Acetophenone → 1-Phenylethanol, (S)-

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Washed phaseolus aureus L (green grams) 50 g. were taken into a conical flask and allowed to soak in deionised water (400 ml) for a period of 24 hr. Acetophenone (0.500 g; 0.004 moles) I(a) was added to the soaked phaseolus aureus L (green grams) in the above water, covered and allowed to shake for 24 hr at 15–20° C. Then the green grams were filtered off and washed with deionised water (3×100 ml). The combined filtrate was extracted with chloroform (3×500 ml). The chloroform layer was dried and the crude product obtained (360 mg). Pure 1-phenyl-(1S)-ethan-1-ol II(a) was obtained after column chromatography with silica gel using chloroform as eluent.

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