申请人:Showa Shell Sekiyu Kabushiki Kaisha
公开号:EP0577446A2
公开(公告)日:1994-01-05
Optically active, halogen-containing alcohols useful as intermediate of liquid crystal compounds are prepared in which an enzyme originated from microorganisms selected from the genera of Chromobacterium, Alcaligenes, Candida, Geotrichum, Humicola, Mucor, Penicillium, Rhizopus and Pseudomonas or an enzyme originated from wheat malt, such as wheat germ, is allowed to react, in organic solvents, with a racemic, halogen-containing alcohol of the formula [I] :
wherein R1 is a halogen-containing alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms ; and R2 is a group selected from alkyl and aralkyl groups having 4 to 16 carbon atoms, substituted and unsubstituted aryl groups and -CH2-COO-R5 wherein R5 is an alkyl or aralkyl group having 2 to 16 carbon atoms, and a vinyl ester of the formula [II] :
wherein R3 is an alkyl, substituted alkyl or alkenyl group having 1 to 11 carbon atoms ; and R4 is a substituted or unsubstituted vinyl group having 2 to 4 carbon atoms, until the corresponding (S)-type or (R)-type isomer of the compound [I] is obtained.
制备具有光学活性的、可用作液晶化合物中间体的含卤素的醇,在此过程中,一种来自选自Chromobacterium、Alcaligenes、Candida、Geotrichum、Humicola、Mucor、Penicillium、Rhizopus和Pseudomonas属的微生物的酶,或一种来自小麦麦芽(如小麦胚芽)的酶,可以在有机溶剂中与式[I]的外消旋含卤素的醇反应:
其中 R1 是具有 1 至 4 个碳原子的含卤烷基;R2 是选自具有 4 至 16 个碳原子的烷基和芳烷基、取代和未取代的芳基和 -CH2-COO-R5 (其中 R5 是具有 2 至 16 个碳原子的烷基或芳烷基)的基团,以及式 [II] 的乙烯基酯:
其中 R3 是具有 1 至 11 个碳原子的烷基、取代的烷基或烯基;R4 是具有 2 至 4 个碳原子的取代或未取代的乙烯基,直至得到化合物[I]的相应 (S) 型或 (R) 型异构体。