Insect pheromones and their analogs LVI. Chemical-enzymatic synthesis of (S)-(+)-9-hydroxydec-2E-enoic acid, a component of the queen pheromone of the honeybeeApis mellifera

(S,E)-(+)-9-Hydroxydec-2E-enoic acid—a component of the queen pheromones of the honeybeeApis mellifera — has been synthesized by the enzymatic reduction of 9-oxodec-2E-enoic acid with the aid of baker's yeast.Institute of Petrochemistry and Catalysis, Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Bashkortostan, Ufa. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 6, pp. 877–879, November–December, 1997.