Study of the potential inhibition of free radical reactions of some products in Pichia stiptis cells using alpha-chloro and alpha-bromo-ketones

• Grant number: 13/24977-3
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: February 01, 2014
• End date: January 31, 2015
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Chemistry - Organic Chemistry
• Principal Investigator: Paulo José Samenho Moran
• Grantee: Stephania Slis Raggio Santos
• Host Institution: Instituto de Química (IQ). Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Campinas , SP, Brazil

Abstract

In this project, the reductive dehalogenation mediated by Pichia stipitis of some alpha-haloketones giving the corresponding ketones and the action of some radical inhibitors in those biotransformations will be study.