ChemInform Abstract: Combined Microbial Oxidation and Reduction: A New Approach to the High- Yield Synthesis of Homochiral Unsaturated Secondary Alcohols from Racemates.

Combined microbial oxidation and reducti

Combined microbial oxidation and reduction: a new approach to the highyield synthesis of homochiral unsaturated secondary alcohols from racemates

✍ Giancarlo Fantin; Marco Fogagnolo; Pier Paolo Giovannini; Alessandro Medici; Pao 📂 Article 📅 1995 🏛 Elsevier Science 🌐 English ⚖ 355 KB

The oxidation of racemic secondary alcohols with Bacillus stearothermophilus followed by reduction of the mixture with Yarrowialipolytica to afford high yields of the enantiomerically pure R-alcohols la,b,d is described. Comparisons with Yarrowia lipolytica reduction, Bacillus stearothermophilus oxi