Highly enantioselective deracemization of 1-phenyl-1,2-ethanediol and its derivatives by stereoinversion using Candida albicans in a one-pot process

- A deracemization by stereoinversion produce chiral 1,2-ethanediols.
- Only one microorganism in a one-pot two-step process was used.
- The mechanism was investigated using isolated stereoisomers.
- (R)-enantiomers were oxidized to α-hydroxyacetophenones and reduced to the antipode 1,2-diols.