Preparation of 2-hydroxyphenylacetic acid by fermentation

US5739017A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• BASF SE

Inventors

• Horst Ralf Staudenmaier · Bad Dürkheim, DE
• Bernhard Hauer · Neheim, DE
• Wolfgang Ladner
• Ursula Mueller
• Uwe Pressler · Altrip, DE
• Joachim Meyer · Frankenthal (Pfalz), DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 21, 1996
• Grant date: Apr 14, 1998
• Expiry date: Jun 21, 2016

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10S435/911
• WIPO field: Biotechnology
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

2-hydroxyphenylacetic acid is prepared from phenylacetic acid by fermentation with suitable microorganisms.