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Esterification of five- and six-membered-ring-containing alcohols catalysed by three different lipases (those from porcine pancreas, Candida cylindracea and Geotrichum candidum) was studied. Some conversions gave high stereochemical purity, but all gave low yields.
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Zarevúcka, M., Rejzek, M., Wimmer, Z. et al. Lipase-mediated esterification of racemic alcohols: A comparison of 2-substituted cyclohexanols and cyclopentanols. Biotechnol Lett 17, 1317–1320 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00189217
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