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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 01, 1994
Filed:
Nov. 27, 1991
Asahi Kasei Kogyo K.K., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A process for producing an optically active .alpha.-substituted organic acid represented by formula (II), comprising the steps of (a) treating a racemic substituted nitrile or amide represented by formula (I) with a microorganism selected from the group consisting of the microorganisms of genuses Alcaligenes, Pseudomonas, Rhodopseudomonas, Corynebacterium, Acinetobacter, Bacillus, Mycobacterium, Rhodococcus and Candida, or preparations thereof; and (b) recovering the resulting optically active u-substituted organic acid represented by formula (II): ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 each represent a halogen atom, a hydroxyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted cycloalkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted alkoxy group, a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group, a substituted or unsubstituted aryloxy group or a substituted or unsubstituted heterocyclic group with the proviso that R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are different from each other; and X represents a nitrile group or an amido group, ##STR2## wherein R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are as defined above.