Electrochemical hydrogenation of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide

US4526661A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• BASF SE

Inventors

• Eberhard Steckhan · Meckenheim, DE
• Rainer Wienkamp · Munster, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: May 31, 1983
• Grant date: Jul 2, 1985
• Expiry date: May 31, 2003

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C25B3/25
• WIPO field: Organic fine chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD.sup..sym.) is electrochemically hydrogenated to NADH in aqueous solution and in the presence of a metal complex as an electron carrier.