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Enzymatic cyclization of homofarnesylic acid

US10954538B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

BASF SE

Inventors

Michael Breuer · Darmstadt, DE
Wolfgang Siegel · Schifferstadt, DE
Stefan RUEDENAUER · Lampertheim, DE
Ralf Pelzer · Rastenberg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 20, 2017
Grant date	Mar 23, 2021
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 20, 2037

Classification

Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
CPC primaryC12Y504/99017
WIPO fieldBiotechnology
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The present invention relates to processes for the preparation of sclareolide and related compounds by the biocatalytic cyclization of polyunsaturated carboxylic acid compounds, in particular of homofarnesylic acid and related compounds; and to a process for the preparation of ambroxide via the biocatalytic cyclization of homofarnesylic acid to sclareolide.

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