Baker’s Yeast Mediated Bioreduction of Prochiral Ketones Having 6-(4-Oxo-1,3-dioxinyl) Group
- 1 June 1990
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Chemistry Letters
- Vol. 19 (6) , 901-904
- https://doi.org/10.1246/cl.1990.901
Abstract
Prochiral ketones having 6-(4-oxo-1,3-dioxinyl) group as one terminal unit by fermenting baker’s yeast gave chiral alcohols, which could be convertible to optically active hydroxyesters, β-ketoesters, and lactones.Keywords
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