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2-Aryloxypropionic acids 3a–f, compounds with herbicidal activity, have been prepared with high enantiomeric purity by microbial hydrolysis of the corresponding racemic nitriles and amides in presence ofBrevibacterium imperiale cells.
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Bianchi, D., Bosetti, A., Cesti, P. et al. Stereoselective microbial hydrolysis of 2-aryloxypropionitriles. Biotechnol Lett 13, 241–244 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01041477
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