4.44 A kinetic resolution (Section 4.13) of N-succinylphenylalanine was carried out by treatment with the enzyme...
4.44 A kinetic resolution (Section 4.13) of N-succinylphenylalanine was carried out by treatment with the enzyme succinylase. The phenylalanine that was obtained had the R configuration at its chirality center and was obtained in 87.6% enantiomeric excess (ee). (a) Draw the structure of the major phenylalanine product and the recovered N-succinylphenylalanine to show stereochemistry at their chirality centers. (b) What is the enantiomeric ratio (er) of the phenylalanine that is produced in this reaction? OH ОН 0 0 succinylase y o + y HAN iece HOOH OH Phenylalanine Succinic acid N-Succinylphenylalanine (racemic) ОН 0 0 HN OH N-Succinyl-L-phenylalanine