A process for carrying out enzymatically catalyzed conversions of organic compounds

摘要

A process for carrying out enzymatically catalyzed conversions of organic compounds comprises reacting an ester of an organic acid in a liquid organic phase with ammonia in the presence of a hydrolytic enzyme such as a lipase, esterase or protease. The process permits the highly enantioselective preparation of enantiomers of amides, esters and/or alcohols in good yield from racemic starting material under very mild reaction conditions.