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Reduction of alkyl (2-oxocyclohexyl)acetates by baker's yeast
M Ganaha1, Y Funabiki, M Motoki
1Department of Agricultural Chemistry, Faculty of Agriculture, Ehime University, Matsuyama, Japan.
Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry
|March 21, 1998
Abstract:
Baker's yeast reduction of methyl and ethyl (2-oxocyclohexyl) acetates proceeded with enantio- and diastereo-selectivity, affording the corresponding (2S)-trans-alcohols (major), (2S)-cis-alcohols (minor), and the unaltered (1S)-ketones with high optical purity.