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Racemates of N.O-diacetyl derivatives of cis- and trans-2-aminomethylcyclop
entanols 5 and 6 and cis- and trans-2-aminomethyleyelohexanols 7 and 8 were
resolved through lipase-catalysed asymmetric O-deacylation at the (IR) ste
reogenic centre. The gram-scale resolutions of 5-8 were carried out with et
hanol in di-iso-propyl ether in the presence of Novozym 435. The unreacted
N.O-diacetyl compounds 5a-8a were transformed to the corresponding alcohols
5c-8c without loss of enantiopurity. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science Ltd. All ri
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