Tetrahedron: Asymmetry

Regio-and enantioselective properties of the lipase-catalyzed irreversible transesterification of some 2-substituted-1, 4-butanediols in organic solvents

P Ferraboschi, S Casati, E Verza, E Santaniello

Index: Ferraboschi, Patrizia; Casati, Silvana; Verza, Elisa; Santaniello, Enzo Tetrahedron: Asymmetry, 1995 , vol. 6, # 5 p. 1027 - 1030

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Abstract

The regioselectivity of the Pseudomonas fluorescens (P. cepacia) lipase (PFL)-catalyzed irreversible transesterification of 2-substituted-1, 4-butanediols 1a–3a has been studied and, in the case of 3a, it has been shown that (R)-and (S)-diols are acylated with opposite regioselectivity.