著者

末宗 洋 田中 正一 尾葉石 浩 酒井 浄

出版者

The Pharmaceutical Society of Japan

雑誌

Chemical and Pharmaceutical Bulletin (ISSN:00092363)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.36, no.1, pp.15-21, 1988-01-25 (Released:2008-03-31)

参考文献数

9

被引用文献数

9 18

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Synthesis of prostaglandin A2 (PGA2) by means of a route involving enzymatic reactions is described. Enantioselective reduction and hydrolysis of trans-3, 4-bis(methoxycarbonyl)cyclopentanone (1) were examined using yeasts or enzymes, and it was found that (+)- and (-)-1 are easily obtained by an enzymatic procedure. Compound (+)-1 was converted to the Corey intermediate for PGA2 via the regioselective hydrolysis of the (+)-diacetate (8) with porcine pancreatic lipase. This synthesis based on the enzymatic approach was proved to be useful for the synthesis of both PGA and PGE from (-)-1.