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Preparation of chiral C 5-building blocks for terpene synthesis by bakers' yeast reduction of sulfur-functionalized prenyl derivatives

T Sato, K Hanayama, T Fujisawa

Index: Sato, Toshio; Hanayama, Kyoko; Fujisawa, Tamotsu Tetrahedron Letters, 1988 , vol. 29, # 18 p. 2197 - 2200

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Download full text in PDF Opens in a new window. Article suggestions will be shown in a dialog on return to ScienceDirect. ... Please enable JavaScript to use all the features on this page. ... Enantioselective hydrogenation of several α,β -unsaturated aldehydes and allylic alcohols of sulfur-functionalized prenyl derivatives with bakers' yeast gave bifunctional chiral (S)- and (R)-C 5 -building blocks for terpene synthesis with high enantiomeric excess.