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'Gelozymes' in organic synthesis. Part 2: Candida rugosa lipase mediated synthesis of enantiomerically pure (S)-cyano(3-phenoxyphenyl)methyl butyrate
Fadnavis, Nitin W.,Babu, Ravi Luke,Sheelu, Gurrala,Deshpande, Ashlesha
, p. 1695 - 1699 (2001)
Significant changes in enantioselectivity (E) have been observed when the butanoate ester of (±)-1-hydroxy-1-(3-phenoxyphenyl)acetonitrile was subjected to hydrolysis in acetate buffer (pH 4.5, E = 6.4) and alcoholysis with 1-butanol in hexane catalysed by Candida rugosa lipase (E = 45). Enantiomerically pure (S)-butanoate ester so obtained (e.e. 98.4%) was converted to the corresponding (S)-cyanohydrin using Pseudomonas cepacia (Amano Ps) gelozyme. This strategy overcomes the problem of separation of the unwanted (R)-ester from the (S)-cyanohydrin.