2024
Scaffold‐Oriented Asymmetric Catalysis: Conformational Modulation of Transition State Multivalency during a Catalyst‐Controlled Assembly of a Pharmaceutically Relevant Atropisomer
Tampellini N, Mercado B, Miller S. Scaffold‐Oriented Asymmetric Catalysis: Conformational Modulation of Transition State Multivalency during a Catalyst‐Controlled Assembly of a Pharmaceutically Relevant Atropisomer. Chemistry - A European Journal 2024, 30: e202401109. PMID: 38507249, PMCID: PMC11132932, DOI: 10.1002/chem.202401109.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHydrogen bond donorAtroposelective synthesisAsymmetric catalysisGuanidine catalystCatalyst controlChiral axisBond donorNoncovalent interactionsConformational modulationCatalystFolded stateN-capAtroposelectivityAtropisomersSuperbasesPhenylCatalysisQuinazolinedionesMultivalencyBTK inhibitorsMechanistic frameworkStructure
2017
A bottom up approach towards artificial oxygenases by combining iron coordination complexes and peptides
Cussó O, Giuliano MW, Ribas X, Miller SJ, Costas M. A bottom up approach towards artificial oxygenases by combining iron coordination complexes and peptides. Chemical Science 2017, 8: 3660-3667. PMID: 29270284, PMCID: PMC5734052, DOI: 10.1039/c7sc00099e.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchIron centerHigh enantioselectivityIron coordination complexesAqueous hydrogen peroxideSecond coordination sphereΒ-turn structureShort reaction timesTerminal carboxylic acidSupramolecular catalystsCoordination complexesSupramolecular systemsClasses of substratesAsymmetric catalysisCoordination sphereAsymmetric epoxidationExcellent yieldsCarboxylic acidsCombination of peptidesActivation stepHydrogen peroxideReaction timeEpoxidationEnantioselectivityPeptidesCatalyst
2013
Asymmetric Catalysis at a Distance: Catalytic, Site-Selective Phosphorylation of Teicoplanin
Han S, Miller SJ. Asymmetric Catalysis at a Distance: Catalytic, Site-Selective Phosphorylation of Teicoplanin. Journal Of The American Chemical Society 2013, 135: 12414-12421. PMID: 23924210, PMCID: PMC3790668, DOI: 10.1021/ja406067v.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTeicoplanin A2-2Site-selective phosphorylationPeptide-based catalystsSmall-molecule catalystsX-ray crystal structureCatalyst-substrate interactionsSet of catalystsDistinct hydroxyl groupsAsymmetric catalysisCatalytic controlStructural assignmentCatalystTeicoplanin derivativesNatural productsGlycopeptide structuresHydroxyl groupsCrystal structureMass spectrometryMechanistic studiesBiological activityCatalytic moietyAdditional functionalityCatalysisMoietySpectroscopy