Lipase-catalyzed Enantioselective Hydrolysis of N-Acyloxymethyl Groups in Organic Solvent: Syntheses of Chiral 5,5-Disubstituted 1-Methylbarbiturates

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0040-4039(00)93597-4

Chiral 5,5-disubstituted N-acyloxymethylbarbiturates have been obtained in 40-99percent optical yields by lipase-catalyzed hydrolyses of 5,5-disubstituted bisacyloxymethylbarbiturates in H2O-saturated diisopropyl ether.These chiral barbiturates were readi