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Chemoenzymatic synthesis of optically active 4-methyl-tetrahydro-5-oxo- 2-furancarboxylic acids and esters
Drioli, Sara,Forzato, Cristina,Nitti, Patrizia,Pitacco, Giuliana,Valentin, Ennio
, p. 1353 - 1366 (2007/10/03)
Enantiomerically pure 4-methyl-tetrahydro-5-oxo-2-furancarboxylic acids and esters are prepared by enzymatic resolution of the chiral racemic esters. Their stereochemistry as well as their absolute configurations have been established by chemical correlation. The influence of the alkoxycarbonyl group at C-2 and that of the methyl group at C-4 on the sign of the Cotton effect in their CD spectra have been investigated. Formation of enantiomerically pure hydroxydiesters, precursors of the above-mentioned γ- lactones, by baker's yeast reduction of the corresponding ketodiesters was unsatisfactory. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science Ltd.
