OPTICALLY-ACTIVE (S)-KETONE-CYANOHYDRIN AND (R)-ALDEHYDE-CYANOHYDRIN VIA AN (R)-OXYNITRILASE-CATALYZED TRANSCYANATION - CHEMOENZYMATIC SYNTHESES OF 2-CYANOTETRAHYDROFURAN AND 2-CYANOTETRAHYDROPYRAN
E. Menendez et al., OPTICALLY-ACTIVE (S)-KETONE-CYANOHYDRIN AND (R)-ALDEHYDE-CYANOHYDRIN VIA AN (R)-OXYNITRILASE-CATALYZED TRANSCYANATION - CHEMOENZYMATIC SYNTHESES OF 2-CYANOTETRAHYDROFURAN AND 2-CYANOTETRAHYDROPYRAN, Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications, (10), 1995, pp. 989-990
(R)-Oxynitrilase catalyses the enantioselective decyanation of racemic
ketone cyanohydrins and the enantioselective addition of HCN to omega
-bromoaldehydes in one step.