Chiral amino alcohols are versatile molecules for use as scaffolds in organic synthesis. Starting from L-lysine, we synthesize amino alcohols by an enzymatic cascade reaction combining diastereoselective C-H oxidation catalyzed by dioxygenase followed by cleavage of the carboxylic acid moiety of the corresponding hydroxyl amino acid by a decarboxylase.
Fossey-Jouenne, A., Vergne-Vaxelaire, C., Zaparucha, A. Enzymatic Cascade Reactions for the Synthesis of Chiral Amino Alcohols from L-lysine. J. Vis. Exp. (132), e56926, doi:10.3791/56926 (2018).