Fr. Alexandre et F. Huet, ASYMMETRIZATION OF MESO-1,3-DIOLS UTILIZING PSEUDOMONAS-FLUORESCENS LIPASE, Tetrahedron : asymmetry, 9(13), 1998, pp. 2301-2310
A convenient and enantioselective synthesis of monoacetates of meso-1,
3-diols 2-substituted with an alkoxymethyl or a thiophenylmethyl group
, by enzyme catalyzed acylation, is described. The absolute stereochem
istries of two monoacetates were assigned by chemical correlation. (C)
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