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A Simple and Green Procedure for the Microbial Effective Synthesis of 1-phenylethyl Alcohol in Both Enantiomeric Forms

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Both R- and S-phenylethyl alcohol of high enantiomeric purity (98%) and with a satisfactory yield (40–80%) were obtained by bioreduction of acetophenone, catalyzed by whole cells of baker’s yeast.

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  1. Department of Bioorganic Chemistry, Wrocław University of Technology, 50-370 Wrocław, 27, Wybrzeże Wyspiańskiego, Poland

    Małgorzata Brzezińska-Rodak, Ewa Żymańczyk-Duda, Magdalena Klimek-Ochab, Paweł Kafarski & Barbara Lejczak

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Revisions requested 29 November 2005; Revisions received 9 January 2006

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Brzezińska-Rodak, M., Żymańczyk-Duda, E., Klimek-Ochab, M. et al. A Simple and Green Procedure for the Microbial Effective Synthesis of 1-phenylethyl Alcohol in Both Enantiomeric Forms. Biotechnol Lett 28, 511–513 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10529-006-0009-4

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