Highly Enantioselective Microbial Hydrolysis of cis-2-Arylcyclopropanecarbonitriles†
Special paper from the “China-Netherlands Bilateral Symposium on Organometallic Chemistry and Catalysis”, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China, 1999.
Abstract
Hydrolysis of racemic cis-2-arylcyclopropanecarbonitriles catalyzed by Rhodococcus sp. AJ270 whole cells proceeded enantioselectively to afford the corresponding amide and acid with enantiomeric excess higher than 99%.