Illustrations of the potential of α-chymotrypsin for the resolution of alicyclic acids and esters
✍ Scribed by J.Bryan Jones; Peter W. Marr
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1973
- Tongue
- French
- Weight
- 187 KB
- Volume
- 14
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0040-4039
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✦ Synopsis
The aromatic-group specificity1 of a-chymotrypsin (o-CT) has been exploited for the re- solution of many racemic aromatic acids via hydrolysis of their esters.
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In contrast, virtually no attention has been paid to the possibility of resolving aliphatic acids by this procedure.
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