Main Reaction: diacetyl >> acetylacetoin

Reference: PubMed ID: 27257436
Authors: Qiu Y, Zhang J, Li L, Wen Z, Nomura CT, Wu S, Chen S
Title: Engineering Bacillus licheniformis for the production of meso-2,3-butanediol.
Published: 2016 Jun 2

diacetyl --> acetylacetoin