Patent · US Expired

Process for the stereoselective preparation of functionalized vicinal diols

US7022503B2 · kind B2 · utility

0Cited by

5References

21Claims

0Family size

Assignees

BAYER HEALTHCARE LLC · DE
Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH · DE

Inventors

Christian Wandrey · Jülich, DE
Murillo De Oliveira Villela Filho · Vargem Grande Paulista, BR
Andreas Liese · Hamburg, DE
Jan de Bont · Wageningen, NL
Jan Cormelis Verdoes · Wageningen, NL
Carel A. G. M. Weijers · Nijmegen, NL
J. Hans Visser · Nijmegen, NL
Claus Dreisbach

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 9, 2002
Grant date	Apr 4, 2006
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 7, 2023

Classification

Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
CPC primaryC12P17/02
WIPO fieldBiotechnology
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The present invention relates to a process for the kinetic resolution of racemic functionalized epoxides in the presence of microorganisms, crude or pure preparations thereof comprising a polypeptide having epoxide hydrolase activity. Preferred microorganisms are yeasts and bacteria which may also be recombinant.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.