Asymmetric reduction of 3-oxo-octadecanoic acid with fermenting baker's yeast. An easy synthesis of optically pure (+)-(2R,3R)-corynomycolic acid
- 1 January 1987
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications
- No. 18,p. 1368-1369
- https://doi.org/10.1039/c39870001368
Abstract
Optically pure (+)-corynomycolic acid has been synthesised from methyl acetoacetate by a route including asymmetric reduction of 3-oxo-octadecanoic acid with baker's yeast as a key step.Keywords
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