Incubations of the fungus Mortierella isabellina NRRL 1757 with -3-oxo-3-phenylpropanamide, 3-oxobutanamide and with some of their N-alkyl derivatives afford the corresponding (S)-3-hydroxyamides, usually in high chemical yields and enantiomeric excesses. (C) 1997 Elsevier Science Ltd.
Practical enzymatic route to optically active 3-hydroxyamides. Synthesis of 1,3-aminoalcohols