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Synthesis of an Enantiomerically Pure Sterol Side-Chain Precursor by Enantioselective Reduction of 1,3-Dihydroxy-3-methyl-2-butanone with Baker's Yeast
Schroetter, Eberhard,Weidner, Judith,Schick, Hans
, p. 397 - 398 (2007/10/02)
1,3-Dihydroxy-3-methyl-2-butanone (1), accessible in 5 steps from 2-methyl-3-butyn-2-ol, is reduced by baker's yeast to (R)-(+)-3-methyl-1,2,3-butanetriol (2) with a high enantioselectivity.This chiral building block for the synthesis of various sterols with a modified side chain thus becomes available in 73percent yield with an enantiomeric excess of 90percent.
