Optically active (S)-ketone- and (R)-aldehyde-cyanohydrins via an (R)-oxynitrifase-catalysed transcyanation. Chemoenzymatic syntheses of 2-cyanotetrahydrofuran and 2-cyanotetrahydropyran
Abstract
(R)-Oxynitrilase catalyses the enantioselective decyanation of racemic ketone cyanohydrins and the enantioselective addition of HCN to ω-bromoaldehydes in one step.