Complementary microbial approaches for the preparation of optically pure aromatic molecules |
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Authors: | Martina Contente Tiziana Granato William Remelli Paolo Zambelli Stefano Raimondi Maddalena Rossi Diego Romano |
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Affiliation: | 1. Dipartimento di Scienze per gli Alimenti, la Nutrizione e l’Ambiente (DeFENS), University of Milano, Via Celoria 2, 20133, Milano, Italy 2. Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Via Campi 183, 41125, Modena, Italy
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Abstract: | Different strategies for stereoselective microbial preparation of various chiral aromatic compounds are described. Optically pure 2-methyl-3-phenyl-1-propanol, ethyl 2-methyl-3-phenylpropanoate, 2-methyl-3-phenylpropanal, 2-methyl-3-phenylpropionic acid and 2-methyl-3-phenylpropyl acetate have been prepared using different microbial biotransformations starting from different prochiral and/or racemic substrates. (S)-2-Methyl-3-phenyl-1-propanol and (S)-2-methyl-3-phenylpropanal were prepared by biotransformation of 2-methyl cinnamaldehyde using the recombinant strain Saccharomyces cerevisiae BY4741ΔOye2Ks carrying a heterologous OYE gene from Kazachstania spencerorum. (R)-2-Methyl-3-phenylpropionic acid was obtained by oxidation of racemic 2-methyl-3-phenyl-1-propanol with acetic acid bacteria. Kinetic resolution of racemic 2-methyl-3-phenylpropionic acid was carried out by direct esterification with ethanol using dry mycelia of Rhizopus oryzae CBS 112.07 in organic solvent, giving (R)-ethyl 2-methyl-3-phenylpropanoate as major enantiomer. Finally, (R,S)-2-methyl-3-phenylpropyl acetate was enantioselectively hydrolysed employing different bacteria and yeasts having cell-bound carboxylesterases with prevalent formation of (R)- or (S)-2-methyl-3-phenyl-1-propanol, depending on the strain employed. |
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