Enantioselective Bacterial Biotransformation Routes to cis‐Diol Metabolites of Monosubstituted Benzenes, Naphthalene and Benzocycloalkenes of Either Absolute Configuration.

Enzyme-catalysed kinetic resolution and asymmetric dihydroxylation routes to enantiopure cis-diol metabolites of arenes and benzocycloalkenes of either absolute configuration have been developed using appropriate strains of the bacterium Pseudomonas putida.