“…However, to the best of our knowledge, a general method for the kinetic resolution of racemic 2-hydroxyamide derivatives has not been reported to date. We recently accomplished the first KR of racemic alcohols with achiral carboxylic acids and of racemic carboxylic acids with achiral alcohols by asymmetric esterification [ 14 , 15 , 16 , 17 , 18 , 19 , 20 , 21 , 22 , 23 , 24 , 25 , 26 , 27 ] via the in situ formation of a mixed anhydride using carboxylic anhydrides as coupling reagents combined with chiral acyl-transfer catalysts. Furthermore, KR of racemic 2-hydroxyalkanoates with diphenylacetic acid was achieved using pivalic anhydride in the presence of ( R )-benzotetramisole [ 27 , 28 ] (( R )-BTM; Scheme 1 ; (i)).…”