Enzymatic asymmetrization of meso-2-cycloalken-1,4-diols and their diacetates in organic and aqueous media

Asymmetric transformations catalyzed by enzymes in organic solvents

Alexander M. Klibanov · Accounts of Chemical Research · 1990 · 967 citations

Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Chemistry +13

A rule to predict which enantiomer of a secondary alcohol reacts faster in reactions catalyzed by cholesterol esterase, lipase from Pseudomonas cepacia, and lipase from Candida rugosa

Romas J. Kazlauskas, Alexandra N. E. Weissfloch, Aviva T. Rappaport et al. · The Journal of Organic Chemistry · 1991 · 945 citations

Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Chemistry +11

Lipase-catalyzed irreversible transesterifications using enol esters as acylating reagents: preparative enantio- and regioselective syntheses of alcohols, glycerol derivatives, sugars and organometallics

Yi Fong. Wang, James Lalonde, M. Momongan et al. · Journal of the American Chemical Society · 1988 · 530 citations

Natural Sciences, Biochemistry, Chemistry +16

Enzymatic hydrolysis of prochiral -1,4-diacyl-2-cyc-lopentenediols: preparation of (1,4)-and (1,4)-4-hydroxy-2-cyclopentenylderivatives, versatile building blocks for cyclopentanoid natural products.

Kurt Laumen, Manfred Schneider · Tetrahedron Letters · 1984 · 128 citations

Pharmacy, Biochemistry, Medicinal Chemistry +8

A highly enantioselective hydrolysis of -3,5-diacetoxycyclopent-1-ene.

Donald R. Deardorff, A.J. Matthews, D.Scott McMeekin et al. · Tetrahedron Letters · 1986 · 101 citations

Natural Sciences, Chemistry, Biocatalysis +10