2006

Fluorene derivativesQ 1060 Baker's Yeast-Mediated Enantioselective Reduction of Substituted Fluorenones.

— In the presence of DMSO as co-solvent and under vigorous agitation, baker's yeast in water is found to reduce substituted fluorenones (I) to the corresponding fluorenols (II) in good to excellent enantioselectivities. — (LI, F.; CUI*, J.; QIAN, X.; REN, W.; WANG, X.; Chem. Commun. (Cambridge) 2006, 8, 865-867; Dep. Fine Chem., Dalian Univ. Technol., Dalian 116012, Peop. Rep. China; Eng.) — M. Paetzel

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