Chiral reduction of diketone compounds with carrot pieces

ORGN 726

Bruce W. Baldwin, bbaldwin@arbor.edu, Department of Chemistry, Spring Arbor University, 106 E. Main St., Spring Arbor, MI 49283
The purification of optically active compounds with more than one chiral center is a considerable challenge. There are many methods for resolution using enzymes and synthesis using chiral agents. But, simple methods using biological systems are infrequent in the literature and desireable because of their ease and friendliness to the environment. Chiral reduction reactions using simple carrot pieces on pro-chiral diketone compounds with remote ketone sites were studied.
 

Asymmetric Reactions, Combinatorial Chemistry, Molecular Recognition and Self-Assembly, Proteins, Peptides, Amino Acids and Enzyme Inhibitors
8:00 PM-10:00 PM, Wednesday, March 28, 2007 Hyatt Regency Chicago -- Riverside Center, Poster

Sci-Mix
8:00 PM-10:00 PM, Monday, March 26, 2007 Hyatt Regency Chicago -- Riverside Center, Sci-Mix

Division of Organic Chemistry

The 233rd ACS National Meeting, Chicago, IL, March 25-29, 2007