Screening yeasts for the stereoselective reduction of oxoester clofibrate analogues
作者:Maria Grazia Perrone、Ernesto Santandrea、Antonio Scilimati、Christoph Syldatk、Vincenzo Tortorella
DOI:10.1016/j.tetasy.2005.02.010
日期:2005.4
Reduction of oxoesters 1b-d and 1fg in the presence of different yeast strains (Saccharomyces cerevisiae DSM 11285, S. cerevisiae CBS 7336, Cryptococcus curvatus ATCC 20509, Candida hombicola ATCC 22214, Trigonopsis variabilis DSM 70714, Kluyveromyces marxianus CBS 6556) affords hydroxy esters 2b-d and 2fg with diastereoisomeric excesses (de) up to > 99%. Hydrolytic enzyme(s) contained in the yeasts catalyzed to some extent the hydrolysis of the oxoesters to the corresponding acids, which undergo decarboxylation followed by reduction of the carbonyl moiety. (c) 2005 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.