Enzymes as the Resolution Catalysts for DKR

Hydrolases such as lipases and proteases have been employed as the resolution catalysts for DKR. They include Candida antarctica lipase A (CAL-A), C. antarctica lipase B (CAL-B), Burkholderia (formerly Pseudomonas) cepacia lipase (BCL), Pseudomonas 

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5 DYNAMIC KINETIC RESOLUTION OF ALCOHOLS, AMINES, AND AMINO ACIDS 

The enantiomer shown reacts more rapidly than the other in the lipase-catalyzed transesterification. R, large substituent R, small substituent. 

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