Highly Enantioselective sec-Alkyl Sulfatase Activity of Sulfolobus acidocaldarius DSM 639

Abstract
rac-sec-Alkyl sulfate esters 1a−4a were resolved in high enantioselectivities with E-values up to >200 using whole cells of aerobically grown Sulfolobus acidocaldarius DSM 639. The stereochemical course of this biohydrolysis was shown to proceed with strict inversion of configuration; thus, the preferred (R)-enantiomers were converted into the corresponding (S)-sec-alcohols to furnish a homochiral product mixture.