The microbiological hydroxylation of some 2,9-dioxygenated clovanes by Mucor plumbeus

Authors
Arantes, SF Hanson, JR Mobbs, DJ
Citation
Sf. Arantes et al., The microbiological hydroxylation of some 2,9-dioxygenated clovanes by Mucor plumbeus, PHYTOCHEM, 52(4), 1999, pp. 631-634
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Agricultural Chemistry","Animal & Plant Sciences
Journal title
PHYTOCHEMISTRY
ISSN journal
00319422 → ACNP
Volume
52
Issue
4
Year of publication
1999
Pages
631 - 634
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-9422(199910)52:4<631:TMHOS2>2.0.ZU;2-X
Abstract
The fungus, Mucor plumbeus, has been shown to hydroxylate 9 alpha- and 9 be ta-hydroxy and 9-oxo-2 beta-methoxyclovane at C-6 and to reduce the 9-keton e stereospecifically to afford the 9 beta-alcohol. (C) 1999 Elsevier Scienc e Ltd. All rights reserved.