Sulfoxides, P-hydroxy

Resolutions. The following types of substrates have been resolved via lipase-mediated enantioselective esterification malic and aspartic esters, 3-hydroxyalken-l-yl p-tolyl sulfoxides, P-hydroxy sulfoxides." A practical method involves sequential transacetylation and sulfation, followed by extraction and treatment of the aqueous layer with methanolic HCl to recover the alcohol (the organic layer yields the acetate). The use of 1-ethoxyvinyl acetate as acetyl donor in these reactions has been proposed."... 

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