METHOD FOR PRODUCING OPTICALLY ACTIVE 2-HYDROXYMETHYL-3- ARYLPROPIONIC ACID AND ANTIPODE ESTER THEREOF

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for readily producing an optically active 2- hydroxymethyl-3-arylpropionic acid, and to obtain an antipode ester thereof. SOLUTION: The optically active 2-hydroxymethyl-3-arylpropionic acid represented by formula (2) and the antipode ester thereof are produced by asymmetrically hydrolyzing a 2-hydroxymethyl-3-arylpropionic acid ester represented by formula (1) by using an enzyme.