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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 24, 1992
Filed:
Jul. 20, 1990
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Nitto Chemical Industry Co. Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P / ; C12P / ; C12P / ; C12P / ; C12N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435128 ; 435 41 ; 435155 ; 435157 ; 435195 ; 435822 ; 435843 ;
Abstract
A process for the production of a 4-halo-3-hydroxybutyronitrile which comprises reacting a 1,3-dihalo-2-propanol with a dehalogenating enzyme originating from a Corynebacterium or a Microbacterium in the presence of an alkali cyanide to thereby convert the 1,3-dihalo-2-propanol into the 4-halo-3-hydroyxbutyronitrile and collecting the product thus formed is disclosed. According to this process, a 4-halo-3-hydroxybutyronitrile which is highly useful in the syntheses of various medicines and physiologically active substances can be easily and efficiently produced from an inexpensive starting material.