Optically active (S)-ketone-and (R)-aldehyde-cyanohydrins via an (R)-oxynitrifase-catalysed transcyanation. Chemoenzymatic syntheses of 2-cyanotetrahydrofuran …

E Menéndez, R Brieva, F Rebolledo…

Index: Menendez, Emma; Brieva, Rosario; Rebolledo, Francisca; Gotor, Vicente Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications, 1995 , # 10 p. 989 - 990

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Optically active cyanohydrins are valuable starting materials for the synthesis of a great variety of interesting compounds such as a-hydroxy acids, a-hydroxy aldehydes, P-amino alcohols and a-amino acids. One of the most used methods for the synthesis of enantiopure ...

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