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(R)-(+)-citronellol, a useful C10 chiral synthon for natural terpenoid products, can be obtained in enantiomerically pure form and satisfactory yield by yeast reduction of geraniol.
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Gramatica, P., Manitto, P., Ranzi, B.M. et al. Stereospecific reduction of geraniol to (R)-(+)-citronellol bySaccharomyces cerevisiae. Experientia 38, 775–776 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01972264
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