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Integrating enzymes with photoredox catalysis for conversion of nitriles into fluorinated products
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Author(s)
Angiolini, Stuart
Bruton, Isabelle
Bering, Luis
Thomas, Stanley Sowerby
Thompson, Joseph
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Type
Journal Article
Abstract
Fluorinated molecules are widely used as pharmaceuticals, agrochemicals and as various functional materials. Traditional synthetic methods for introducing fluorine substituents into organic molecules involve deleterious chemicals and lack selectivity. Enzymes have evolved in nature which can halogenate a diverse range of substrates with high selectivity under aqueous conditions, using benign inorganic halides as the halogen source. Although there are many halogenase enzymes that can chlorinate or brominate diverse substrates, only one fluorinase enzyme has been discovered to date that produces a single fluorinated adenosine derivative in nature. Herein, we complement the lack of biocatalytic fluorination protocols and address the need for cleaner and more selective fluorination methods by merging chemo and biocatalysis to selectively fluorinate compounds in a single integrated reaction. Our approach relies on combining nitrilase enzymes with photoredox catalysis to transform cheap and abundant organonitrile compounds into highly sought‐after fluorinated, trifluoromethylated, and perfluoroalkylated compounds.
Date Acceptance
2025-02-20
Citation
ChemCatChem
URI
https://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/117762
URL
https://doi.org/10.1002/cctc.202500240
DOI
https://www.dx.doi.org/10.1002/cctc.202500240
ISSN
1867-3880
Publisher
Wiley
Journal / Book Title
ChemCatChem
Copyright Statement
© 2025 Wiley-VCH GmbH.
Publication Status
Published online
Article Number
e202500240
Date Publish Online
2025-02-20
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