“…Poly-3-hydroxyacids are of great interest for bioerodable and biodegradable polymers, 1 while the enantiomeric ratio of the monomers has a dramatic effect on the crystallinity and solubility of the resulting polymer. 2,3 The enzymatic kinetic resolution of 2-arylpropionic acids, mainly ibuprofen, [4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12] and related structures, [13][14][15][16][17][18][19] has been studied intensively, but any literature on the enzymatic kinetic resolutions of 2-aryl-3-hydroxycompounds such as tropic acid, is scarce. Only recently, was an enzymatic kinetic resolution of this hydroxy acid utilising lipase PS (Pseudomonas cepacia lipase) to target the primary alcohol reported.…”