Enzymatic Resolution of Medium-Ring Lactones. Synthesis of (S)-(+)-Phoracantholide I

Abstract
The horse liver and pig liver esterase hydrolysis of racemic medium ring lactones gives with excellent enantiomeric excess the S- (or R) lactones and the corresponding R- (or S) hydroxy acids. This is the first general method to obtain optically pure medium ring lactones. Application to the preparation of (S)-(+)-Phoracantholide I is reported.

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