The present invention relates to a novel and efficient chemoenzymatic
process of preparation of optically active trans alkyl phenylglycidates.
The invention particularly discloses a novel process for the
chemoenzymatic synthesis of two enantiomers of trans alkyl
phenylglycidate i.e. alkyl(2S,3R)-phenylglycidate and
alkyl(2R,3S)-phenylglycidate of formulae 7 and 8 respectively
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