Enzymatic hydrolysis and esterification. Routes to optically pure cyclopentanols

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Abstract
Using an esterhydrolase from Pseudomonas sp. (SAM II), a series of optically pure cyclopentanols 1‐4 was prepared by enzymatic hydrolysis of their corresponding acetates. Using the same enzyme, these cyclopentanols were esterified by enol esters as acyl donors. Due to identical stereochemical recognition in both reaction modes, opposite pairs of enantiomeres were obtained.

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