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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. 02, 1993
Filed:
Mar. 12, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
Hideaki Yamada, Kyoto, JP;
Toru Nagasawa, Kyoto, JP;
Assignees:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P / ; C12P / ; C12P / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435280 ; 435129 ; 435136 ; 435843 ;
Abstract
The present invention provides a method of obtaining optically active 2-phenylpropionic acid and 2-phenylpropionamide such as S-(+)-2-phenylpropionic acid, R-(-)-2-phenylpropionamide, and R-(-)-2-phenylpropionic acid from S-2-phenylpropionitrile or R,S-2-phenylpropionamide using a bacterium belonging to Rhodococcus equi. Optically active 2-phenylpropionic acid and 2-phenylpropionamide are recovered in high yield and in quantities according to the method of the invention.