The regiospecific enzymatic esterification of butyl alpha-D-glucopyran
oside with trichloro 2,2,2 ethyl N-tBoc 4-amino butyrate was achieved
using Lipozyme(R) avoiding time consuming protection-deprotection step
s. The tBoc group was subsequently removed using trifluoroacetic acid,
leading to the formation of butyl 6-0-(4-amino butyroyl)-alpha-D-gluc
opyranoside.