Title:
PRODUCTION OF OPTICALLY ACTIVE 3-HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JPH03183499
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
PURPOSE: To obtain the subject compound useful as a synthetic raw material for various medicines, agricultural chemicals, etc., by reacting a specific microorganism (treated substance) of the genus Candida with an enantiomeric mixture of butanediol.
CONSTITUTION: A microorganism (e.g. Candida utilis IFO 1086 or 0639), belonging to the genus Candida, Pichia, Schizoblastosporium or Bacillus and having the ability to convert 1,3-butanediol into optically active (R)-3-hydroxybutyric acid or a treated substance of the aforementioned microorganism is reacted with an enantiomeric mixture of the 1,3-butanediol to afford the objective compound.
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Inventors:
ITO MICHIO
MATSUYAMA AKIKAZU
KOBAYASHI YOSHINORI
MATSUYAMA AKIKAZU
KOBAYASHI YOSHINORI
Application Number:
JP32288089A
Publication Date:
August 09, 1991
Filing Date:
December 12, 1989
Export Citation:
Assignee:
DAICEL CHEM
International Classes:
C12P41/00; (IPC1-7): C12P41/00
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Furuya Kaoru