V for resolution: A new oxovanadium catalyst (V‐MPS; see scheme) immobilized in the pores of mesoporous silica has been developed. The combined use of V‐MPS and lipases achieved the dynamickineticresolution of a wide range of racemic alcohols (1 or 2) to produce optically active esters 3 in high chemical and optical yields. The paired catalysts retained high catalytic activity when reused up to six
A continuous-flow dynamic kineticresolution of racemicsecondaryalcohols was carried out using a single column reactor packed with a mixture of immobilized lipase and an immobilized oxovanadium species, VMPS4. As a result, optically pure esters were produced in 88–92 % yields. Problems encountered in this study were overcome by using fillers that efficiently