DIFFERENCES IN REACTIVITY AND ENANTIOSELECTIVITY IN LIPASE REACTIONS WITH CARBOXYLIC ESTERS AND ALCOHOLS BEARING THE SAME STEREOGENIC CENTER

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/0957-4166(95)00012-E

The reaction rate and stereochemical outcome of lipase reactions obtained with carboxylic esters and alcohols, which contain the same stereogenic center, can be modulated by changing the mode of the lipase reaction, i.e. ester hydrolysis versus alcohol acetylation.