The application discloses a method for preparing a chiral
biphenyl-substituted
propanol compound by using
alcohol dehydrogenase, and the
alcohol dehydrogenase is used to catalyze a
biphenyl-substituted propanone reaction to generate a target product. The
alcohol dehydrogenase is derived from Leifsonia sp., the
amino acid sequence of the
alcohol dehydrogenase is shown as SEQ ID NO. 1, and the
nucleotide sequence of the
alcohol dehydrogenase is shown as SEQ ID NO. 2. Under the optimized
alcohol dehydrogenase catalytic reaction condition, (S)-1-(4-
biphenyl)-3-chloro-2-
propanol is synthesized, the
substrate concentration is 100 g / L, the reaction conversion rate is greater than 99%, and the chiral purity is greater than 99.5% ee, and the method has good industrial application value. R is
hydrogen,
halogen,
alkyl, alkoxy, hydroxyl or the like.