Chemo-enzymatic Synthesis of (S)-Moprolol Using Lipase

• Autor(a) principal: Francisco de Aquino Bezerra
• Data de Publicação: 2015
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da UFC
• Texto Completo: http://www.teses.ufc.br/tde_busca/arquivo.php?codArquivo=15601
• topic: Lipase; CinÃtica enzimÃtica; Quiralidade; Lipase; Kinetic enzymatic; Chirality; QUIMICA ORGANICA

Herein we describe the chemoenzymatic synthesis of active principle of the drug Levotensin (SimesÂ), a drug used in the therapy of patients with hypertension associated with heart disease. This substance has a stereogenic center and presents as eutomer the enantiomer with S configuration. The (S)-moprolol, also can be used in combination with other substances to form an eye drops, which is used to control intraocular pressure, being efficient as timolol in control of glaucoma. We used the enzymatic kinetic resolution to introduce chirality in the target molecule. Firstly, we conducted a screening with nine commercial enzymes [free lipases: Amano lipase from Pseudomonas fluorescens, lipase from Candida rugosa, Amano Lipase PS Burkholderia cepacia, Acylase I from Aspergillus Mellus and immobilized lipases: CAL-B, lipase Amano PS-IM immobilized on diatomaceous earth, Rhizopus oryzae immobilized on immobead 150, Lipozyme RM IM and the lipase from Thermomyces lanuginosus immobilized on immobead-150]. These lipases were used for kinetic resolution of rac-1-(chloromethyl)-2-(o-methoxyphenoxy) ethyl acetate by hydrolysis reaction. The kinetic resolution lead to the corresponding alcohol of S configuration and the remaining acetate of R configuration. Among the evaluated enzymes, two lipases showed the highest values of enantioselectivity, Amano lipase from Pseudomonas fluorescens in free form, with enantioselectivity (E) 72 and the immobilized CAL-B, with enantioselectivity (E) 60. These lipases were evaluated in enzymatic kinetic resolution of rac-1-chloro-3- (o-methoxyphenoxy) propan-2-ol in organic media via the reaction of acetylation. In this case, the resolutions occurred with high activity (conversions near 50%), but with low selectivity (enantiomeric excesses around 65%). Therefore, the introduction of chirality in the target molecule [(S)-moprolol)] was performed using as the intermediate R-1-(chloromethyl)-2-(o-methoxyphenoxy)ethyl acetate obtained by kinetic resolution of rac-1-(chloromethyl)-2-(o-methoxyphenoxy)ethyl acetate by hydrolysis reaction, mediated by CAL-B, with enantiomeric excess of 97% and close to 50% conversion.