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The fungi Helminthosporium species NRRL 4671 and Mortierella isabellina ATCC 42613 have been used for the biotransformation of a series of isothiocyanatoalkyl methyl sulfides and their synthetic precursors, ω-(methylthio)alkylphthalimides. H . species gave predominantly ( S ) sulfoxides in all cases; M. isabellina gave ( R ) isothiocyanatoalkyl methyl sulfoxides, but in the case of two ω-(methylthio)alkylphthalimides substantial conversion of sulfoxide to sulfone resulted in the isolation of the former with predominat ( S ) configuration. A correction is made of the previously reported configurations of two biotransformation products (Tetrahedron: Asymmetry, 1994 , 5 , 1129). |