Synthesis of enantiomerically enriched (S)-(+)-2-aryl-4-pentenoic acids and (R)-(−)-2-aryl-4-pentenamides via microbial hydrolysis of nitriles, a chemoenzymatic approach to stereoisomers of α,γ-disubstituted γ-butyrolactones

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