Enzymatic synthesis of cyclodextrins using .alpha.-glucosyl fluoride as substrate for cyclodextrin .alpha.(1.fwdarw.4)glucosyltransferase

US4859590A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Hoechst GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Joachim Thiem · Hamburg, DE
• Wolfgang Treder · Munster, DE
• Reinhold Keller · Bad Soden am Taunus, DE
• Merten Schlingmann · Königstein, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 31, 1987
• Grant date: Aug 22, 1989
• Expiry date: Jul 31, 2007

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C12P19/18
• WIPO field: Biotechnology
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

.alpha.-Glucosyl fluoride can be converted in the presence of cyclodextrin .alpha.(1.fwdarw.4)glucosyltransferase into a mixture of .alpha.- and .beta.-cyclodextrins in high yield.