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Lipase-catalyzed monoprotection of 1, 4-diols in an organic solvent using vinyl benzoate as acyl transfer agent

P Ciuffreda, S Casati, E Santaniello

Index: Ciuffreda, Pierangela; Casati, Silvana; Santaniello, Enzo Tetrahedron Letters, 2003 , vol. 44, # 18 p. 3663 - 3665

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Abstract

Lipase from Mucor miehei (MML) has been selected as the most suitable enzyme to catalyze the efficient monobenzoylation of 1, 4-diols using vinyl benzoate as acyl transfer reagent in tert-butyl methyl ether. The regioselectivity of the monobenzoylation of 2-substituted-1, 4- diols has been studied as well.