Process for the hydroxylation of aromatic acids using strains of the fungus Beauveria

US5928912A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• BASF SE

Inventors

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

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 4, 1995
• Grant date: Jul 27, 1999
• Expiry date: Dec 4, 2015

Classification

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

Abstract

A process for hydroxylating compounds of the formula ##STR1## where n, A and R.sup.1 to R.sup.4 have the meanings stated in the description, with the aid of microorganisms of the genus Beauveria.