Download full text in PDF Opens in a new window. Article suggestions will be shown in a dialog on return to ScienceDirect. ... Please enable JavaScript to use all the features on this page. ... Lipase from pig pancreas (PPL) has been shown to catalyse selectively the hydrolysis of alkane-1,n-diol bis-acetates into the corresponding monoacetate. ... For n=4, THF can be used (Mosset, P.; Grée, R.; Falck, JR Synth. Commun.1989, 19, 645–658; Gruiec, R.; Noiret, N.; ...