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Bruni et al. (2002) investigated the reduction of acetophenone and the hydrolysis of 1-acetoxy-2 methylcyclohexene with plants to the corresponding S-carbinol and S-ketone, Scheme 1. Results showed that carrot (Daucus carota) reduced the acetophenone to the pure (S)-1-phenylethanol after 3 days with ee of 100 %. Lower yields were achieved with fenne (Foeniculum vulgare) and marrow (Cucurbita pepo), 37 and 10 %, respectively, but with high enantioselectivity (ee 100 %). Aubergine (Solanum melongena), cucumber (Cucumis sativus), white and red onion (Allium cepa), garlic (Allium sativum) and radish (Raphanus sativus) did not reduce the substrate even after 5 days of incubation. Hydrolysis of 1-acetoxy-2-methylcyclohexene with cucumber, mamey sapote (Pouteria sapota, fruit), banana passion fruit (Passiflora tarminiana, fruit), red onion, garlic and radish gives the S-ketone (ee 33-44 %). The further incubation of 2-methylcyclohexanone with such plants as carrot, cherimoya (Annona cherimola), wild cucumber (Cyclanthera pedata), giant granadilla (Passiflora quadrangularis), oca (Oxalis tuberose) afforded the enantiomercally pure trans- and/or cis-alcohol, respectively.

Figure 2 Bruni et al. (2002) investigated the reduction of acetophenone and the hydrolysis of 1-acetoxy-2 methylcyclohexene with plants to the corresponding S-carbinol and S-ketone, Scheme 1. Results showed that carrot (Daucus carota) reduced the acetophenone to the pure (S)-1-phenylethanol after 3 days with ee of 100 %. Lower yields were achieved with fenne (Foeniculum vulgare) and marrow (Cucurbita pepo), 37 and 10 %, respectively, but with high enantioselectivity (ee 100 %). Aubergine (Solanum melongena), cucumber (Cucumis sativus), white and red onion (Allium cepa), garlic (Allium sativum) and radish (Raphanus sativus) did not reduce the substrate even after 5 days of incubation. Hydrolysis of 1-acetoxy-2-methylcyclohexene with cucumber, mamey sapote (Pouteria sapota, fruit), banana passion fruit (Passiflora tarminiana, fruit), red onion, garlic and radish gives the S-ketone (ee 33-44 %). The further incubation of 2-methylcyclohexanone with such plants as carrot, cherimoya (Annona cherimola), wild cucumber (Cyclanthera pedata), giant granadilla (Passiflora quadrangularis), oca (Oxalis tuberose) afforded the enantiomercally pure trans- and/or cis-alcohol, respectively.