Stereochemistry of the decarboxylation of phenolic cinnamic acids by Saccharomyces cerevisiae
- 1 January 1975
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications
- No. 11,p. 442-443
- https://doi.org/10.1039/c39750000442
Abstract
The decarboxylation of (E)-3,4-dimethoxy-cinnamic acid to the corresponding styrene by S. cerevisiae proceeds with retention of the hydrogen atom at the α-position of the acid; the configuration of the double bond is also retained.Keywords
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