Enantioselective Reduction by Crude Plant Parts: Reduction of Benzofuran-2-yl Methyl Ketone with Carrot (Daucus carota) Bits

• Silvana Ravía ^[1] ; Daniela Gamenara ^[1] ; Valeria Schapiro ^[1] ; Ana Bellomo ^[1] ; Jorge Adum ^[1] ; Gustavo Seoane ^[1] ; David Gonzalez ^[1]
  1. [1] Departamento de Química Orgánica, Facultad de Química, Unruguay
• Localización: Journal of chemical education, ISSN 0021-9584, Vol. 83, Nº 7, 2006, pág. 1049
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The use of biocatalysis and biotransformations are important tools in green chemistry. The enantioselective reduction of a ketone by crude plant parts, using carrot (Daucus carota) as the reducing agent is presented. The experiment introduces an example of a green chemistry procedure that can be tailored to fit in a regular laboratory session. Among other concepts, the experiment teaches chromatographic separation on the microscale level.