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A straig
htforward c
hemoenzymatic synt
hesis of optically active
trans-
N,
N-dialkylcyclopentane-1,2-diamines
has been efficiently developed starting out from t
heir analogous (±)-
trans-2-(
N,
N-dialkylamino)cyclopentanols. T
he route involves t
he one-pot stereospecific transformation of t
he racemic amino alco
holsinto racemic diamines and a subsequent kinetic resolution by means of lipase-B from
Candida antarctica-catalyzed acylation reactions. T
he careful selection of bot
h t
he alkyl substituents present in t
he diamineand t
he derivatization strategy applied to t
he enzymatic reaction enabled t
he easy preparation of ot
hersynt
hetically valuable optically active
trans-cyclopentane-1,2-diamines derivatives.