G. Fronza et al., STEREOCHEMISTRY OF THE CONVERSION OF (R) CORIOLIC ACID INTO DELTA-DECANOLIDE IN CLADOSPORIUM-SUAVEOLENS, Biotechnology letters, 15(12), 1993, pp. 1233-1236
In growing cultures of Cladosporium suaveolens (R) coriolic acid (3) i
s converted into delta-decanolide enriched in the (S) enantiomer (2) (
ca. 0.4 ee), while recovered coriolic acid shows the same enantiomeric
composition of the precursor, as indicated by NMR studies onto a set
of (+)-MTPA derivatives.