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Chemoenzymatic synthesis of the non-tricyclic antidepressants Fluoxetine, Tomoxetine and Nisoxetine
Liu, Hui-Ling,Hoff, Bard Helge,Anthonsen, Thorleif
, p. 1767 - 1769 (2007/10/03)
3-Chloro-1-phenylpropan-1-ol and the corresponding butanoate, 3-chloro-1-phenyl-1-propyl butanoate, were kinetically resolved using lipase B from Candida antarctica catalysis by transesterification and hydrolysis respectively. The resulting chiral building blocks (S)- and (R)-3-chloro-1-phenylpropanol were converted into both enantiomers of the antidepressant drugs, Fluoxetine, Tomoxetine and Nisoxetine. The Royal Society of Chemistry 2000.