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Microbial stereo-differentiating reduction of carbonyl compounds; proposed quadrant rule
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Bioorganic ChemistryAlcohol DehydrogenasesBiochemistryBiotransformationNatural SciencesQuadrant RuleCyclic KetonesMolecular BiologyMicrobial EcologyOrganic ChemistryMicrobiologyStereoselective SynthesisMedicineSubstrate KetoneMicrobiological DegradationNatural Product Synthesis
The stereochemistry of the alcohols obtained from microbial reduction (Curvularia lunata and Rhodotorula rubra) of the cyclic ketones (1)–(8) with a wide variation in molecular framework has led to the formulation of a quadrant rule which provides information on the absolute configuration of the substrate ketone.