Enzymatic preparation of optically pure trans-1,2-cycloalkanediols

1 January 1991

journal article
research article
Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications

No. 1,p. 49-50
https://doi.org/10.1039/c39910000049

Abstract

trans-1,2-Cycloalkanediols (R,R)-1–4 and (S,S)-1–3 of high optical purities are prepared by enzymatic hydrolysis and esterification catalysed by a lipase from Pseudomonas sp. (SAM II).

Keywords

OPTICALLY
CATALYSED
HYDROLYSIS
SAM
LIPASE
PSEUDOMONAS
ESTERIFICATION
PURITIES
TRANS