Use of enzymes in organic synthesis: Reduction of ketones by baker's yeast revisited

Journal of Chemical Education

Volumn 82, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1049-1050

  Patterson, James ^a,b   Sigurdsson, Snorri Th ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b North Seattle Community College   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSYNTHESIS; COMPOSITION EFFECTS; EDUCATION; ENZYMES; FERMENTATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; REDUCTION; STEREOCHEMISTRY; YEAST;

BAKER'S YEAST; CHIRAL REDUCTION; ORGANIC CHEMISTRY; ORGANIC SYNTHESIS; YEAST REDUCTION;

KETONES;

EID: 21244478334     PISSN: 00219584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ed082p1049     Document Type: Article

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