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Enantioselective transesterification of 2-methyl-1, 3-propanediol derivatives catalyzed by Pseudomonas fluorescens lipase in an organic solvent

P Grisenti, P Ferraboschi, A Manzocchi, E Santaniello

Index: Grisenti; Ferraboschi; Manzocchi; Santaniello Tetrahedron, 1992 , vol. 48, # 18 p. 3827 - 3834

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Abstract

The irreversible transesterification of racemic 2-methyl-1, 3-propanediol derivatives, the monoethers, 3a, 3b, 5a, and the monobenzoate 5b, with vinyl acetate catalyzed by Pseudomonas fluorescens lipase in chloroform affords enantiomerically pure chiral synthons.