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ORGANIC PROCESS RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT
Volume 14, Issue 1, Pages 119-126Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/op9002246
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(R)-2-Methylpentanol is an important chiral intermediate for the synthesis of certain medicinally important compounds, natural products, and liquid crystals. Here we describe the development of a practical kinetic resolution utilizing an enantiospecific biocatalytic reduction of racemic 2-methylvaleraldehyde. The process utilizes an evolved ketoreductase enzyme to selectively reduce the (R)-enantiomer of racemic 2-methylvaleraldehyde to the desired product with high volumetric productivity. A scaleable method for separating the desired product from the off-enantiomer of the starting material is also described. The process is cost-effective, green, and amenable to manufacturing scale.
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