Tetrahedron: Asymmetry

Enzyme-catalysed synthesis of optically active aliphatic cyanohydrins

TT Huuhtanen, LT Kanerva

Index: Huuhtanen, Tuomas T.; Kanerva, Liisa T. Tetrahedron: Asymmetry, 1992 , vol. 3, # 10 p. 1223 - 1226

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Abstract

Abstract The enantioselective preparation of aliphatic (R)-cyanohydrins was studied using powdered almond meal, a rich source of mandelonitrile lyase, as a catalyst in organic solvent. The feasibility of powdered almond meal as a catalyst was compared to that of a purified enzyme preparation.