Reduction of acetophenone derivatives by Spirulina platensis and Nostoc minutum was written by Utsukihara, Takamitsu;Koshimura, Masahiro;Abe, Chika;Matsumiya, Takuya;Horiuchi, C. Akira. And the article was included in BioChemistry: An Indian Journal in 2014.Category: alcohols-buliding-blocks This article mentions the following:
The reduction of acetophenone derivatives using Spirulina platensis and Nostoc minutum was investigated. It was found that acetophenone derivatives were reduced with good enantioselectivity. The reduction followed Prelog’s rule, giving the (S)-alcs. in all cases. In the experiment, the researchers used many compounds, for example, (S)-1-(2-Fluorophenyl)ethanol (cas: 171032-87-4Category: alcohols-buliding-blocks).
(S)-1-(2-Fluorophenyl)ethanol (cas: 171032-87-4) belongs to alcohols. Alcohols are among the most common organic compounds. They are used as sweeteners and in making perfumes, are valuable intermediates in the synthesis of other compounds, and are among the most abundantly produced organic chemicals in industry. Alcohols may be oxidized to give ketones, aldehydes, and carboxylic acids. These functional groups are useful for further reactions. Oxidation of organic compounds generally increases the number of bonds from carbon to oxygen (or another electronegative element, such as a halogen), and it may decrease the number of bonds to hydrogen.Category: alcohols-buliding-blocks
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