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Facile Chemoenzymatic Preparation of Enantiomerically Pure 2-Methylglycerol Derivatives as Versatile Trifunctional C4-Synthons
Wirz, Beat,Barner, Richard,Huebscher, Joseph
, p. 3980 - 3984 (2007/10/02)
Both enantiomers of a series of synthetically valuable 2-methylglycerol derivatives have been prepared with >99percent ee using a chemoenzymatic reaction sequence.The introduction of chirality was achieved by enantioselective esterification of 1,2-O-protected 2-methylglycerol 3 or enantioselective hydrolysis of its butyryl ester 4.The enzymatic reaction proceeded with unusually high selectivity and velocity for a primary alcohol (ester) substrate.
