(S)-1,1,1-Trifluoro-2-propanol is a compound important as an intermediate for various medicines and agrichemicals. Aside from methods using chemical catalysts, biological methods of reducing 1,1,1-trifluoroacetone to (S)-1,1,1-trifluoro-2-propanol by having microbial enzymes act on 1,1,1-trifluoroacetone has hitherto been studied.
