Asymmetric reductive amination of boron-containing aryl-ketones using ω-transaminases

The asymmetric reductive amination of aryl-ketones bearing various boron-functionalities (acid, ester or potassium trifluoroborates) was investigated employing enantiocomplementary ω-transaminases as catalysts. Under the optimized conditions, high conversions (up to 94%) and excellent ee’s (up to >99%) were obtained providing access to both (R)- and (S)-configured amino-aryl boronates under mild reaction conditions.

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