Biocatalytic preparation of (R)-(−)-1, 1, 1-trichloro-2-hydroxy-4-methyl-3-pentene, a synthon for potent agricultural pyrethroids

Z Muljiani, SR Gadre, S Modak, N Pathan…

Index: Muljiani; Gadre; Modak; Pathan; Mitra Tetrahedron Asymmetry, 1991 , vol. 2, # 4 p. 239 - 242

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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. ... Asymmetric hydrolysis of acetate (±)-2 mediated by B. subtilis provided a very simple and cheap method for obtaining alcohol (R)-(−)-1a in high chemical yield and optical purity (ee ≥ 98%). ... Z. Muljiani, SR Gadre, S. Modak and RB Mitra, Indian Patent Appl. No. 651/DEL/87.