Tetrahedron: Asymmetry

Asymmetric reduction of α-thiocyanatoketones by Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Mortierella isabellina—a new route to optically active thiiranes

E Łukowska, J Plenkiewicz

Index: Lukowska, Edyta; Plenkiewicz, Jan Tetrahedron Asymmetry, 2007 , vol. 18, # 10 p. 1202 - 1209

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Abstract

A simple method for the preparation of optically active 1-aryloxy-and 1-arylsulphanyl-3- thiocyanatopropan-2-oles from racemic 1-chloro-3-aryloxy-and 1-chloro-3-arylsulphanyl-2- propanols via 1-aryloxy-and 1-arylsulphanyl-3-thiocyanatopropan-2-ones has been