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(+/-)-Chloramphenicol palmitate has been efficiently resolved by enant
ioselective hydrolysis in organic medium in the presence of Rhizopus s
p. lipase affording the palmitate of RR-chloramphenicol and SS-chloram
phenicol in high chemical and enantiomeric yields.