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Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Chemistry +13

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Irreversible and highly enantioselective acylation of 2-halo-1-arylethanols in organic solvents catalyzed by a lipase from Pseudomonas fluorescens

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Life Sciences, Chemistry, Microbiology +14

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Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Biotechnology +15