On the stereochemistry of the conversion of tyramine and hordenine into tyrosol by Willia anomala hansen
Abstract
Shaken cultures of Willia anomala Hansen convert tyramine (1) and hordenine (2) into tyrosol (3) through a process involving non-stereospecific hydrogen removal from the position α to the nitrogen, followed by hydrogen addition, which, in the case of tyramine (1), proceeds with the introduction of a pro-R hydrogen atom.