ON THE STERIC COURSE OF BAKER' S YEAST MEDIATED REDUCTION OF ALKYL 4-AZIDO-AND 4-BROMO-3-OXOBUTYRATE. SYNTHESIS OF (R)- AND (S)-CARNITIN

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0040-4039(00)98478-8

Baker's yeast reduction of ethyl 4-azido-and 4-bromo-3-oxobutyrate affords (3R) (8) and (3S) (2), respectively, in high optical purity.