(Z)-N-(3-(2-Chloro-4-nitrophenyl)-4-methylthiazol-2(3H)-ylidene) Pivalamide: Synthesis and Crystal Structure

Synthesis of the title compound was carried out by base-catalyzed cyclization of 1-pivaloyl-3-(2-chloro-4-nitrophenyl) thiourea with α-bromoacetone produced in situ. The structure was confirmed by the spectroscopic and elemental analysis and single crystal X-ray diffraction data. It crystallizes in the triclinic space group P-1 with unit cell dime sions a = 8.7137(10), b = 10.2010(14), c = 10.6593(13), α = 62.671(9), β = 82.701(10), γ = 79.762(10), V = 827.21(8) ?3, Z = 2.

Purification and characterization of a novel carbonyl reductase with high stereo-selectivity

A novel NADPH-dependent carbonyl reductase was separated from Candida parapsilosis CCTCC 203011.The enzyme gave a single band on sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis(SDS-PAGE),which was purified through ammonium sulfate,Diethylamino Ethanol(DEAE)sepharose Fast flow(FF),phenyl-sepharose FF and blue sepharose FF chromato graphy from cell-free extract.The molecular mass of the enzyme was about 30 kDa.The optimum pH and temperature for reduction were 4.5℃ and 35℃,respectively.The Cu2+had strong restrictive effect on enzyme activity.In addition,the carbonyl reductase was an enzyme with high substrate specificity and stereo-selectivity,and showed high asymmetric reduction activity towards a-hydroxyacetophenone and ethyl 4-chloro acetoacetate.For the asymmetric reduction of a-hydroxyacetophenone and ethyl 4-chloro acetoacetate,(S)-1-phenyl-1,2-ethanediol and(R)-ethyl 4-chloro-3-hydroxybutanoate were produced by the purified enzyme,with the 100% and 94.3%e.e.value,respec-tively.Therefore,the enzyme could be one of the effective biocatalysts for asymmetric synthesis of chiral alcohols.The amino acid sequences of one peptide from the purified enzyme were analyzed by LC-MASS-MASS,and the car-bonyl reductase showed some identity to the hypothetical protein CaO19.10414 reported.