Enzyme catalysed irreversible transesterifications with vinyl acetate. Are they really irreversible?
作者:Mårten Lundh、Ove Nordin、Erik Hedenström、Hans-Erik Högberg
DOI:10.1016/0957-4166(95)00298-4
日期:1995.9
When racemic beta-methyl-(2-thiophene)propanol (1) was resolved via transesterification catalysed by lipase from Pseudomonas fluorescens (PFL) using an excess vinyl acetate in chloroform the enantioselectivity was high E approximate to 200 (conversion, c = 39%) when calculated from the ee of the (S)-ester S-1Ac. However, based on the ee of the remaining (R)-alcohol R-1, assuming irreversibility and when measured at c = 57%, E = 37 was obtained. Similarly, when the 5-(1-ethoxyethoxy)-3-pentyn-2-ol (2) was resolved using immobilised lipase B from Candida antarctica (Novozym SP435) under similar conditions, the (R)-ester product R-2Ac at c = 22% gave E approximate to 140 compared with that of the remaining alcohol S-2 at c = 65% which gave E = 15. These results are interpreted as a consequence of a reversible process occurring in transesterifications of this type, which are commonly referred to as irreversible.