The invention discloses a method for biocatalytically synthesizing optically pure 2R-fluorocarboxylic acids and 2R-hydroxycarboxylic acids, and belongs to the field of bioengineering technology. Using α-fluoro acid and / or α-fluoro acid derivatives as substrates, using
fluoroacetic acid dehalogenase mutants K181M, K181S, W185G, K181M-W185Y, K181S-W185A, K181S-W185C, K181S-W185G, K181S-W185V as biocatalysts,
hydrolysis and defluorination obtain chirally pure 2R-fluorocarboxylic acids and 2R-hydroxycarboxylic acids and derivatives thereof. The present invention has strong
stereoselectivity and simple steps, and solves the problems of low optical purity, low yield and environmental
pollution that are widely present in the synthesis of chiral compounds. In addition, the inventive method amplifies the
reaction system to
gram-level experiments using whole cells as catalysts, obtains products with higher yields and ee values, has low cost, low
energy consumption, and is suitable for industrial production.