108944-21-4Relevant articles and documents
PREPARATION OF BOTH ENANTIOMERS OF A CHIRAL LACTONE THROUGH COMBINED MICROBIOLOGICAL REDUCTION AND OXIDATION
Ouazzani-Chahdi, Jamal,Buisson, Didier,Azerad, Robert
, p. 1109 - 1112 (1987)
The Baeyer-Williger-like oxidation of (R,S)-2,2,5,5-tetramethyl-4-hydroxy-cyclohexanone by several fungal strains was highly enantioselective, affording a rearranged (S)-hydroxy-γ-lactone.The recovery of the nearly optically pure (R)-hydroxyketone allowed