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  • Epoxide hydrolase-catalyzed resolution of ethyl 3-phenylglycidate using whole cells of Pseudomonas sp.

Epoxide hydrolase-catalyzed resolution of ethyl 3-phenylglycidate using whole cells of Pseudomonas sp.

Biotechnology letters (2004-02-19)
Congfa Li, Qiao Liu, Xin Song, Ding Di, Aiguo Ji, Yinbo Qu
ABSTRACT

A Pseudomonas sp. was isolated with enantioselective epoxide hydrolase activity to ethyl 3-phenylglycidate. Cells grown on sucrose and suspended in 10% (v/v) dimethyl formamide as co-solvent produced (2R,3S) ethyl 3-phenylglycidate with 95% ee and 26% yield in 12 h from 0.2% (w/v) of the racemate.

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Ethyl 3-phenylglycidate, mixture of cis and trans, 92%