Volume 123, Issue 46 pp. 11055-11058
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OsO4⋅Streptavidin: A Tunable Hybrid Catalyst for the Enantioselective cis-Dihydroxylation of Olefins

Dr. Valentin Köhler

Dr. Valentin Köhler

Departement Chemie, Universität Basel, Spitalstrasse 51, 4056 Basel (Switzerland)

These authors contributed equally to this work.

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Dr. Jincheng Mao

Dr. Jincheng Mao

Departement Chemie, Universität Basel, Spitalstrasse 51, 4056 Basel (Switzerland)

These authors contributed equally to this work.

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Tillmann Heinisch

Tillmann Heinisch

Departement Chemie, Universität Basel, Spitalstrasse 51, 4056 Basel (Switzerland)

Biozentrum, Universität Basel, Klingelbergstrasse 50/70, 4056 Basel (Switzerland)

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Dr. Anca Pordea

Dr. Anca Pordea

Departement Chemie, Universität Basel, Spitalstrasse 51, 4056 Basel (Switzerland)

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Dr. Alessia Sardo

Dr. Alessia Sardo

Departement Chemie, Universität Basel, Spitalstrasse 51, 4056 Basel (Switzerland)

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Dr. Yvonne M. Wilson

Dr. Yvonne M. Wilson

Departement Chemie, Universität Basel, Spitalstrasse 51, 4056 Basel (Switzerland)

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Livia Knörr

Livia Knörr

Departement Chemie, Universität Basel, Spitalstrasse 51, 4056 Basel (Switzerland)

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Dr. Marc Creus

Dr. Marc Creus

Departement Chemie, Universität Basel, Spitalstrasse 51, 4056 Basel (Switzerland)

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Jean-Christophe Prost

Jean-Christophe Prost

Departement Chemie, Universität Basel, Spitalstrasse 51, 4056 Basel (Switzerland)

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Prof. Dr. Tilman Schirmer

Corresponding Author

Prof. Dr. Tilman Schirmer

Biozentrum, Universität Basel, Klingelbergstrasse 50/70, 4056 Basel (Switzerland)

Tilman Schirmer, Biozentrum, Universität Basel, Klingelbergstrasse 50/70, 4056 Basel (Switzerland)

Thomas R. Ward, Departement Chemie, Universität Basel, Spitalstrasse 51, 4056 Basel (Switzerland)

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Prof. Dr. Thomas R. Ward

Corresponding Author

Prof. Dr. Thomas R. Ward

Departement Chemie, Universität Basel, Spitalstrasse 51, 4056 Basel (Switzerland)

Tilman Schirmer, Biozentrum, Universität Basel, Klingelbergstrasse 50/70, 4056 Basel (Switzerland)

Thomas R. Ward, Departement Chemie, Universität Basel, Spitalstrasse 51, 4056 Basel (Switzerland)

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First published: 21 September 2011
Citations: 13

We thank Prof. C. R. Cantor for the SAV gene, Chiral Technologies Europe for help with the method development for chiral-phase HPLC analysis, Beat Amrein for preliminary experiments, and Maurus Schmid for his contribution to the artwork. This research was funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation (Grant 200020-126366), the Cantons of Basel, and the Marie Curie Training Network (FP7-ITN-238434).

Graphical Abstract

Gut kombiniert: Die Kombination von Apostreptavidin mit OsO4 lieferte selektive Katalysatoren für die Olefindihydroxylierung. Durch ortsgerichtete Mutagenese gelang eine Verbesserung der Enantioselektivität und in bestimmten Fällen sogar eine Umkehr der Enantiopräferenz. Vor allem Allylphenylsulfid und cis-β-Methylstyrol wurden mit bislang unerreichtem Enantiomerenüberschuss umgesetzt.

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