For the resolution of (+/-)-2-hydroxymethyl-2,5-dihydrothiophene lipas
e-catalysed acetylation as well as hydrolysis and alcoholysis of the c
orresponding acetate were investigated, the best results being obtaine
d in alcoholysis catalysed by lipase from Pseudomonas flurorescens wit
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