A Convenient Enzymatic Route to Optically Active l-Aminoindan-2-ol: Versatile Ligands for HIV-1 Protease Inhibitors and Asymmetric Syntheses

Synthesis (Stuttg). 1997 May;1997(5):541-544. doi: 10.1055/s-1997-1235.

Abstract

(1S,2R)- and (1R,2S)-l-aminoindan-2-ol were prepared in high enantiomeric excess (>96%) by an immobilized lipase-catalyzed selective acylation of racemic trans- l-azidoindan-2-ol.