Volume 19, Issue 1 pp. 113-115
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Highly Enantioselective Microbial Hydrolysis of cis-2-Arylcyclopropanecarbonitriles

Guo-Qiang Feng

Guo-Qiang Feng

Center for Molecular Science, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100080, China

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Mei-Xiang Wang

Mei-Xiang Wang

Center for Molecular Science, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100080, China

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First published: 26 August 2010
Citations: 10

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%.

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