Abstract: A route to enantiopure isolevoglucosenone, a regioisomer of levoglucosenone and a potential chiral building block, has been developed by employing lipase-mediated kinetic resolution as the key step. Key words: isolevoglucosenone, lipase-mediated kinetic resolution, enantioselective kinetic resolution, enantioselective hydrolysis, chiral building block
[Haak, Robert M.; Tarabiono, Chiara; Janssen, Dick B.; Minnaard, Adriaan J.; De Vries, Johannes G.; Feringa, Ben L. Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, 2007 , vol. 5, # 2 p. 318 - 323]