P. Renold et C. Tamm, STEREOSELECTIVE HYDROLYSIS OF SUBSTITUTED CYCLOPENTANE DIESTERS WITH PIG-LIVER ESTERASE (PLE), Tetrahedron : asymmetry, 4(5), 1993, pp. 1047-1050
The hydrolysis of the dimethyl meso 1,2-cyclopentanedicarboxylates 1a,
2, 3, 4a, Sa, 6a and 7a, containing various substituents at C(4) with
pig liver esterase (PLE) is described.The stereoselectivity and absol
ute configurations of the resulting half esters were determined. In th
e case of substrate 2 the bicyclic lactone 10 was isolated as product.