ENZYME MEDIATED SYNTHESIS OF OPTICALLY ACTIVE ω-ARENESULFINYLALKANOIC ESTERS
- 5 February 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Chemistry Letters
- Vol. 15 (2) , 217-218
- https://doi.org/10.1246/cl.1986.217
Abstract
Incubation of methyl arenesulfinylacetates and methyl α-benzenesulphinylpropionate with Corynebacterium equi IFO 3730 afforded the corresponding chiral sulfoxides of high optical purities in moderate to good chemical yields.Keywords
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