88853-25-2Relevant academic research and scientific papers
Application of Enzymic Baeyer-Villiger Oxidations of 2-Substituted Cycloalkanones to the Total Synthesis of (R)-(+)-Lipoic Acid
Adger, Brian,Bes, M. Teresa,Grogan, Gideon,McCague, Ray,Pedragosa-Moreau, Sandrine,et al.
, p. 1563 - 1564 (1995)
Oxidation of ketones 1a-h using a monooxygenase from Pseudomonas putida NCIMB 10007 gave the lactones 2a-h in optically active form: lactone 2h was converted into (R)-(+)-lipoic acid 9.
