Enzymatic process for the enantioselective preparation of optically active cyanohydrins
US5346816A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 1, 1992 |
| Grant date | Sep 13, 1994 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 1, 2012 |
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- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC12P13/004
- WIPO fieldBiotechnology
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
Enantioselective process for the preparation of the S enantiomer of an optically active cyanohydrin by reacting an aldehyde or an asymmetric ketone with a cyanide group donor in the presence of an S-hydroxynitrile lyase in a diluent and isolating the cyanohydrin formed from the reaction mixture.
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