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The prochiral sila-ketone acetyldimethyl-(phenyl)silane (1) was reduced enantioselectively into (R)-(1-hydroxyethyl)dimethyl(phenyl)silane [(R)-2] using resting cells of the commercially available yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae (DHW S-3) as the biocatalyst. The bioconversion was performed on a 2.0-g scale in a 5-1 bioreactor. Starting with a substrate (1) concentration of 0.4 g·1−1, the highest production rate measured for this bioconversion was about 45–55 μmol (R)-2·1−1·min−1. After an incubation time of 1 h, all substrate in the medium had been converted, either biocatalytically reduced to (R)-2 or (probably chemically) converted into dimethyl(phenyl)silanol (Me2PhSiOH). After extraction of the cell-free medium with ethyl acetate/dichloromethane and subsequent purification of the extract by Kugelrohr distillation and chromatography on silica gel (medium-pressure liquid chromatography), 800 mg (yield 40%) of the bioconversion product (R)-2 was isolated. As shown by HPLC studies (cellulose triacetate as the chiral stationary phase) and 1H-nuclear magnetic resonance experiments (after derivatization of the bioconversion product with a chiral auxiliary agent), compound (R)-2 was almost enantiomerically pure (> 99% enantiomeric excess).
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This article is dedicated to Prof. Dr. Fritz Wagner on the occasion of his 65th birthday
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Fischer, L., Wagner, S.A. & Tacke, R. Preparation of enantiomerically pure (R)-(1-hydroxyethyl)dimethyl(phenyl)silane using resting cells of Saccharomyces cerevisiae (DHW S-3) as biocatalyst. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 42, 671–674 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00171942
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