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Selective acylation of A-ring precursors of vitamin D using enzymes in organic solvents
Fernandez,Ferrero,Gotor,Okamura
, p. 6057 - 6061 (2007/10/03)
Whereas Chromobacterium viscosum lipase (CVL) catalyzes selectively the acylation of the C-5 hydroxyl of the three stereoisomeric vitamin D A-ring precursors 2a, 3a and 3b, only the C-3 hydroxyl of the fourth stereoisomer 2b is acylated under the same conditions in organic solvent. In a convenient application, the racemic vitamin D A-ring precursor 4, possessing only the C-5 hydroxyl, was resolved using suitable conditions identified from the studies of 2 and 3.