Optically active alkyl 3-aryl-3-hydroxypropionates and a method for producing thereof
申请人:CHISSO CORPORATION
公开号:EP0451668A2
公开(公告)日:1991-10-16
The invention relates to optically active alkyl 3-aryl-3-hydroxypropionates represented by the general formula:
wherein R¹, R², R³, R ⁴ and R⁵ are hydrogen, hydroxyl, alkoxy of 1-4 carbon atoms, benzyloxy, flurorine, chlorine or bromine and R⁶ is alkyl,
and a method for producing the above compounds.
The application of tandem metal–enzyme dynamic kinetic resolution (DKR) is a powerful tool for the manufacture of high-value chemical commodities. A new protocol of kinetic resolution based on irreversible enzymatic esterification of carboxylic acids with orthoesters was introduced to obtain opticallyactive β-hydroxy esters. This procedure was combined with metal catalyzed racemization of the target