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SUBMITTER: Schober M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3155277 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Schober Markus M Gadler Petra P Knaus Tanja T Kayer Heidemarie H Birner-Grünberger Ruth R Gülly Christian C Macheroux Peter P Wagner Ulrike U Faber Kurt K
Organic letters 20110719 16
A metallo-β-lactamase-type alkylsulfatase was found to catalyze the enantioselective hydrolysis of sec-alkylsulfates with strict inversion of configuration. This catalytic event, which does not have an analog in chemocatalysis, yields homochiral (S)-configurated alcohols and nonreacted sulfate esters. The latter could be converted into (S)-sec-alcohols as the sole product in up to >99% ee via a chemoenzymatic deracemization protocol on a preparative scale. ...[more]