Lipase from Candida cylindracea allows discrimination between the two connectively non-equivalent hydroxy groups in primary diols or their esters via acylation–hydrolysis, with high regioselectivity. The same technique is used to distinguish between hydroxy groups of different nature in phenolic compounds.
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