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Hashimoto Y, Kong WY, Tantillo DJ. Discovery of a Formal Dyotropic Rearrangement during Acid-Mediated Dioxabicyclo[4.2.1]nonanone Formation. Org Lett 2024; 26:5441-5446. [PMID: 38900922 DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.4c01616] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/22/2024]
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A new reaction mechanism for the construction of dioxabicyclo[4.2.1]nonanone skeletons via a cation cascade has been proposed and examined by DFT and ab initio computations. This mechanism features the following steps: (1) intramolecular Friedel-Crafts-type cyclization with a methyl oxocarbenium cation formed by carboxylate disconnection, (2) electron-rich aromatic ring assisted methoxide loss followed by lactone formation, and (3) stepwise dyotropic rearrangement resulting in skeletal isomerization from a dioxabicyclo[3.2.2]nonanone to the dioxabicyclo[4.2.1]nonanone product observed experimentally. The high regioselectivity and driving force for the overall rearrangement were rationalized, and Lewis and Brønsted acid mediated reactivities were compared.
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- Yoshimitsu Hashimoto
- Showa Pharmaceutical University, 3-3165 Higashi-Tamagawagakuen, Machida, Tokyo 194-8543, Japan
- Department of Chemistry, University of California-Davis, Davis, California 95616, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California-Davis, Davis, California 95616, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California-Davis, Davis, California 95616, United States
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Li H, Goldfuss B, Dickschat JS. Mechanistic characterisation of the diterpene synthase for clitopilene and identification of isopentalenene synthase from the fungus Clitopilus passeckerianus. Chem Commun (Camb) 2024; 60:7041-7044. [PMID: 38904208 DOI: 10.1039/d4cc02286f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/22/2024]
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Two terpene synthases from the pleuromutilin producing fungus Clitopilus passeckerianus were functionally characterised. The first enzyme CpTS1 produces the new diterpene clitopilene with a novel 6-6-5-5 tetracyclic skeleton, while the second enzyme CpTS2 makes the new sesquiterpene isopentalenene. The CpTS1 reaction mechanism was studied in depth using experimental and theoretical approaches.
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- Heng Li
- Kekulé-Institute for Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Bonn, Gerhard-Domagk-Straße 1, 53121 Bonn, Germany.
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- Department for Chemistry, University of Cologne, Greinstraße 4, 50939 Cologne, Germany
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- Kekulé-Institute for Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Bonn, Gerhard-Domagk-Straße 1, 53121 Bonn, Germany.
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Xu H, Köllner TG, Chen F, Dickschat JS. Functional and Mechanistic Characterization of the 4,5-diepi-Isoishwarane Synthase from the Liverwort Radula lindenbergiana. Chembiochem 2024; 25:e202400104. [PMID: 38372483 DOI: 10.1002/cbic.202400104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2024] [Revised: 02/19/2024] [Accepted: 02/19/2024] [Indexed: 02/20/2024]
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The microbial type sesquiterpene synthase RlMTPSL4 from the liverwort Radula lindenbergiana was investigated for its products, showing the formation of several sesquiterpene hydrocarbons. The main product was structurally characterized as the new compound 4,5-diepi-isoishwarane, while the side products included the known hydrocarbons germacrene A, α-selinene, eremophilene and 4,5-diepi-aristolochene. The cyclization mechanism towards 4,5-diepi-isoishwarane catalyzed by RlMTPSL4 was investigated through isotopic labeling experiments, revealing the stereochemical course for the deprotonation step to the neutral intermediate germacrene A, a reprotonation for its further cyclization, and a 1,2-hydride shift along the cascade. The absolute configuration of 4,5-diepi-isoishwarane was determined using a stereoselective deuteration approach, revealing an absolute configuration typically observed for a microbial type sesquiterpene.
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- Houchao Xu
- Kekulé Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Bonn, Gerhard-Domagk-Straße 1, 53121, Bonn, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Hans-Knöll-Straße 8, 07745, Jena, Germany
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- Department of Plant Sciences, University of Tennessee, 2431 Joe Johnson Drive, Knoxville, TN, 37996-4561, USA
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- Kekulé Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Bonn, Gerhard-Domagk-Straße 1, 53121, Bonn, Germany
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Xu H, Köllner TG, Chen F, Dickschat JS. Mechanistic characterisation of a sesquiterpene synthase for asterisca-1,6-diene from the liverwort Radula lindenbergiana and implications for pentalenene biosynthesis. Org Biomol Chem 2024; 22:1360-1364. [PMID: 38240688 DOI: 10.1039/d3ob02088f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/15/2024]
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A sesquiterpene synthase from the liverwort Radula lindenbergiana was characterised and shown to produce the new sesquiterpene hydrocarbon (3R,9R)-asterisca-1,6-diene, besides small amounts of pentalenene. The biosynthesis of asterisca-1,6-diene was studied through isotopic labelling experiments, giving additional insights into the long discussed biosynthesis of pentalenene.
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- Houchao Xu
- Kekulé-Institute for Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Bonn, Gerhard-Domagk-Straße 1, 53121 Bonn, Germany.
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- Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Hans-Knöll-Straße 8, 07745 Jena, Germany
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- Department of Plant Sciences, University of Tennessee, 2431 Joe Johnson Drive, Knoxville, TN 37996-4561, USA
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- Kekulé-Institute for Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Bonn, Gerhard-Domagk-Straße 1, 53121 Bonn, Germany.
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Harms V, Ravkina V, Kirschning A. Mechanistic Similarities of Sesquiterpene Cyclases PenA, Omp6/7, and BcBOT2 Are Unraveled by an Unnatural "FPP-Ether" Derivative. Org Lett 2021; 23:3162-3166. [PMID: 33826848 DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.1c00882] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The sesquiterpene cyclases pentalenene synthase (PenA) and two Δ6-protoilludene synthases Omp6 and Omp7 convert a FPP ether into several new tetrahydrofurano terpenoids, one of which is also formed as the main product by the sesquiterpene cyclase BcBOT2. Thus, PenA, Omp6/7, and BcBOT2 follow closely related catalytic pathways and induce similar folding of their diphosphate substrates despite low levels of amino acid sequence similarity. Some of the new terpenoids show pronounced olfactoric properties.
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- Vanessa Harms
- Institute of Organic Chemistry, Leibniz University Hannover, Schneiderberg 1B, 30167 Hannover, Germany
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry, Leibniz University Hannover, Schneiderberg 1B, 30167 Hannover, Germany
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry, Leibniz University Hannover, Schneiderberg 1B, 30167 Hannover, Germany
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Xing YY, Chen SS, Chen DZ, Tantillo DJ. Effects of electrostatic drag on the velocity of hydrogen migration - pre- and post-transition state enthalpy/entropy compensation. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2020; 22:26955-26960. [PMID: 33206074 DOI: 10.1039/d0cp05000h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Ab initio molecular dynamics calculations were used to explore the underlying factors that modulate the velocity of hydrogen migration for 1,2 hydrogen shifts in carbocations in which different groups interact noncovalently with the migrating hydrogen. Our results indicate that stronger electrostatic interactions between the migrating hydrogen and nearby π-systems lead to slower hydrogen migration, an effect tied to entropic contributions from the hydrogen + neighboring group substructures.
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- Yang-Yang Xing
- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Collaborative Innovation Center of Functionalized Probes for Chemical Imaging in Universities of Shandong, Shandong Normal University, Jinan 250014, P. R. China.
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Matos JO, Kumar RP, Ma AC, Patterson M, Krauss IJ, Oprian DD. Mechanism Underlying Anti-Markovnikov Addition in the Reaction of Pentalenene Synthase. Biochemistry 2020; 59:3271-3283. [PMID: 32786410 DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.0c00518] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Most terpene synthase reactions follow Markovnikov rules for formation of high-energy carbenium ion intermediates. However, there are notable exceptions. For example, pentalenene synthase (PS) undergoes an initial anti-Markovnikov cyclization reaction followed by a 1,2-hydride shift to form an intermediate humulyl cation with positive charge on the secondary carbon C9 atom of the farnesyl diphosphate substrate. The mechanism by which these enzymes stabilize and guide the regioselectivity of secondary carbocations has not heretofore been elucidated. In an effort to better understand these reactions, we grew crystals of apo-PS, soaked them with the nonreactive substrate analogue 12,13-difluorofarnesyl diphosphate, and determined the X-ray structure of the resulting complex at 2.2 Å resolution. The most striking feature of the active site structure is that C9 is perfectly positioned to make a C-H···π interaction with the side chain benzene ring of residue F76; this would enhance hyperconjugation to stabilize a developing cation at C10 and thus support the anti-Markovnikov regioselectivity of the cyclization. The benzene ring is also positioned to catalyze the migration of H to C10 and stabilize a C9 carbocation. On the opposite face of C9, further cation stabilization is possible via interactions with the main chain carbonyl of I177 and the neighboring intramolecular C6═C7 bond. Mutagenesis experiments also support a role for residue 76 in these interactions, but most interesting is the F76W mutant, whose crystal structure clearly shows C9 and C10 centered above the fused benzene and pyrrole rings of the indole side chain, respectively, such that a carbocation at either position could be stabilized in this complex, and two anti-Markovnikov products, pentalenene and humulene, are formed. Finally, we show that there is a rough correlation (although not absolute) of an aromatic side chain (F or Y) at position 76 in related terpene synthases from Streptomyces that catalyze similar anti-Markovnikov addition reactions.
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- Jason O Matos
- Department of Biochemistry, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts 02454, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts 02454, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts 02454, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts 02454, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts 02454, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts 02454, United States
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Harms V, Kirschning A, Dickschat JS. Nature-driven approaches to non-natural terpene analogues. Nat Prod Rep 2020; 37:1080-1097. [DOI: 10.1039/c9np00055k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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The reactions catalysed by terpene synthases belong to the most complex and fascinating cascade-type transformations in Nature.
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- Vanessa Harms
- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Center of Biomolecular Drug Research (BMWZ)
- Leibniz Universität Hannover
- 30167 Hannover
- Germany
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Center of Biomolecular Drug Research (BMWZ)
- Leibniz Universität Hannover
- 30167 Hannover
- Germany
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- Kekulé-Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry
- University of Bonn
- 53121 Bonn
- Germany
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Zhang X, Ren J, Tan SM, Tan D, Lee R, Tan CH. An enantioconvergent halogenophilic nucleophilic substitution (SN2X) reaction. Science 2019; 363:400-404. [DOI: 10.1126/science.aau7797] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2018] [Revised: 10/14/2018] [Accepted: 12/11/2018] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Bimolecular nucleophilic substitution (SN2) plays a central role in organic chemistry. In the conventionally accepted mechanism, the nucleophile displaces a carbon-bound leaving group X, often a halogen, by attacking the carbon face opposite the C–X bond. A less common variant, the halogenophilic SN2X reaction, involves initial nucleophilic attack of the X group from the front and as such is less sensitive to backside steric hindrance. Herein, we report an enantioconvergent substitution reaction of activated tertiary bromides by thiocarboxylates or azides that, on the basis of experimental and computational mechanistic studies, appears to proceed via the unusual SN2X pathway. The proposed electrophilic intermediates, benzoylsulfenyl bromide and bromine azide, were independently synthesized and shown to be effective.
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- Shinji Yamada
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Ochanomizu University, 2-1-1 Otsuka, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 112-8610, Japan
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Sato H, Mitsuhashi T, Yamazaki M, Abe I, Uchiyama M. Computational Studies on Biosynthetic Carbocation Rearrangements Leading to Quiannulatene: Initial Conformation Regulates Biosynthetic Route, Stereochemistry, and Skeleton Type. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2018. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201807139] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Hajime Sato
- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences; Chiba University; 1-8-1 Inohana, Chuoku Chiba 260-8675 Japan
- Cluster of Pioneering Research (CPR), Advanced Elements Chemistry Laboratory; RIKEN; 2-1 Hirosawa Wako Saitama 351-0198 Japan
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences; University of Tokyo; 7-3-1 Hongo Bunkyo-ku Tokyo 113-0033 Japan
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences; Chiba University; 1-8-1 Inohana, Chuoku Chiba 260-8675 Japan
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences; University of Tokyo; 7-3-1 Hongo Bunkyo-ku Tokyo 113-0033 Japan
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences; University of Tokyo; 7-3-1 Hongo Bunkyo-ku Tokyo 113-0033 Japan
- Cluster of Pioneering Research (CPR), Advanced Elements Chemistry Laboratory; RIKEN; 2-1 Hirosawa Wako Saitama 351-0198 Japan
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Blank PN, Pemberton TA, Chow JY, Poulter CD, Christianson DW. Crystal Structure of Cucumene Synthase, a Terpenoid Cyclase That Generates a Linear Triquinane Sesquiterpene. Biochemistry 2018; 57:6326-6335. [PMID: 30346736 DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.8b00899] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Linear triquinanes are sesquiterpene natural products with hydrocarbon skeletons consisting of three fused five-membered rings. Importantly, several of these compounds exhibit useful anticancer, anti-inflammatory, and antibiotic properties. However, linear triquinanes pose significant challenges to organic synthesis because of the structural and stereochemical complexity of their hydrocarbon skeletons. To illuminate nature's solution to the generation of linear triquinanes, we now describe the crystal structure of Streptomyces clavuligerus cucumene synthase. This sesquiterpene cyclase catalyzes the stereospecific cyclization of farnesyl diphosphate to form a linear triquinane product, (5 S,7 S,10 R,11 S)-cucumene. Specifically, we report the structure of the wild-type enzyme at 3.05 Å resolution and the structure of the T181N variant at 1.96 Å resolution, both in the open active site conformations without any bound ligands. The high-resolution structure of T181N cucumene synthase enables inspection of the active site contour, which adopts a three-dimensional shape complementary to a linear triquinane. Several aromatic residues outline the active site contour and are believed to facilitate cation-π interactions that would stabilize carbocation intermediates in catalysis. Thus, aromatic residues in the active site not only define the template for catalysis but also play a role in reducing activation barriers in the multistep cyclization cascade.
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- Patrick N Blank
- Roy and Diana Vagelos Laboratories, Department of Chemistry , University of Pennsylvania , 231 South 34th Street , Philadelphia , Pennsylvania 19104-6323 , United States
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- Roy and Diana Vagelos Laboratories, Department of Chemistry , University of Pennsylvania , 231 South 34th Street , Philadelphia , Pennsylvania 19104-6323 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Utah , 315 South 1400 East , Salt Lake City , Utah 84112 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Utah , 315 South 1400 East , Salt Lake City , Utah 84112 , United States
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- Roy and Diana Vagelos Laboratories, Department of Chemistry , University of Pennsylvania , 231 South 34th Street , Philadelphia , Pennsylvania 19104-6323 , United States
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Sato H, Mitsuhashi T, Yamazaki M, Abe I, Uchiyama M. Computational Studies on Biosynthetic Carbocation Rearrangements Leading to Quiannulatene: Initial Conformation Regulates Biosynthetic Route, Stereochemistry, and Skeleton Type. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2018; 57:14752-14757. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.201807139] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2018] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- Hajime Sato
- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences; Chiba University; 1-8-1 Inohana, Chuoku Chiba 260-8675 Japan
- Cluster of Pioneering Research (CPR), Advanced Elements Chemistry Laboratory; RIKEN; 2-1 Hirosawa Wako Saitama 351-0198 Japan
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences; University of Tokyo; 7-3-1 Hongo Bunkyo-ku Tokyo 113-0033 Japan
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences; Chiba University; 1-8-1 Inohana, Chuoku Chiba 260-8675 Japan
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences; University of Tokyo; 7-3-1 Hongo Bunkyo-ku Tokyo 113-0033 Japan
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences; University of Tokyo; 7-3-1 Hongo Bunkyo-ku Tokyo 113-0033 Japan
- Cluster of Pioneering Research (CPR), Advanced Elements Chemistry Laboratory; RIKEN; 2-1 Hirosawa Wako Saitama 351-0198 Japan
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Oberhauser C, Harms V, Seidel K, Schröder B, Ekramzadeh K, Beutel S, Winkler S, Lauterbach L, Dickschat JS, Kirschning A. Exploiting the Synthetic Potential of Sesquiterpene Cyclases for Generating Unnatural Terpenoids. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2018; 57:11802-11806. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.201805526] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2018] [Revised: 06/22/2018] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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- Clara Oberhauser
- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Center of Biomolecular Drug Research (BMWZ)Leibniz Universität Hannover Schneiderberg 1B 30167 Hannover Germany
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Center of Biomolecular Drug Research (BMWZ)Leibniz Universität Hannover Schneiderberg 1B 30167 Hannover Germany
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Center of Biomolecular Drug Research (BMWZ)Leibniz Universität Hannover Schneiderberg 1B 30167 Hannover Germany
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Center of Biomolecular Drug Research (BMWZ)Leibniz Universität Hannover Schneiderberg 1B 30167 Hannover Germany
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- Institute of Technical Chemistry and Center of Biomolecular Drug Research (BMWZ)Leibniz Universität Hannover Callinstr. 5 30167 Hannover Germany
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- Institute of Technical Chemistry and Center of Biomolecular Drug Research (BMWZ)Leibniz Universität Hannover Callinstr. 5 30167 Hannover Germany
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- Symrise AG Mühlenfeldstrasse 1 37603 Holzminden Germany
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- Kekulé-Institute of Organic Chemistry and BiochemistryUniversity of Bonn Gerhard-Domagk-Straße 1 53121 Bonn Germany
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- Kekulé-Institute of Organic Chemistry and BiochemistryUniversity of Bonn Gerhard-Domagk-Straße 1 53121 Bonn Germany
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Center of Biomolecular Drug Research (BMWZ)Leibniz Universität Hannover Schneiderberg 1B 30167 Hannover Germany
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Oberhauser C, Harms V, Seidel K, Schröder B, Ekramzadeh K, Beutel S, Winkler S, Lauterbach L, Dickschat JS, Kirschning A. Erweiterung des synthetischen Potenzials von Sesquiterpencyclasen zur Erzeugung von nichtnatürlichen Terpenoiden. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2018. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201805526] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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- Clara Oberhauser
- Institut für Organische Chemie und Biomolekulares Wirkstoffzentrum (BMWZ); Leibniz Universität Hannover; Schneiderberg 1B 30167 Hannover Deutschland
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- Institut für Organische Chemie und Biomolekulares Wirkstoffzentrum (BMWZ); Leibniz Universität Hannover; Schneiderberg 1B 30167 Hannover Deutschland
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- Institut für Organische Chemie und Biomolekulares Wirkstoffzentrum (BMWZ); Leibniz Universität Hannover; Schneiderberg 1B 30167 Hannover Deutschland
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- Institut für Organische Chemie und Biomolekulares Wirkstoffzentrum (BMWZ); Leibniz Universität Hannover; Schneiderberg 1B 30167 Hannover Deutschland
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- Institut für Technische Chemie und Biomolekulares Wirkstoffzentrum (BMWZ); Leibniz Universität Hannover; Callinstr. 5 30167 Hannover Deutschland
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- Institut für Technische Chemie und Biomolekulares Wirkstoffzentrum (BMWZ); Leibniz Universität Hannover; Callinstr. 5 30167 Hannover Deutschland
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- Symrise AG; Mühlenfeldstraße 1 37603 Holzminden Deutschland
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- Kekulé-Institut für Organische Chemie und Biochemie; Universität Bonn; Gerhard-Domagk-Straße 1 53121 Bonn Deutschland
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- Kekulé-Institut für Organische Chemie und Biochemie; Universität Bonn; Gerhard-Domagk-Straße 1 53121 Bonn Deutschland
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- Institut für Organische Chemie und Biomolekulares Wirkstoffzentrum (BMWZ); Leibniz Universität Hannover; Schneiderberg 1B 30167 Hannover Deutschland
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O’Brien TE, Bertolani SJ, Zhang Y, Siegel JB, Tantillo DJ. Predicting Productive Binding Modes for Substrates and Carbocation Intermediates in Terpene Synthases-Bornyl Diphosphate Synthase as a Representative Case. ACS Catal 2018; 8:3322-3330. [PMID: 30034923 PMCID: PMC6049084 DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.8b00342] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Terpene synthases comprise a family of enzymes that convert acyclic oligo-isoprenyl diphosphates to terpene natural products with complex, polycyclic carbon backbones via the generation and protection of carbocation intermediates. To accommodate this chemistry, terpene synthase active sites generally are lined with alkyl and aromatic, i.e., nonpolar, sidechains. Predicting the correct, mechanistically relevant binding modes for entire terpene synthase reaction pathways remains an unsolved challenge. Here we describe a method for identifying such modes: TerDockin, a series of protocols to predict the orientation of carbon skeletons of substrates and derived carbocations relative to the bound diphosphate group in terpene synthase active sites. Using this recipe for bornyl diphosphate synthase, we have predicted binding modes that are consistent with all current experimental observations, including the results of isotope labeling experiments and known stereoselectivity. In addition, the predicted binding modes recapitulate key findings of a seminal study involving more computationally demanding QM/MM molecular dynamics methods on part of this pathway. This work illustrates the value of the TerDockin approach as a starting point for more involved calculations and sets the stage for the rational engineering of this family of enzymes.
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- Terrence E. O’Brien
- Department of Chemistry, University of California Davis, Davis, California, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California Davis, Davis, California, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California Davis, Davis, California, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California Davis, Davis, California, USA
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, University of California Davis, Davis, California, USA
- Genome Center, University of California Davis, Davis, California, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California Davis, Davis, California, USA
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Sato H, Narita K, Minami A, Yamazaki M, Wang C, Suemune H, Nagano S, Tomita T, Oikawa H, Uchiyama M. Theoretical Study of Sesterfisherol Biosynthesis: Computational Prediction of Key Amino Acid Residue in Terpene Synthase. Sci Rep 2018; 8:2473. [PMID: 29410538 PMCID: PMC5802712 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-20916-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2017] [Accepted: 01/17/2018] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
Abstract
The cyclization mechanisms involved in the biosynthesis of sesterterpenes are not fully understood. For example, there are two plausible reaction pathways for sesterfisherol biosynthesis, which differ in the order of ring cyclization: A-D-B/C (Path a) and A-B-C/D (Path b). It is difficult to capture intermediates of terpene cyclization, which is a complex, domino-type reaction, and so here we employed a combination of experimental and computational methods. Density functional theory calculations revealed unexpected intermediates and transition states, and implied that C-H···π interaction between a carbocation intermediate and an aromatic residue of sesterfisherol synthase (NfSS) plays a critical role, serving to accelerate the 1,2-H shift (thereby preventing triquinane carbocation formation) and to protect reactive carbocation intermediates from bases such as pyrophosphate or water in the active site. Site-directed mutagenesis of NfSS guided by docking simulations confirmed that phenylalanine F191 is a critical amino acid residue for sesterfisherol synthase, as the F191A mutant of NfSS produces novel sesterterpenes, but not sesterfisherol. Although both pathways are energetically viable, on the basis of our computational and experimental results, NfSS-mediated sesterfisherol biosynthesis appears to proceed via Path a. These findings may also provide new insight into the cyclization mechanisms in related sesterterpene synthases.
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- Hajime Sato
- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-0033, Japan.
- Elements Chemistry Laboratory, RIKEN, and RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science (Wako campus), 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako-shi, Saitama-ken, 351-0198, Japan.
- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chiba University, Chiba, 260-8675, Japan.
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- Division of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, 060-0810, Japan
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- Division of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, 060-0810, Japan
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chiba University, Chiba, 260-8675, Japan
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-0033, Japan
- Elements Chemistry Laboratory, RIKEN, and RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science (Wako campus), 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako-shi, Saitama-ken, 351-0198, Japan
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- Department of Engineering, Graduate School of Sustainability Science, Tottori University, Tottori, 680-8552, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Engineering, Tottori University, Tottori, 680-8552, Japan
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- Biotechnology Research Center, The University of Tokyo, 1-1-1 Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8657, Japan
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- Division of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, 060-0810, Japan
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-0033, Japan.
- Elements Chemistry Laboratory, RIKEN, and RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science (Wako campus), 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako-shi, Saitama-ken, 351-0198, Japan.
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Minami A, Ozaki T, Liu C, Oikawa H. Cyclopentane-forming di/sesterterpene synthases: widely distributed enzymes in bacteria, fungi, and plants. Nat Prod Rep 2018; 35:1330-1346. [DOI: 10.1039/c8np00026c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The cyclization mechanisms and structural diversification strategies of novel cyclopentane-forming terpene synthases from various organisms are reviewed.
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- Atsushi Minami
- Division of Chemistry
- Graduate School of Science
- Hokkaido University
- Sapporo
- Japan
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- Division of Chemistry
- Graduate School of Science
- Hokkaido University
- Sapporo
- Japan
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- Division of Chemistry
- Graduate School of Science
- Hokkaido University
- Sapporo
- Japan
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- Division of Chemistry
- Graduate School of Science
- Hokkaido University
- Sapporo
- Japan
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Bartels F, Hong YJ, Ueda D, Weber M, Sato T, Tantillo DJ, Christmann M. Bioinspired synthesis of pentacyclic onocerane triterpenoids. Chem Sci 2017; 8:8285-8290. [PMID: 29619174 PMCID: PMC5858022 DOI: 10.1039/c7sc03903d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2017] [Accepted: 10/14/2017] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
Abstract
The first chemical synthesis of pentacyclic onocerane triterpenoids (+)-cupacinoxepin and (+)-onoceranoxide is described.
The first chemical synthesis of pentacyclic onocerane triterpenoids has been achieved. A putative biomimetic tricyclization cascade is employed to forge a fused decalin-/oxepane ring system. The synthetic route proceeds to (+)-cupacinoxepin in seven steps and to (+)-onoceranoxide in eight steps in the longest linear sequence, when starting from geranyl chloride and (+)-sclareolide. The bioinspired epoxypolyene cyclization is supported by computational and enzymatic studies.
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- Florian Bartels
- Institute of Chemistry and Biochemistry , Freie Universität Berlin , Takustraße 3 , 14195 Berlin , Germany .
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- Department of Chemistry , University of California-Davis , Davis , California 95616 , USA .
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- Department of Applied Biological Chemistry , Graduate School of Science and Technology , Niigata University , Ikarashi 2-8050, Nishi-ku , Niigata 950-2181 , Japan .
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- Institute of Chemistry and Biochemistry , Freie Universität Berlin , Takustraße 3 , 14195 Berlin , Germany .
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- Department of Applied Biological Chemistry , Graduate School of Science and Technology , Niigata University , Ikarashi 2-8050, Nishi-ku , Niigata 950-2181 , Japan .
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- Department of Chemistry , University of California-Davis , Davis , California 95616 , USA .
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- Institute of Chemistry and Biochemistry , Freie Universität Berlin , Takustraße 3 , 14195 Berlin , Germany .
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Tantillo DJ. Bedeutung der inhärenten Substratreaktivität bei enzymvermittelten Cyclisierungen/Umlagerungen von Carbokationen. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2017. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201702363] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Dean J. Tantillo
- Department of Chemistry University of California—Davis 1 Shields Avenue Davis CA 95616 USA
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Tantillo DJ. Importance of Inherent Substrate Reactivity in Enzyme-Promoted Carbocation Cyclization/Rearrangements. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2017; 56:10040-10045. [PMID: 28349600 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201702363] [Citation(s) in RCA: 115] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2017] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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The importance of inherent substrate reactivity for terpene synthase enzymes is discussed, with a focus on recent experimental tests of predictions derived from computations on gas-phase reactivity of carbocations.
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- Dean J Tantillo
- Department of Chemistry, University of California-Davis, 1 Shields Avenue, Davis, CA, 95616, USA
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Hugelshofer CL, Magauer T. Dyotropic rearrangements in natural product total synthesis and biosynthesis. Nat Prod Rep 2017; 34:228-234. [DOI: 10.1039/c7np00005g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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Some recent examples of dyotropic rearrangements involved in complex natural product total synthesis and biosynthesis are highlighted.
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- Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy
- Ludwig-Maximilians-Univeristy Munich
- 81377 Munich
- Germany
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Sheikh NS. Type-I dyotropic rearrangement for 1,2-disubstituted cyclohexanes: substitution effect on activation energy. RSC Adv 2016. [DOI: 10.1039/c5ra25482e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Migratory aptitude and contribution of specific structural features of synthetically valuable functional groups and halogen atoms in type-I dyotropic rearrangement for both symmetric and unsymmetrical 1,2-disubstituted cyclohexanes are computed.
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- Nadeem S. Sheikh
- Department of Chemistry
- Faculty of Science
- King Faisal University
- Al-Ahsa 31982
- Saudi Arabia
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Hong YJ, Tantillo DJ. How cyclobutanes are assembled in nature--insights from quantum chemistry. Chem Soc Rev 2015; 43:5042-50. [PMID: 24710596 DOI: 10.1039/c3cs60452g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Biosynthetic production of cyclobutanes leads to many complex natural products. Recently, theoretical work employing quantum chemical calculations has shed light on many of the details of cyclobutane-formation, in particular, for terpene natural products. Specific insights and general principles derived from these theoretical studies are described herein.
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- Young J Hong
- Department of Chemistry, University of California-Davis, Davis, CA 95616, USA.
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Isegawa M, Maeda S, Tantillo DJ, Morokuma K. Predicting pathways for terpene formation from first principles – routes to known and new sesquiterpenes. Chem Sci 2014. [DOI: 10.1039/c3sc53293c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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