Method for producing (2R,3S)-3-hydroxy-2-methylbutyrate by microbial reduction
US5232853A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 7, 1991 |
| Grant date | Aug 3, 1993 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 7, 2011 |
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- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC12P7/62
- WIPO fieldBiotechnology
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A (2R,3S)-3-hydroxy-2-methylbutyrate is efficiently and selectively produced by microbial asymmetric reduction of a 2-methyl-3-oxobutyrate with a bacterial strain or its processed material.
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