Ketoisophorone Transformation by Marchantia polymorpha and Nicotiana tabacum Cultured Cells

Mohamed-Elamir F. Hegazy, Toshifumi Hirata, Ahmed Abdel-Lateff, Mohamed H. Abd El-Razek, Abou El-Hamd H. Mohamed, Nahed M. Hassan, Paul W. Paré, Ahmed A. Mahmoud
2008 Zeitschrift für Naturforschung C - A Journal of Biosciences  
Stereospecific olefin (C=C) and carbonyl (C=O) reduction of the readily available prochiral compound ketoisophorone (2,2,6-trimethyl-2-cyclohexene-1,4-dione) (1) by Marchantia polymorpha and Nicotiana tabacum cell suspension cultures produce the chiral products (6R)-levodione (2), (4R,5S)-4-hydroxy-3,3,5-trimethylcyclohexanone (3), and (4R,6R)-actinol (4) as well as the minor components (4R)-hydroxyisophorone (5) and (4S)-phorenol (6).
doi:10.1515/znc-2008-5-615 fatcat:c5mi4ukfifgpdhqgd62vdbo3am