P. Kielbasinski et al., SYNTHESIS OF P-CHIRAL, NON-RACEMIC PHOSPHINYLACETATES VIA ENZYMATIC RESOLUTION OF RACEMATES, Polish Journal of Chemistry, 72(3), 1998, pp. 564-572
A series of racemic methyl phosphinylacetates was hydrolyzed in tile p
resence of porcine liver esterase (PLE) under the kinetic resolution c
onditions to give the corresponding P-chiral phosphinylacetic acids an
d recovered esters in high enantiomeric purity (72-100% ee). The Jones
' active site model was applied to explain the enantioselectivity of t
his reaction.