The stereochemistry of the alcohols obtained from microbial reduction (Curvularia lunata and Rhodotorula rubra) of the cyclic ketones (1)–(8) with a wide variation in molecular framework has led to the formulation of a quadrant rule which provides information on the absolute configuration of the substrate ketone.
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