Enantioselective syntheses of (+)- and (–)-conduritol C from benzene via microbial oxidation and enzymatic asymmetrization

Abstract
The title compounds have been prepared by a route involving the elaboration of meso-cyclohexa-3,5-diene-1,2-diol 4, a product of microbial oxidation of benzene, to meso-diol 6 and asymmetrization of the latter by use of a lipase in organic media to the enantiometrically pure monoacetate 7.