@article { ISI:000237886100006,
	title = {Convenient chemoenzymatic synthesis of (1S,7aS)-1-hydroxy-5-oxo-4-(2 {\textquoteleft}-carboxyethyl)-7a-methyltetrahydro-indane - a key intermediate of steroids},
	journal = {Journal of Molecular Catalysis B-Enzymatic},
	volume = {40},
	number = {1-2},
	year = {2006},
	month = {MAY},
	pages = {38-43},
	publisher = {ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV},
	type = {Article},
	address = {PO BOX 211, 1000 AE AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS},
	abstract = {<p>A porcine pancreatic lipase mediated enzymatic hydrolysis of (+/-)-1-acetoxy-5-oxo-4-(2 {\textquoteleft}-carbomethoxyethyl)-7a-methyltetrahydroindane (5b) furnished (1S,7aS)-1-acetoxy-5-oxo-4-(2 {\textquoteleft}-carbomethoxyethyl)-7a-methyltetrahydro-indane (9) and (1R,7aR)-1-hydroxy-5-oxo-4-(2 {\textquoteleft}-carbomethoxyethyl)-7a-methyltetrahydro-indane (8) with \&gt; 99\% e.e. which on further chemical hydrolysis gave 1 and ent-1, key intermediates of steroids. (c) 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.</p>},
	keywords = {chemoenzymatic method, Enzymatic hydrolysis, steroids, terpenoids},
	issn = {1381-1177},
	doi = {10.1016/j.molcatb.2006.01.037},
	author = {Kalkote, Uttam R. and Purude, A. N. and Puranik, Vedavati G. and Gurjar, M. K.}
}
