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Baker's Yeast Reduction of 3-Phenylthiomethyl-2-butenolide and Its Derivatives: Synthesis of Versatile Chiral C5-Building Blocks for Terpenoid Synthesis
Takabe, Kunihiko,Hiyoshi, Hidetaka,Sawada, Hiroyuki,Tanaka, Masaya,Miyazaki, Akira,et al.
, p. 1399 - 1400 (1992)
Bakers' yeast reduction of 3-phenylthiomethyl-2-butenolide gave (R)-3-phenylthiomethylbutanolide (99percent e.e.), a versatile chiral C5-building block for terpenoid synthesis.