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ArticleAngewandte Chemie (International ed. in English)2025

Pyridoxal-Inspired Photo-Decarboxylase Catalysis: Photochemical Decarboxylation of Unprotected Amino Acids.

Dong-Hang Tan, Agniva Das, Vincent Huang, Timothy D Schoch, Abubakar Lawal Mohammed, Jeffrey M Lipshultz

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6 authors.

Dong-Hang TanDepartment of Chemistry and Institute of Chemical Biology and Drug Discovery, Stony Brook University, 100 Nicolls Road, Stony Brook, NY 11794, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5121-7718
Agniva DasDepartment of Chemistry and Institute of Chemical Biology and Drug Discovery, Stony Brook University, 100 Nicolls Road, Stony Brook, NY 11794, USA.ORCID 0009-0000-9033-5020
Vincent HuangDepartment of Chemistry and Institute of Chemical Biology and Drug Discovery, Stony Brook University, 100 Nicolls Road, Stony Brook, NY 11794, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6286-1859
Timothy D SchochDepartment of Chemistry and Institute of Chemical Biology and Drug Discovery, Stony Brook University, 100 Nicolls Road, Stony Brook, NY 11794, USA.ORCID 0009-0007-7391-2798
Abubakar Lawal MohammedDepartment of Chemistry and Institute of Chemical Biology and Drug Discovery, Stony Brook University, 100 Nicolls Road, Stony Brook, NY 11794, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6800-0168
Jeffrey M LipshultzDepartment of Chemistry and Institute of Chemical Biology and Drug Discovery, Stony Brook University, 100 Nicolls Road, Stony Brook, NY 11794, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1384-9850

Funding

IRACDA - The New York Consortium for the Advancement of Postdoctoral Scholars (NY CAPS)Phase IIK12GM102778 · NIGMS · STATE UNIVERSITY NEW YORK STONY BROOK · PI Carol A. Carter, Karian Janice Wright · 2012 to 2026
$13.1M
Chemical Biology Training InterfaceT32GM136572 · NIGMS · STATE UNIVERSITY NEW YORK STONY BROOK · PI ELIZABETH M BOON, Jessica Chuang Seeliger · 2020 to 2026
$2.9M
American Chemical Society Green Chemistry Institute Pharmaceutical Roundtable 2023 Ignition GrantNIGMS NIH HHS K12 GM102778NIGMS NIH HHS K12GM102778NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM136572NIGMS NIH HHS T32GM136572
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A photochemical organocatalytic method for the protodecarboxylation of unprotected amino acids is reported. Inspired by pyridoxal 5'-phosphate-dependent decarboxylase enzymes, the catalytic activation of amino acid substrates by 3-hydroxyisonicotinaldehyde enables a photochemical decarboxylation event, which can be leveraged in combination with a thiol co-catalyst. The necessary and sufficient structural features of the pyridoxal-like framework for photoactivity are determined using ultraviolet-visible absorption spectroscopy. A broad scope of unprotected amino acids can be decarboxylated in this system, with selectivity between multiple carboxylates realized on the possible basis of hyperconjugation. The ability to engage simple amino acids in decarboxylative functionalization at ambient conditions using a pyridoxal-mimicking organocatalyst enables new possibilities for the translation of biogenic amino acids into medicinally valuable amines.

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Amino AcidsCarboxy-LyasesPyridoxalBiocatalysisCatalysisDecarboxylationMolecular StructurePhotochemical ProcessesAmino AcidsCarboxy-LyasesPyridoxalamino acidsdecarboxylationorganocatalysisphotocatalysissynthetic methods

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PMID39954015
PMCPMC12009495

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