摘要:
A new seven-carbon polyhydroxylated chiral synthon is obtained, as single enantiomer, in nearly quantitative yield by enzymatic desymmetrization of the appropriate meso compound. Pseudomonas fluorescens shows an high degree of enantiotopic discrimination in a particularly complex molecule possessing a 1,3 syn diol structure; likewise, this chiral synthon has been easily transformed into a known compactin analogue.