Enzymatic Resolution of Alcohols Coupled with Ruthenium-Catalyzed Racemization of the Substrate Alcohol

Angewandte Chemie (International Edition in English)

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1211-1212

  Larsson, Anna L E ^a   Persson, B Anders ^a   Bäckvall, Jan E ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Alcohols; Asymmetric catalysis; Chiral resolution; Enzyme catalysis; Ruthenium

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030789621     PISSN: 05700833     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.199712111     Document Type: Article

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