A. Navarroocana et al., SYNTHESIS OF SUBSTITUTED ISOXAZOLES FROM (Z)-3-ALKYL-3-NITRO-2-PHENYLPROPENENITRILES USING BAKERS-YEAST, Synlett, (7), 1996, pp. 695
(Z)-3-Aryl- and (Z)-3-Alkyl-2-phenyl-3-nitropropenenitriles were biohy
drogenated with baker's yeast to 5-Amino-3-aryl- and 5-Amino-3-alkyl-4
-phenylisoxazoles in good to moderate yields.