Enantiomeric specificity in the cyclohexa-amylose-catalysed hydrolysis of 3-carboxy-2,2,5,5-tetramethylpyrrolidin-1-oxy m-nitrophenyl ester

Abstract

The asymmetric catalytic effect in the hydrolysis of racemic 3-carboxy-2,2,5,5-tetramethylpyrrolidin-1-oxy m-nitrophenyl ester by cyclohexa-amylose is the largest found so far in a model-enzyme catalysed hydrolysis of a carboxylic acid ester.