Microbial hydroxylation of activated acyclic monoterpene hydrocarbons

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0040-4020(01)80013-2

While fermentation of myrcene and ocimene led to products in very low yields, good yields were obtained by protection and activation of the diene moiety by sulfur dioxide. Microbial hydroxylations of the sulfolenes 1 and 14 yielded 8-hydroxycompounds in u