Laboratoire de Bioorganique et de Biotechnologies , UA 1389, C.N.R.S. , 11 rue Pierre et Marie Curie, 75231, PARIS CEDEX 05, France
Abstract:
Racemic 2-methylcyclopropane dicarboxylic acid dimethyl ester undergoes selective enzymatic reactions to give enantiomerically pure monocarboxylic acids which by classical organic chemistry lead to the four 1-amino 2-methyl cycloproane carboxylic acids.