Disclosed is a process for resolving enantiomeric mixtures of 2-substituted propanoic acids and related compounds by first derivatizing the compounds to produce water soluble ester forms of the acids, and using the ester forms in an enantiomerically selective enzyme catalyzed reaction. The water soluble substrates are disposed in an aqueous solution of a water soluble donor alcohol in the presence of a hydrolase enzyme and produce by transesterification a product ester rich in one of the two enantiomers having reduced water solubility. Separation of the enantiomers thereafter may be conducted using various conventional means. The process is versatile and efficient because it can be conducted in aqueous solution to produce an easily separated product which inherently is a relatively poor substrate for hydrolase enzyme catalyzed hydrolysis.
                            本发明公开了一种用于解析 2-取代
丙酸及相关化合物对映体混合物的工艺,首先对这些化合物进行衍生处理,生成这些酸的
水溶性酯形式,然后在对映体选择性酶催化反应中使用这些酯形式。在
水解酶存在的情况下,将
水溶性底物置于
水溶性供体醇的
水溶液中,通过酯交换反应生成富含两种对映体之一的酯,其
水溶性降低。此后,对映体的分离可通过各种常规方法进行。该工艺用途广泛,效率高,因为它可以在
水溶液中进行,生产出易于分离的产品,而该产品本身是
水解酶催化
水解的相对较差的底物。