...