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Genome Announc ; 4(5)2016 Oct 20.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-27795290

ABSTRACT

Spiroplasma helicoides TABS-2T (DSM 22551) was isolated from the gut of a horsefly (Tabanus abactor) collected near Ardmore, Oklahoma, USA, in 1987. Here, we report the complete genome sequence of this bacterium to facilitate the investigation of its biology and the comparative genomics among Spiroplasma species.

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Acc Chem Res ; 48(9): 2587-98, 2015 Sep 15.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-26301426

ABSTRACT

Chiral alcohols are important building blocks in the pharmaceutical and fine chemical industries. The enantioselective reduction of prochiral ketones catalyzed by transition metal complexes, especially asymmetric transfer hydrogenation (ATH) and asymmetric hydrogenation (AH), is one of the most efficient and practical methods for producing chiral alcohols. In both academic laboratories and industrial operations, catalysts based on noble metals such as ruthenium, rhodium, and iridium dominated the asymmetric reduction of ketones. However, the limited availability, high price, and toxicity of these critical metals demand their replacement with abundant, nonprecious, and biocommon metals. In this respect, the reactions catalyzed by first-row transition metals, which are more abundant and benign, have attracted more and more attention. As one of the most abundant metals on earth, iron is inexpensive, environmentally benign, and of low toxicity, and as such it is a fascinating alternative to the precious metals for catalysis and sustainable chemical manufacturing. However, iron catalysts have been undeveloped compared to other transition metals. Compared with the examples of iron-catalyzed asymmetric reduction, cobalt- and nickel-catalyzed ATH and AH of ketones are even seldom reported. In early 2004, we reported the first ATH of ketones with catalysts generated in situ from iron cluster complex and chiral PNNP ligand. Since then, we have devoted ourselves to the development of ATH and AH of ketones with iron, cobalt, and nickel catalysts containing novel chiral aminophosphine ligands. In our study, the iron catalyst containing chiral aminophosphine ligands, which are expected to control the stereochemistry at the metal atom, restrict the number of possible diastereoisomers, and effectively transfer chiral information, are successful catalysts for enantioselective reduction of ketones. Among these novel chiral aminophosphine ligands, 22-membered macrocycle P2N4 exhibited extraordinary enantioselectivities when combined with iron(0) cluster Fe3(CO)12. A broad scope of ketones including aromatic, heteroaromatic, and ß-ketoesters can be reduced smoothly with excellent enantioselectivities (up to 99% ee) approaching or exceeding those achievable with the noble metal catalysts. Notably, the chiral iron-based catalyst proved to be highly efficient for both ATH as well as AH of various ketones. Until now, such "universal" catalyst is very rare. Preliminary studies suggest that the AH reaction most likely involved iron particles as the active catalytic species. These research results point to a new direction in developing viable effective nonprecious metal catalysts for asymmetric reduction and probably for other asymmetric catalytic reactions as well.

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Org Lett ; 8(24): 5565-7, 2006 Nov 23.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-17107073

ABSTRACT

Chiral diaminodiphosphine-Ir(I) complexes were found to efficiently catalyze enantioselective oxidation of racemic secondary alcohols in acetone. In the presence of base, oxidative kinetic resolution of the alcohols proceeded smoothly with excellent enantioselectivity (up to 98% ee) under mild conditions. [reaction: see text].


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Alcohols/chemistry , Iridium/chemistry , Organometallic Compounds/chemical synthesis , Acetone/chemistry , Catalysis , Ketones/chemistry , Kinetics , Oxidation-Reduction , Stereoisomerism
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