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Hydroxynitrile lyase catalyzed cyanohydrin synthesis at high pH-values.

Bioprocess and biosystems engineering (2008-01-22)
Jan von Langermann, Jan-Karl Guterl, Martina Pohl, Harald Wajant, Udo Kragl
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The application of unusual high pH-values within enzymatic cyanohydrin synthesis has been investigated. Usually enzymatic cyanohydrin synthesis in two-phase systems requires low pH-values within the aqueous phase to suppress the non-enzymatic side reaction. In contrast, we investigated the usage of pH-values above pH 6 by using the highly enantioselective (S)-selective hydroxynitrile lyase from Manihot esculenta. With these unusual reaction conditions also the unfavorable substrate 3-phenoxy-benzaldehyde can be converted by the wild type enzyme with excellent conversion and enantiomeric excess yielding pure (S)-3-phenoxy-benzaldehyde cyanohydrin with an enantiomeric excess of 97%. Although the variant MeHNL-W128A shows a higher activity with respect to this reaction, the enantioselectivity was reduced (85% e.e.(S)). Additionally, a new continuous spectroscopic cyanohydrin assay monitoring the formation of 3-phenoxy-benzaldehyde cyanohydrin was developed.

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3-Phenoxybenzaldehyde, 98%