PREPARATION OF BOTH THE ENANTIOMERS OF 3-OCTANOL, THE PHEROMONE OF VARIOUS SPECIES OF ANTS, BY ENANTIOSELECTIVE HYDROLYSIS WITH PSEUDOMONAS-CEPACIA LIPASE

Authors
KAMEZAWA M RAKU T TACHIBANA H OHTANI T NAOSHIMA Y
Citation
M. Kamezawa et al., PREPARATION OF BOTH THE ENANTIOMERS OF 3-OCTANOL, THE PHEROMONE OF VARIOUS SPECIES OF ANTS, BY ENANTIOSELECTIVE HYDROLYSIS WITH PSEUDOMONAS-CEPACIA LIPASE, Bioscience, biotechnology, and biochemistry, 58(3), 1994, pp. 598-599
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Biology,Agriculture,"Biothechnology & Applied Migrobiology","Food Science & Tenology
Journal title
Bioscience, biotechnology, and biochemistry → ACNP
ISSN journal
09168451
Volume
58
Issue
3
Year of publication
1994
Pages
598 - 599
Database
ISI
SICI code
0916-8451(1994)58:3<598:POBTEO>2.0.ZU;2-N
Abstract
The two enantiomers of 3-octanol (3), the pheromone of a number of spe cies of ants, were synthesized with a high enantiomeric purity of almo st 100% e.e. via an enzymatic two-step hydrolysis catalyzed by Pseudom onas cepacia lipase in an acetone-water solvent system.