Regioselective Acetylation of 2-Aryl-2-butene-1,4-diols and Hydrolysis of Their Diacetates Using Porcine Pancreas Lipase.

Acetylation of 2-aryl-2-butene-1,4-diols with 10 equivalents of vinyl acetate in the presence of 50 wt % of porcine pancreas lipase (PPL) Type II regioselectively proceeded to afford the correspond...