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Process for the resolution of esters of arylalkylcarboxylic acids

US6201147A · kind A · utility

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Assignee

BASF SE

Inventors

Uwe Bornscheuer · Greifswald, DE
Erik Henke · New York, US
Yang Hong · Singapore, SG

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 21, 1999
Grant date	Mar 13, 2001
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 21, 2019

Classification

Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
CPC primaryC12P41/003
WIPO fieldBiotechnology
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The invention relates to a process for the resolution of esters of arylalkylcarboxylic acids of the general formula ##STR1## which comprises reacting compounds of the general formula I with an alcohol of the general formula R.sup.6 --OH in the presence of a lipase or esterase to give compounds of the general formulae Ia and II ##STR2## at least one of the compounds of the formulae Ia and II being present in an enantiomeric excess and the substituents and variables in the formulae I, Ia and II are as defined in the specification.

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