Bioreduction with immobilized bakers' yeast proceeded smoothly in hexane by using alcohols, such as methanol, ethanol, and propan-2-ol, instead of glucose, as an energy source; ethyl 3-oxobutanoate and ethyl benzoylformate were each reduced to the corresponding chiral hydroxy esters with a high enantiomeric purity.
Y. Naoshima, J. Maeda, Y. Munakata, T. Nishiyama, M. Kamezawa and H. Tachibana, J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun., 1990, 964 DOI: 10.1039/C39900000964
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