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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 01, 1991
Filed:
Nov. 23, 1988
Masahiro Ogura, Ono, JP;
Tadayoshi Shiraishi, Takasago, JP;
Hideyuki Takahashi, Kakogawa, JP;
Junzo Hasegawa, Akashi, JP;
Kanegafuchi Kagaku Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A process of manufacturing optically active (S)-1,2-diols, wherein (R)-1,2-diols represented by the general formula [I] ##STR1## (where: R represents a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, alkenyl group, aryl group or aralkyl group) or a mixture of diols of the general formula [I] and (S)-1,2-diols represented by the general formula [II] ##STR2## (Where: R represents the same as above) having an opposite configuration to the general formula [I] is subjected to the action of a microorganism capable of selectively metabolizing the diols of the general formula [I], or capable of converting the diols of the general formula [I] into the diols of the general formula [II], or having the both capabilities, and the formed and accumulated (S)-1,2-diols of the general formula [II] is collected. According to the present invention, optically active (S)-1,2-diols can be produced commercially and advantageously.