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2,2,2-Trichloroethyl acetate may be used in the enzyme catalyzed synthesis of enantiomerically pure prostaglandin intermediate, (1S,4R)-(-)-4-hydroxy-2-cyclopentenyl acetate.

Journal of the American Chemical Society, 75, p. 3020, 1953 DOI: 10.1021/ja01108a506

2,2,2-Trichloroethyl acetate is used as acetyl donor in anhydrous, enzyme-catalyzed enantioselective acetylations.