PLE CATALYZED ENANTIOMERIC SEPARATION OF (+ -)-2-FURYLCARBINOLS/

O-Acetyl derivatives of (+/-)-2-furylcarbinols were resolved by PLE ca talyzed hydrolysis to afford optically active 2-furylcarbinols in up t o 98% e.e. that are valuable chiral building blocks in the synthesis o f various biologically active compounds. Enantiomeric excess values we re determined by using H-1-NMR and GC analysis of (S)-O-acetyllactyl e ster derivatives of 2-furylcarbinols. They were also correlated with t he Literature values.