Abstract In a route towards the enantiomerically pure 2-methylpropane-1, 3-diol mono (p- methoxybenzyl ether), which is an important starting material for natural product synthesis, a kinetic resolution approach by means of lipase-catalyzed hydrolysis as well as acylation has been elaborated. Candida antarctica lipase-catalyzed hydrolysis of the corresponding racemic acetate proceeded with high enantioselectivity (E 35). During the studies, a ...
