Concerning the baker's yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) mediated reduction of nitroarenes and other N-O containing functional groups

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0040-4039(97)00504-2

Nitro- and nitrosoarenes can be reduced using baker's yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) under two distinct sets of conditions, one of which is in fact a well established non-enzymic process. In order to clarify reports in the literature a comparison of the two methods has been made.