Biomimetic catalytic transformation of toxic α-oxoaldehydes to high-value chiral α-hydroxythioesters using artificial glyoxalase I
Glyoxalase I converts toxic methylglyoxal to a thioester. Here the authors report a synthetic analogue capable of enantioselectively converting alpha-keto aldehydes to thioesters via formation of a hemithioacetal, giving access to both enantiomers of a range of alpha-hydroxy thioesters.
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group
2017-04-01
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| Series: | Nature Communications |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms14877 |