(-PINORESINOL SYNTHASE - A STEREOSELECTIVE OXIDASE CATALYZING 8,8'-LIGNAN FORMATION IN FORSYTHIA-INTERMEDIA())

Authors
PARE PW WANG HB DAVIN LB LEWIS NG
Citation
Pw. Pare et al., (-PINORESINOL SYNTHASE - A STEREOSELECTIVE OXIDASE CATALYZING 8,8'-LIGNAN FORMATION IN FORSYTHIA-INTERMEDIA()), Tetrahedron letters, 35(27), 1994, pp. 4731-4734
Citations number
19
Categorie Soggetti
Chemistry Inorganic & Nuclear
Journal title
Tetrahedron letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00404039
Volume
35
Issue
27
Year of publication
1994
Pages
4731 - 4734
Database
ISI
SICI code
0040-4039(1994)35:27<4731:(S-ASO>2.0.ZU;2-Z
Abstract
8,8'-Lignan skeletal formation is engendered by (+)-pinoresinol syntha se, an oxidase catalysing the stereoselective coupling of two achiral E-coniferyl alcohols to give (+)-pinoresinol in >97% enantiomeric exce ss.