Asymmetric Hydrogenation of 2-Aryl-1-nitropropenes by Fermenting Bakers’ Yeast
- 5 January 1987
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Chemistry Letters
- Vol. 16 (1) , 191-192
- https://doi.org/10.1246/cl.1987.191
Abstract
2-Aryl-1-nitropropenes were enantioselectively hydrogenated on C=C double bonds by incubation with fermenting bakers’ yeast to afford optically active 2-aryl-1-nitropropanes.Keywords
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