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Synlett 1998; 1998(7): 774-776
DOI: 10.1055/s-1998-1766
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Biocatalysis of Deracemization in 1,2-Diols

Philip C. Bulman Page* , Andrew J. Carnell, Michael J. McKenzie
  • *Department of Chemistry, Loughborough University, Loughborough, Leicestershire LE11 3TU, England; E-mail: p.c.b.page@lboro.ac.uk
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31 December 2000 (online)

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The fungus Corynosporium cassiicola DSM 62475 is shown to induce deracemization in certain 1,2-diols, including the synthetically important indane-1,2-diol, by enantioconvergent stereoinversion processes in which the recovered enantiomer is not a substrate for the dehydrogenase enzymes involved.

biocatalysis - diol - deracemization