Oxidation of sec-Alcohols to the Corresponding Ketones by Corynebacterium equfi

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Corynebacterium equi IFO 3730 was found to oxidize a wide variety of sec-oalcohols, including alkanols, substituted alkanols, alkenols and cyclic alcohols, in moderate to high yields. Among them, the sec-alcohols which have longer carbon chains were oxidized more smoothly than those with smaller numbers of carbon. Although both enantiomers of unsymmetrically disubstituted carbinols were oxidized, the S form of 2-dodecanol was converted to the corresponding ketone a little faster than the other enantiomer.