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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:
Aug. 22, 1995
Filed:
Aug. 19, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Mitsui Toatsu Chemicals, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P / ; C12N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435129 ; 435227 ;
Abstract
A culture liquid of microorganisms having an ability of producing .alpha.-hydroxyisobutylamide from acetone cyanhydrin or the cultivated cells of the microorganisms or the processed cells of them is/are reacted to acetone cyanhydrin in an aqueous medium to produce .alpha.-hydroxyisobutylamide. The amide is reacted with water and/or an aliphatic alcohol in the presence of a solid acid catalyst at a temperature of 150.degree. C. or higher in a gaseous phase or a gaseous-liquid mixed phase to produce an .alpha.,.beta.-unsaturated carboxylate or an aliphatic alcohol or an .alpha.,.beta.-unsaturated carboxylic acid.