It used as a substrate for carbonyl reductase from Sporobolomyces salmonicolor, wherein it was reduced to the corresponding (R)-chiral alcohol. It has also been used as a substrate for the enantioselective reduction by 3 biocatalysts, namely, Didymosphaeria igniaria, Coryneum betulinum and Chaetomium sp. It used as a substrate for carbonyl reductase from Sporobolomyces salmonicolor, wherein it was reduced to the corresponding (R)-chiral alcohol. It has also been used as a substrate for the enantioselective reduction by 3 biocatalysts, namely, Didymosphaeria igniaria, Coryneum betulinum and Chaetomium sp.