The invention discloses a bio-
catalytic method for synthesizing optical activity 2R-fluorocarboxylic acid and 2R-hydroxy
carboxylic acid. The method comprises the following steps: with alpha-
fluoroacetic acid or alpha-
fluoroacetic acid and derivatives thereof as a substrate, and
fluoroacetic acid dehalogenase as a biocatalyst, catalyzing the substrate to carry out a defluorinated
hydrolysis reaction, and finally producing and separating to obtain chirally pure 2R-fluorocarboxylic acid and 2R-hydroxy
carboxylic acid and derivatives thereof. The
stereoselectivity is high, the step of catalytically preparing the 2R-fluorocarboxylic acid and 2R-hydroxy
carboxylic acid is simple, the preparation is realized in one step, and the problems existing extensively in synthesis of the conventional chiral compounds such as low optical purity, low yield, environmental
pollution and the like can be solved. In addition, the method disclosed by the invention has the advantages that the
reaction system is enlarged to g-grade experiments, and the product with high yield and ee value can be obtained. Therefore, the method disclosed by the invention is applied to industrial production, and is low in cost, and the
energy consumption is low.