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Process for producing optically active 2-hydroxycycloalkanecarboxylic acid esters using microbially derived reductase

US5215919A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateFeb 19, 1992
Grant dateJun 1, 1993
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Expiry dateFeb 19, 2012

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S435/88
  • WIPO fieldBiotechnology
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A (1R,2S)-2-hydroxycycloalkanecarboxylic acid ester is efficiently and selectively produced by microbial asymmetric reduction of a 2-oxocycloalkanecarboxylic acid ester with a bacterial strain or its processed material.

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