Separation of enantiomers by lipase-catalyzed fluorous-phase delabeling

Simultaneous enantiomer-selective fluorous-phase delabeling and kinetic resolution was achieved by lipase-catalyzed alcoholysis of highly fluorinated esters of racemic alcohols. The separation of the fast-reacting delabeled enantiomers and the slow-reacting fluorous-phase labeled enantiomers was performed very efficiently by partition in an organic/fluorous biphasic solvent system.