Ganaha M, Funabiki Y, Motoki M, Yamauchi S, Kinoshita Y
Department of Agricultural Chemistry, Faculty of Agriculture, Ehime University, Matsuyama, Japan.
Biosci Biotechnol Biochem. 1998 Jan;62(1):181-4. doi: 10.1271/bbb.62.181.
Baker's yeast reduction of methyl and ethyl (2-oxocyclohexyl) acetates proceeded with enantio- and diastereo-selectivity, affording the corresponding (2S)-trans-alcohols (major), (2S)-cis-alcohols (minor), and the unaltered (1S)-ketones with high optical purity.
