Enantioselective acylation of alcohols catalyzed by lipase QL from Alcaligenes sp.: A predictive active site model for lipase QL to identify the faster reacting enantiomer of an alcohol in this acylation

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/0957-4166(96)00186-3

Lipase QL-catalyzed acylation of secondary alcohols using isopropenyl acetate as the acylating agent in diisopropyl ether gave preferentially the corresponding acetate with an R configuration. On the basis of the results, a predictive active site model for lipase QL is proposed for identifying which enantiomer of a secondary alcohol reacts faster in this reaction.