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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 06, 1993
Filed:
Jan. 02, 1990
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Asahi Kasei Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P / ; C12N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435129 ; 4352521 ; 435244 ;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a method of producing an amide which comprises subjecting a nitrile to the action of a microorganism belonging to the genus Rhodococcus and having the ability to hydrate the nitrile, and isolating the resulting amide. The microorganism is highly active to a wide variety of nitriles even at low temperatures and, in addition, the hydration reaction of nitriles has a high selectivity for the corresponding amides. Accordingly, this method ensures the production of amides in high yield without formation of by-products such as corresponding carboxylic acids.