Enzymatic reduction of ketone groups in 6-cyano-3,5-dihydroxy-hexanoic alkyl ester
US6001615A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 23, 1997 |
| Grant date | Dec 14, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 23, 2017 |
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- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC12P41/002
- WIPO fieldBiotechnology
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A compound of formula (III) ##STR1## is produced by selectively reducing a compound of formula (II) ##STR2## using a reductase possessing the properties of one produced by Beauveria, Candida, Kluyveromyces, Torulaspora or Pichia. or A compound of formula ##STR3## is produced by selectively reducing a compound of formula II using a reductase possessing the properties of one produced by Candida pelliculosa, Neurospora crassa, Pichia trehalophila or preferably Hansenula anomola.
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