Highly enantioselective biotransformations of 2-aryl-4-pentenenitriles, a novel chemoenzymatic approach to (R)-(-)-baclofen

Tetrahedron Letters

Volumn 43, Issue 37, 2002, Pages 6617-6620

  Wang, Mei Xiang ^a   Zhao, Sheng Min ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

(R) ( ) baclofen; Amidase; Biotransformations; Chemoenzymatic synthesis; Nitrile hydratase

Indexed keywords

AMIDE; BACLOFEN; NITRILE;

ARTICLE; CATALYST; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SYNTHESIS; DRUG TRANSFORMATION; ENANTIOMER; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; HYDRATION; HYDROLYSIS; NONHUMAN; RHODOCOCCUS;

RHODOCOCCUS SP.;

EID: 0037048478     PISSN: 00404039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-4039(02)01449-1     Document Type: Article

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