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Pig liver esterase catalysed hydrolysis of diester (1) with dimethyl sulphoxide as cosolvent in buffered solutions gave optically pure monoester (2) which was further transformed to the (R)-proline related ester (4) by radical decarboxylation.
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Björkling et al. (1987) studied this question.
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