Method for producing optically active alcohols using an Azoarcus sp. EbN1 dehydrogenase

US8338146B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignees

• BASF SE
• Albert-Ludwigs-Universitaet Freiburg · DE
• Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Föderung der Wissenschaften e.V. · US

Inventors

• Michael Breuer · Darmstadt, DE
• Ralf Rabus · Bad Zwischenahn, DE
• Johann Heider · Marburg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 16, 2008
• Grant date: Dec 25, 2012
• Expiry date: Apr 5, 2029

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C12P7/02
• WIPO field: Biotechnology
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A process for preparing optically active alcohols of the formula Ia or Ib