Highly efficient synthesis of enantiomerically enriched 2-aziridinemethanols by lipase desymmetrization

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Jun Young Choi, choijy@pharmacy.purdue.edu and Richard F. Borch. Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Purdue University, 201 South University St., West Lafayette, IN 47907
Both enantiomers of protected and unprotected 2-aziridinemethanols are efficiently and stereoselectively synthesized through the combination of enzymatic and synthetic methods. PPL was employed for lipase desymmetrization of N-protected serinol.