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Regioselective deacylation of polyacetoxy aryl-methyl ketones by lipases in organic solvents

VS Parmar, AK Prasad, NK Sharma, SK Singh, HN Pati…

Index: Parmar; Prasad; Sharma; Singh; Pati; Gupta Tetrahedron, 1992 , vol. 48, # 31 p. 6495 - 6498

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Abstract

Lipases from porcine pancreas and Candida cylindraea, suspended in organic solvents have been used to study regioselective deacylation of polyacetoxy acetophenones. It has been observed that the hydrolysis of acetate groups at positions other than ortho predominates.