@misc{KiebistHollaHeidrichetal., author = {Kiebist, Jan and Holla, Wolfgang and Heidrich, Johannes and Poraj-Kobielska, Marzena and Sandvoss, Martin and Simonis, Reiner and Gr{\"o}be, Glenn and Atzrodt, Jens and Hofrichter, Martin and Scheibner, Katrin}, title = {One-pot synthesis of human metabolites of SAR548304 by fungal peroxygenases}, series = {Bioorganic \& Medicinal Chemistry}, volume = {23}, journal = {Bioorganic \& Medicinal Chemistry}, number = {15}, issn = {0968-0896}, doi = {10.1016/j.bmc.2015.06.035}, pages = {4324 -- 4332}, abstract = {Unspecific peroxygenases (UPOs, EC 1.11.2.1) have proved to be stable oxygen-transferring biocatalysts for H2O2-dependent transformation of pharmaceuticals. We have applied UPOs in a drug development program and consider the enzymatic approach in parallel to a conventional chemical synthesis of the human metabolites of the bile acid reabsorption inhibitor SAR548304. Chemical preparation of N,N-di-desmethyl metabolite was realized by a seven-step synthesis starting from a late precursor of SAR548304 and included among others palladium catalysis and laborious chromatographic purification with an overall yield of 27\%. The enzymatic approach revealed that the UPO of Marasmius rotula is particularly suitable for selective N-dealkylation of the drug and enabled us to prepare both human metabolites via one-pot conversion with an overall yield of 66\% N,N-di-desmethyl metabolite and 49\% of N-mono-desmethylated compound in two separated kinetic-controlled reactions.}, language = {en} }