Solvent-free kinetic resolution of primary amines catalyzed by Candida antarctica lipase B: Effect of immobilization and recycling stability

摘要

Highly enantioselective (E >200) N-acylation of nine racemic primary amines with isopropyl methoxyacetate in the presence of Candida antarctica lipase B (Novozym 435) has been reported to yield the unreacted (S)-amines (ee ≥98%) and produced the (R)-amides (ee ≥95%) at 50% conversion under solvent-free conditions. One of the amines and the acyl donor have been used in an equimolar ratio at room temperature (23 °C). Under the reaction conditions, the reuse stability of Novozym 435 with 1-phenylethylamine (as a model compound) has been shown to be poor while somewhat improved stability has been observed with an in-house prepared sol-gel CAL-B catalyst.