申请人:KUREHA KAGAKU KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
公开号:EP0655504A2
公开(公告)日:1995-05-31
This invention provides a process for producing an optically active 1,2-diol derivative by optical resolution. The optically active 1,2-diol derivative of the formula (I) which is capable of utilizing as an intermediate of fungicidal optically-active azole derivatives can be produced by esterifying a 1,2-diol derivative of the formula (I) as a substrate with a carboxylic acid derivative of the formula (II) as a reagent in the presence of a lipase as a catalyst.
wherein R1 is C1 - C5 alkyl group, C3 - C7 cycloalkyl group or C1 - C5 haloalkyl group, R2 is C1 - C3 alkyl group substituted by a phenyl group which may have one or two halogen atoms and/or C1 - C4 alkyl groups, C2 - C3 alkenyl group substituted by a phenyl group which may have one or two halogen atoms and/or C1 - C4 alkyl groups, or C1 - C3 alkyl group substituted by a phenoxy group which may have one or two halogen atoms and/or C1 - C4 alkyl groups, R3 is C1 - C10 alkyl group or aryl group, and R4 is hydrogen atom, C1 - C5 alkyl group, C2 - C4 alkenyl group or COR3.
本发明提供了一种通过光学解析法生产具有光学活性的 1,2-二醇衍生物的工艺。以式(I)的 1,2-二醇衍生物为底物,以式(II)的羧酸衍生物为试剂,在脂肪酶作为催化剂的存在下进行酯化反应,就可以生产出具有光学活性的式(I)的 1,2-二醇衍生物,该衍生物可用作杀真菌光学活性唑衍生物的中间体。
其中 R1 为 C1 - C5 烷基、C3 - C7 环烷基或 C1 - C5 卤代烷基,R2 为被苯基取代的 C1 - C3 烷基,该苯基可含有一个或两个卤素原子和/或 C1 - C4 烷基,被苯基取代的 C2 - C3 烯基,该苯基可含有一个或两个卤素原子和/或 C1 - C4 烷基、或 R3 为 C1 - C10 烷基或芳基,R4 为氢原子、C1 - C5 烷基、C2 - C4 烯基或 COR3。