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Twelve strains of Eumycetes were able to perform the reduction of 2-pentanone, acetophenone and ethyl acetoacetate, sometimes in a yield suitable for preparative work. For each substrate, preferential reduction to the R-configurated alcohol was observed with one or more strains.
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Aragozzini, F., Maconi, E. & Craveri, R. Stereoselective reduction of non-cyclic carbonyl compounds by some eumycetes. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 24, 175–177 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00938791
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