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The enzymatic hydrolysis of a series of carboxylic esters by carboxylesterase NP has been investigated in order to determine the scope and limitations of this enzyme. α-Substituted propionates were hydrolysed with high enantioselectivity when an aromatic moiety was part of the α-substituent. Enantioselective hydrolysis could be accomplished with several α-arylpropionates, α-aryloxypropionates and N-arylalanine esters. The propionate esters yielded the propionic acids as (S)-enantiomers, whereas the alanine esters yielded the (R)- or (D)-enantiomers. Without α-aryl substituent the enzymatic hydrolysis of the propionates occurred at a lower rate without acceptable enantioselectivity.
In addition to α-substituted propionates only a few other esters were hydrolysed with high enantioselectivity by carboxylesterase NP, such as some prochiral di-substituted malonates, 1-Phenylethyl acetate was the only substrate with the chirality in the alcohol part of the ester that was found to be hydrolysed enantioselectively.
Carboxylesterase NP proves to be a powerful enzyme for the kinetic resolution of propionate esters with an aromatic ring containing α-substituent.
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Smeets, J.W.H., Kieboom, A.P.G. (1992). Enzymatic enantioselective ester hydrolysis by carboxylesterase NP. In: Servi, S. (eds) Microbial Reagents in Organic Synthesis. NATO ASI Series, vol 381. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-2444-7_22
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