Kinetic resolution of racemic 2-(2-furyl)-2-hydroxyethyl acetate in the presence of PS lipase

JE Kamińska, K Śmigielski, D Łobodzińska…

Index: Kaminska, Janina E.; Smigielski, Krzysztof; Lobodzinska, Danuta; Gora, Jozef Tetrahedron Asymmetry, 2000 , vol. 11, # 5 p. 1211 - 1215

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Abstract

Kinetic resolution of racemic 2-(2-furyl)-2-hydroxyethyl acetate by transesterification with vinyl acetate in the presence of Amano PS lipase, yielding (1R)-1-(2-furyl) ethane-1, 2-diol diacetate with 98% ee and (2S)-2-(2-furyl)-2-hydroxyethyl acetate with> 99% ee, is described.