The Journal of Organic Chemistry

Studies on enzymic oxidation of sulfides. V. Switching of the direction of enzyme-mediated oxidation and reduction of sulfur-substituted 2-propanols and 2-propanones

H Ohta, Y Kato, G Tsuchihashi

Index: Ohta, Hiromichi; Kato, Yasuo; Tsuchihashi, Gen-ichi Journal of Organic Chemistry, 1987 , vol. 52, # 13 p. 2735 - 2739

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Abstract

Incubation of 1-(phenylsulfeny1)-and l-(phenylsulfonyl)-2-propanone with Corynebacterium equi IF0 3730 grown on hexadecane at pH 6.5 afforded the corresponding 1-substituted S propanols. l-(Phenylsulfinyl)-2-propanone was also reduced by the microorganism, the product being affected by the configuration of the sulfur atom, ie, while the R sulfoxide gave (R~, S~)-l-(phenylsulfinyl)-2-propanol, the S sulfoxide was oxidized first to the ...