Biological reaction often being stereospecific(51, it would be interesting to examine the possibility of partial resolution of racemic mixtures by preferential oxidation of one enantiomer. Table I shows that at least 15 and 84 s of alcohols c and e are transformed respectively, which indicates that both enantiomers of the racemic mixture at the start were enzymatically oxidized. On the other hand, in the case of the alcohol e, the recove, red ...
