Coconut water (Cocos nucifera L.)—A new biocatalyst system for organic synthesis

✍ Scribed by Aluísio M. Fonseca; Francisco Jose Q. Monte; Maria da Conceição F. de Oliveira; Marcos C. de Mattos; Geoffrey A. Cordell; Raimundo Braz-Filho; Telma L.G. Lemos

• Book ID: 103835396
• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 2009
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 586 KB
• Volume: 57
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1381-1177
• DOI: 10.1016/j.molcatb.2008.06.022

✦ Synopsis

A series of aliphatic and aromatic aldehydes and ketones was reduced using plant cell preparations from coconut juice, Cocos nucifera, also called ACC (água-de-coco do Ceará). The reduced products were typically obtained in excellent yields (%) and with very high enantiomeric excess. Esters, amides, and nitrobenzene, yielded acids, amines and an azoxyderivative with satisfactory results.