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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 10, 1981
Filed:
Mar. 30, 1979
Ching-Tsang Hou, Edison, NJ (US);
Ramesh N Patel, Edison, NJ (US);
Allen I Laskin, New York, NY (US);
Exxon Research & Engineering Co., Florham Park, NJ (US);
Abstract
A process is disclosed for the microbiological production of ketones from C.sub.3 -C.sub.6 secondary alcohols by contacting C.sub.3 -C.sub.6 secondary alcohols under aerobic conditions with resting microbial cells derived from a microorganism of enzyme preparation derived from said cells, wherein the microorganism has been previously grown under aerobic conditions in a nutrient medium containing a methyl-radical donating compound. Typical methyl-radical donating compounds are: methane, methanol, dimethyl ether, methylamine, methyl formate, methyl carbonate, ethanol, propanol, butanol, etc. Isolation and purification of a novel C.sub.3 -C.sub.6 secondary alcohol dehydrogenase enzyme is also disclosed.