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A mild one-pot methodology has been developed to deracemise rac-2-phenyl-1-propanol by combining the use of non-selective laccase/TEMPO-mediated oxidation with enantioselective bioreduction of the racemic aldehyde intermediate under dynamic conditions. The process was easily scalable and stereocontrollable by selecting the suitable biocatalyst.

Financial support from the Spanish Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovacion (MICINN-12-CTQ2011-24237), the Principado de Asturias (SV-PA-13-ECOEMP-42 and SV-PA-13-ECOEMP-43) and the Universidad de Oviedo (UNOV-13-EMERG-01 and UNOV-13-EMERG-07) is gratefully acknowledged. I. L. acknowledges MICINN for his research contract under the Ramón y Cajal Program. We thank Professor Dimas Suárez (University of Oviedo) for ab initio calculations and helpful discussions.