Départment de Chimie, Faculté des Sciences et de Génie, Université Laval Québec, Canada, G1K 7P4
Abstract:
(±)-Chloramphenicol palmitate has been efficiently resolved by enantioselective hydrolysis in organic medium in the presence of Rhizopus sp. lipase affording the palmitate of RR-chloramphenicol and SS- chloramphenicol in high chemical and enantiomeric yields.