Tetrahedron letters

Regioselective reduction of substituted dinitroarenes using baker's yeast

CL Davey, LW Powell, NJ Turner, A Wells

Index: Davey, Claire L.; Powell, Lawson W.; Turner, Nicholas J.; Wells, Andrew Tetrahedron Letters, 1994 , vol. 35, # 42 p. 7867 - 7870

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Abstract

Abstract A range of substituted dinitroaromatic compounds have been reduced using baker's yeast (Saccharamyces cerevisiae), in some cases with very high selectivity. A model is presented to account for the origin of the selectivity together with a possible mechanism for the reduction.