Tetrahedron: Asymmetry

(R)-and (S)-cyanohydrins using oxynitrilases in whole cells

E Kiljunen, LT Kanerva

Index: Kiljunen, Eero; Kanerva, Liisa T. Tetrahedron Asymmetry, 1996 , vol. 7, # 4 p. 1105 - 1116

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Abstract

Almond meal and Sorghum bicolor shoots were used as the sources of oxynitrilases for the preparation of a number (R)-and (S)-arylcyanohydrins, respectively, from the corresponding aldehydes in diisopropyl ether. Two different in situ methods were used to introduce hydrogen cyanide into the reaction mixture. In method 1, acetone cyanohydrin decomposes enzymatically and/or chemically to hydrogen cyanide. In method 2, hydrogen cyanide ...

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