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Fungal hydroxylation of ethyl benzene and derivatives

HL Holland, IM Carter, PC Chenchaiah, SH Khan…

Index: Holland, Herbert L.; Carter, Ian M.; Chenchaiah, P. Chinna; Khan, Shaheer H.; Munoz, Benito; et al. Tetrahedron Letters, 1985 , vol. 26, # 52 p. 6409 - 6412

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Abstract

Abstract The fungus Mortierella isabellina converts ethyl benzene and a number of parasubstituted derivatives to the corresponding optically active 1-phenylethanols with enantiomeric excesses between 5 and 40%. Hydrogen removal from the substrate preceeds product formation and is stereochemically independent of it.