Benzil was reduced by incubation with a bacterium in a nutrient medium to afford (R)-benzoin. Substituted benzils were also hydrogenated to the corresponding benzoins in a similar manner.
Highlyenantioenriched mixed benzoins are obtained selectively through a biocatalytical cross-coupling reaction of aromatic aldehydes using ThDP-dependent enzymes.
使用 ThDP 依赖性酶,通过芳香醛的生物催化交叉偶联反应选择性地获得高度对映体富集的混合安息香。
Ohta, Hiromichi; Konishi, Jin; Kato, Yasuo, Agricultural and Biological Chemistry, 1987, vol. 51, # 9, p. 2421 - 2428