Enantioselective acylation of alcohols catalyzed by lipase QL from Alcaligenes sp.: a predictive active site model for lipase QL to identify the faster reacting enantiomer …
Lipase QL-catalyzed acylation of secondary alcohols using isopropenyl acetate as the acylating agent in diisopropyl ether gave preferentially the corresponding acetate with an R configuration. On the basis of the results, a predictive active site model for lipase QL is proposed for identifying which enantiomer of a secondary alcohol reacts faster in this reaction.