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FACILE PROCESS FOR ENZYMIC RESOLUTION OF RACEMIC ALCOHOLS
Terao, Yoshiyasu,Tsuji, Keiichiro,Murata, Masakazu,Achiwa, Kazuo,Nishio, Toshiyuki,et al.
, p. 1653 - 1655 (2007/10/02)
Lipase-catalyzed esterification of a racemic alcohol with succinic anhydride has been found to proceed enantioselectively to afford succinic acid monoester, which was easily separated from non-reacting alcohol by washing with alkaline solution.This procedure provides a facile method for the optical resolution of racemic alcohols.Keywords: optical resolution; racemic alcohol; lipase; succinic anhydride; 1,3-dioxolane-4-methanol
