Vinyl Acetate → (R)-3-(3-methoxybenzyl)-4-oxocyclopent-2-enyl acetate

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4-Hydroxy-2-(3-methoxybenzyl)cyclopent-2-enone (9 g, 41.26 mmol) was dissolved in isobutyl methyl ketone (90 mL), and vinyl acetate (8.4 g, 97.57 mmol) and Lipase derived from Alcaligenese spp. (0.9 g) were added to the solution, and the mixture was stirred at room temperature overnight. The reaction mixture was filtered to remove Lipase and the filtrate was evaporated. The resulting residue was purified by chromatography on a silica gel column using hexane-EtOAc as eluent to give (R)-3-(3-methoxybenzyl)-4-oxocyclopent-2-enyl acetate as yellow oil: 4.29 g (95% ee by HPLC using a chiral column) and (S)-4-hydroxy-2-(3-methoxybenzyl)cyclopent-2-enone as yellow oil: 4.05 g (100% ee by HPLC using a chiral column)

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