REGIOSELECTIVE REDUCTION OF SUBSTITUTED DINITROARENES USING BAKERS-YEAST

Authors
DAVEY CL POWELL LW TURNER NJ WELLS A
Citation
Cl. Davey et al., REGIOSELECTIVE REDUCTION OF SUBSTITUTED DINITROARENES USING BAKERS-YEAST, Tetrahedron letters, 35(42), 1994, pp. 7867-7870
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Chemistry Inorganic & Nuclear
Journal title
Tetrahedron letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00404039
Volume
35
Issue
42
Year of publication
1994
Pages
7867 - 7870
Database
ISI
SICI code
0040-4039(1994)35:42<7867:RROSDU>2.0.ZU;2-R
Abstract
A range of substituted dinitroaromatic compounds have been reduced usi ng baker's yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae), in some cases with very h igh selectivity. A model is presented to account for the origin of the selectivity together with a possible mechanism for the reduction.