%A Ish Kumar
%A R S Jolly
%O Copyright of this article belongs to ACS.
%J Organic letters
%T A thioesterase for chemoselective hydrolysis of S-acyl sulfanylalkanoates.
%X [figure: see text] A thioesterase, isolated from a strain of Alcaligenes sp. ISH108, chemoselectively hydrolyzes thiol esters. The application of the enzyme has been demonstrated in the preparation of the antihypertensive agent captopril.
%N 2
%P 283-5
%V 3
%D 2001
%I ACS Publications
%L open295