01490nas a2200253   4500008004100000022001400041245008400055210006900139260010600208300001400314490000700328520053700335653002800872653002100900653002200921653002300943653002000966100002100986700002301007700002901030700002801059700003701087856011201124       2014                        eng d  a0040-403900aFungi mediated production and practical purification of (R)-(-)-3-quinuclidinol0 aFungi mediated production and practical purification of R3quinuc  aTHE BOULEVARD, LANGFORD LANE, KIDLINGTON, OXFORD OX5 1GB, ENGLANDbPERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTDcOCT  a5911-59140 v553 a<p>A fungal system belonging to Mucoraceae family (Mucor piriformis) was explored for the asymmetric reduction of a prochiral ketone, 3-quinuclidinone (I) in an efficient manner to produce an important pharmaceutical precursor (R)-(-)-3-quinuclidinol (II) with similar to 96% enantiomeric excess. The efficiency of the process was improved by developing a cation exchange resin (Amberlite IR-120) which assisted the purification of water soluble metabolite II from fermentation media. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.</p>10a(R)-(-)-3-Quinuclidinol10aAmberlite IR-12010aBiotransformation10aIon exchange resin10aMucor pinformis1 aKolet, Swati, P.1 aJadhav, Dipesh, D.1 aPriyadarshini, Balaraman1 aSwarge, Bhagyashree, N.1 aThulasiram, Hirekodathakallu, V.  uhttps://library.ncl.res.in/content/fungi-mediated-production-and-practical-purification-r-3-quinuclidinol-0