作者: Margelefsky, Eric L. ; Duan, Da ; Ruccolo, Serge ; Nawrat, Christopher C. ; Hughes, Gregory J. ; Miller, Margaret T. ; Forstater, Jacob H. ; Ouimet, Claire M. ; Borra-Garske, Margie ; Orth, Peter ; Maloney, Kevin M. ; Grosser, Shane T. ; Zhang, Victoria ; Verma, Deeptak ; Fryszkowska, Anna ; Devine, Paul N. ; Mattern, Keith A. ; Schwalm, Erica L. ; Nazor, Jovana ; Xiao, Li ; Alvizo, Oscar ; Attadgie, Ilana ; Shaw, Megan H. ; Robaire, Sandra A.
Biocatalytic oxidations have the potential to address many synthetic challenges, enabling the selective synthesis of chiral intermediates, such as carbonyl compounds, alcs., or amines.The use of oxygen-dependent enzymes can dramatically reduce the environmental footprint of redox transformations at the manufacturing scale.Here, as part of the biocatalytic cascade to the anti-HIV investigational drug islatravir (1), we describe the development of an aerobic oxidation process delivering (R)-ethynylglyceraldehyde-3-phosphate (3) using an evolved galactose oxidase enzyme.Integrated enzyme and reaction engineering were critical for achieving a robust, high-yielding oxidation performed at pilot-plant scale (>20 kg, 90% yield).