Enantiomeric enrichment of bicyclic alcohols

摘要

There is disclosed a two-stage enzymatically catalyzed reaction for the selective preparation of the (R)-endo-isomer of norbornenol from a mixture containing all four stereo- and regioisomers of norbornenol, as well as the synthesis of the intermediate product comprising the enantiomerically enriched mono-ester of (R)-endo-norbornenol and a diacid, and of the enantiomerically enriched saturated alcohol (R)-endo-norborneol. There is also disclosed a method for the production of (R)-endo-norborne-2-ol, by chemical reduction of either the enantiomerically enriched monoester and subsequent hydrolysis, or by hydrolysis of the enantiomerically enriched monoester and then chemical reduction.