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SUBMITTER: Hu Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC10974447 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Hu Yuliang Y Bao Jinping J Tang Dongyu D Gao Shushan S Wang Fei F Ding Zhongtao Z Cui Chengsen C
Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) 20240316 6
(<i>R</i>)-Homobenzylic amines are key structural motifs present in (<i>R</i>)-selegiline, a drug indicated for the treatment of early-stage Parkinson's disease. Herein, we report a new short chemoenzymatic approach (in 2 steps) towards the synthesis of (<i>R</i>)-selegiline via stereoselective biocatalytic reductive amination as the key step. The imine reductase IR36-M5 mutant showed high conversion (97%) and stereoselectivity (97%) toward the phenylacetone and propargyl amine substrates, offer ...[more]