Hexanoic Acid → HCID 14574144, compound

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Racemic (±)-4-pentyl-4'-(1-hydroxyethyl)biphenyl (m.p. 90.0° C.) was optically resolved by biochemical transesterification. Using the obtained 5.0 g of (-)-4- pentyl-4'-(1-hydroxyethyl)biphenyl (m.p. 83.8° C., [α]D 24.5 -25.0° (c 1.0, CH3OH)), 7.0 g of DCC, 1.0 g of DMAP and 3.0 g of caproic acid, optically active 4-pentyl-4'-(1-hexanoyloxyethyl)biphenyl 3.2 g was obtained by the same method as described in Example 1. The melting point of the obtained biphenyl was 10° C.

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