Preparation of Chiral 1,2-Alkanediols with Baker's Yeast-Mediated Oxidation

Article abstract of DOI:10.1246/cl.1993.2123

(S)-1,2-Alkanediols, which were the opposite configuration to those produced by baker's yeast-mediated bioreduction of corresponding 1-hydroxy-2-alkanones, were prepared by baker's yeast-mediated oxidation.Treatment of racemic 1,2-alkanediols with baker's yeast under the aerobic condition followed by removal of the corresponding 1-hydroxy-2-alkanones, which were produced by enantioselective oxidation of (R)-1,2-alkanediols, afforded (S)-1,2-alkanediols.