Effect of ester moiety of substrates on
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Katsuhiro Kawashiro; Hideki Sugahara; Tomoya Tsukioka; Shigeru Sugiyama; Hiromu
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Article
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1996
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Springer Netherlands
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English
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The a-chymotrypsin-catalyzed transesterification between a racemic N-trifluoroacetylphenylalanine ester and 1-propanol, was carried out in organic media. Although activation of the substrate by introducing electron-withdrawing group to the ester moiety enhanced the rate of reaction, it decreased ena