Synthesis of (S)-α-tocotrienol via an enzymatic desymmetrization of an achiral chroman derivative

Tetrahedron Letters

Volumn 43, Issue 44, 2002, Pages 7971-7973

  Chênevert, Robert ^a   Courchesne, Gabriel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

tocotrienol; Asymmetric synthesis; Desymmetrization; Lipase

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOTRIENOL; CHROMAN DERIVATIVE; ESTER DERIVATIVE; METHANOL DERIVATIVE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE; VINYL ACETATE;

ACYLATION; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ANTARCTICA; CHIRALITY; DRUG SYNTHESIS; ENANTIOMER; ENZYME ACTIVITY;

CANDIDA; CANDIDA ANTARCTICA;

EID: 0037190874     PISSN: 00404039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-4039(02)01865-8     Document Type: Article

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