PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION OF AN ENANTIOMERICALLY AND/OR DIASTEREOMERICALLY ENRICHED ESTER, THIOESTER, ALCOHOL OR THIOL

摘要

The invention relates to a process for preparing an enantiomerically and/or diastereomerically enriched ester or thioester having at least two adjacent chiral centres, wherein a mixture of stereoisomers of a secondary alcohol or thiol having a structure comprising a first chiral center forming a secondary alcohol or secondary thiol moiety in the beta position relative to a second chiral center having one hydrogen substituent, is reacted with an acyl donor in the presence of an epimerisation catalyst and a stereoselective acylation catalyst.