HIGHLY ENANTIOSELECTIVE REDUCTION OF SYMMETRICAL DIACETYLAROMATICS WITH BAKERS-YEAST

Authors
UCHIYAMA M KATOH N MIMURA R YOKOTA N SHIMOGAICHI Y SHIMAZAKI M OHTA A
Citation
M. Uchiyama et al., HIGHLY ENANTIOSELECTIVE REDUCTION OF SYMMETRICAL DIACETYLAROMATICS WITH BAKERS-YEAST, Tetrahedron : asymmetry, 8(20), 1997, pp. 3467-3474
Citations number
26
Categorie Soggetti
Chemistry Inorganic & Nuclear","Chemistry Inorganic & Nuclear","Chemistry Physical
Journal title
Tetrahedron : asymmetry → ACNP
ISSN journal
09574166
Volume
8
Issue
20
Year of publication
1997
Pages
3467 - 3474
Database
ISI
SICI code
0957-4166(1997)8:20<3467:HEROSD>2.0.ZU;2-H
Abstract
Asymmetric reduction of symmetrical diacetylaromatics (1a, 1b, and 1d- g) with baker's yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) provided the correspo nding alcohols of high enantiomeric purity. By choosing appropriate re action conditions, the products were preferentially the monoalcohols o ver the diols. (C) 1997 Elsevier Science Ltd.