METHOD FOR PREPARING OPTICALLY ACTIVE 3-PHENYLGLYCIDIC ACID ESTERS

摘要

There is disclosed a method for preparing an optically active 3-phenylglycidic acid ester compound, which comprises permitting an enzyme having the ability of stereoselectively hydrolyzing an ester bond to act on a racemic 3-phenylglycidic acid ester which may be unsubstituted or substituted on the phenyl group, thereby stereoselectively hydrolyzing one of the optically active isomers and then separating and collecting the antipode from the reaction mixture.