Demonstration of Redox Potential of Metschnikowia koreensis for Stereoinversion of Secondary Alcohols/1,2-Diols

Table 1

Results of the deracemization of secondary alcohols^a.

Entry	Substrate	Yield (%)^b	ee (%)^b
1	R = H	96	>99
2	R = Me	96	>98
3	R = OMe	88	>98
4	R = NO2	92	>98
5	R = F	94	>98

aReactions were carried out with different substrates (5 mM, each) using resting cells (250 mg/mL). ^bYield and ee were determined by chiral HPLC with Phenomenex Lux cellulose-1 (250 × 4.6 mm) column.