A range of nitrostyrenes have been reduced with dried baker's yeast in an organic solvent system. It was found that the reduction proceeded smoothly to give the corresponding nitroalkanes in good yield and with higher efficiency than the corresponding aqueous reaction system. No evidence for reduction of the nitro group was observed. In the case of β-methyl nitrostyrenes, racemic mixtures were formed, and it was shown that this is not due to racemization of the product.
一系列的硝基苯乙烯已经在有机溶剂体系中与干燥的面包酵母还原。发现还原反应进行顺利,产率较高且效率比对应的水相反应系统更高,没有观察到硝基团的还原证据。对于β-甲基硝基苯乙烯,生成了外消旋混合物,并且证明这不是产物的外消旋化造成的。