Chiral labeling, which is essential to the studies on the mechanism and cryptic stereochemistry involved in the individual enzyme reactions as well as in the complicated biosynthesis of antibiotics and other natural products, has been studied based upon the concept of chirality transfer from carbohydrate derivatives to the key intermediates containing an ethynyl functionality.
D- (6
R) - and D- (6
S) - (6-
2H
1) glucose were synthesized for the first time by a totally chemical method. A facile and versatile access to create chirally labeled methylene group was also developed and was effectively utilized for the preparation of chiral glycine and chiral acetic acid with high chiral purity.
Along this line, the biosynthesis of ribostamycin and lankacidins are also discussed from the mechanistic standpoints, which were studied by using various deuterium labeled precursors.
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