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Baker's yeast-mediated enantioselective synthesis of the bisabolane sesquiterpenes (+)-curcuphenol, (+)-xanthorrhizol, (-)-curcuquinone and (+)-curcuhydroquinone
Fuganti, Claudio,Serra, Stefano
, p. 3758 - 3764 (2007/10/03)
Fermenting baker's yeast converts the unsaturated aldehydes 5a-c into the saturated alcohols 6a-c, respectively. The microbial saturation of substrates adsorbed on a nonpolar resin proceeds in high chemical yields and shows complete enantioselectivity in the formation of the (S)-(+) isomers. Enantiopure 6a-c are versatile chiral building blocks for the synthesis of bisabolane sesquiterpenes. Their usefulness is shown in the preparation of (S)-(+)-curcuphenol, (S)-(+)-xanthorrhizol, (S)-(-)-curcuquinone and (S)-(+)-curcuhydroquinone. The Royal Society of Chemistry 2000.