Biotechnology Letters, Vol.16, No.9, 909-912, 1994
Baeyer-Villiger Monooxygenase-Dependent Biotransformations - Stereospecific Heteroatom Oxidations by Camphor-Grown Pseudomonas-Putida to Produce Chiral Sulfoxides
Camphor-grown Pseudomonas putida NCIMB 10007 catalysed the stereospecific oxygenation of various alkyl aryl sulfides to equivalent S-(-)-sulfoxides. The structure of the sulfide significantly influenced both the yield and the optical. purity of the predominant product. The biotransformations were catalysed exclusively by the. Baeyer-Villiger monooxygenases present in camphor-grown P. putida.