The new bacterial catalyst, hydroxylates 1,8-cineole () to give 6R--hydroxy-1,8-cineole, [(1R,4S,6R)-1,3,3-trimethyl-2-oxabicyclo(2,2,2)-octane-6-ol], (). The regio- and stereochemical outcome of this reaction was predicted using a model for the . hydroxylase.
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