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Enantioselective hydrolysis for the production of chiral styrene oxide was investigated using the epoxide hydrolase activity of a newly isolatedRhodosporidium kratochvilovae SYU-08. The effects of reaction prameters—buffer type, pH, temperature, initial substrate concentrations, phenyl-1,2-ethanediol concentrations on hydrolysis rate, and enantioselectivity—were analyzed. Optically active (S)-styrene oxide with an enantiomeric excess higher than 99 % was obtained from its racemate with a yield of 38 % (theoretically 50% maximum yield) from an initial concentration of 80 mM.
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Lee, J.W., Lee, E.J., Yoo, S.S. et al. Enantioselective hydrolysis of racemic styrene oxide by epoxide hydrolase ofRhodosporidium kratochvilovae SYU-08. Biotechnol. Bioprocess Eng. 8, 306–308 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02949223
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