P. Kielbasinski et al., ENZYME-PROMOTED KINETIC RESOLUTION OF RACEMIC, P-CHIRAL PHOSPHONYL AND PHOSPHORYLACETATES, Tetrahedron : asymmetry, 9(15), 1998, pp. 2641-2650
A series of racemic methyl phosphonyl- and phosphorylacetates were hyd
rolyzed in the presence of porcine liver esterase (PLE) under kinetic
resolution conditions to give the corresponding P-chiral phosphonyl- a
nd phosphorylacetic acids and recovered esters in moderate to high ena
ntiomeric purity (up to 95% ee). The Jones PLE active site model was a
pplied to explain the enantioselectivity of this reaction. (C) 1998 El
sevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.