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Enzymatic resolution of a key stereochemical intermediate for the synthesis of (-)-taxol

  • Carl R. Johnson
  • , Yanping Xu
  • , K. C. Nicolaou
  • , Zhen Yang
  • , Rodney K. Guy
  • , Jian Guo Dong
  • , Nina Berova

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Abstract

The taxol intermediate, racemic 3, was subjected to two consecutive kinetic resolutions with recombinant Candida antarctica lipase B in isopropenyl acetate/hexane. The absolute stereochemistry of the resulting acetate (+)-5 of > 99% enantiopurity, was assigned based on NMR and CD methods.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)3291-3294
Number of pages4
JournalTetrahedron Letters
Volume36
Issue number19
DOIs
StatePublished - May 8 1995
Externally publishedYes

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