Microbiological process for producing .gamma.-decalactone
US5849551A · kind A · utility
1Cited by
1References
5Claims
0Family size
Assignee
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 10, 1997 |
| Grant date | Dec 15, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 10, 2017 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S435/931
- WIPO fieldBiotechnology
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A microbiological process for the production of .gamma.-decalactone. According to this process, a culture of the fungus of a particular species of the genus Mucor is incubated with the particular substrate, which is an organic carboxylic acid ester, to produce fermentatively the .gamma.-decalactone. Exact conditions have now been discovered under which .gamma.-decalactone can be prepared in high yields. These conditions are based upon the fermentative incubation of a fungus of the genus Mucor in conjunction with the appropriate substrate in order to obtain the high yield of the desired lactone.
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.