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Production of (+)-(S)-Ethyl 3-Hydroxybutyrate and (-)-(R)-Ethyl 3-Hydroxybutyrate by Microbial Reduction of Ethyl Acetoacetate

✍ Scribed by Beat Wipf; Ernst Kupfer; Roberto Bertazzi; Hans Georg Wilhelm Leuenberger


Book ID
102252819
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
1983
Tongue
German
Weight
218 KB
Volume
66
Category
Article
ISSN
0018-019X

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Abstract

The production of (S)‐ethyl 3‐hydroxybutyrate (2) from ethyl acetoacetate (1) in higher yields and with higher optical purity than with the usual procedures was achieved by continuous addition of the substrate 1 and sucrose to an aerated suspension of bakers' yeast. The microbial reduction of 1 by the fungus Geotrichum candidum LINK yields ‐ for the first time ‐ the antipode 3.


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