Structural analysis of an anthrol reductase inspires enantioselective synthesis of enantiopure hydroxycycloketones and β-halohydrins

Asymmetric reduction of prochiral ketones is challenging. Here, the authors identify and solve the structure of anthrol reductase CbAR, whose variant H162F can convert 1,3-cyclodiketones and α-haloacetophenones to the corresponding chiral alcohols.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Xiaodong Hou, Huibin Xu, Zhenbo Yuan, Zhiwei Deng, Kai Fu, Yue Gao, Changmei Liu, Yan Zhang, Yijian Rao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-01-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-36064-4