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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.

Date of Patent:
Dec. 10, 1996

Filed:

Jan. 27, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:

Thurman M Wheeler, Columbus, OH (US);

Mark K Morehart, Columbus, OH (US);

Gregory Kaplan, Columbus, OH (US);

Alexander R Pokora, Pickerington, OH (US);

Assignee:

Enzymol International, Inc., Columbus, OH (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
568730 ; 568717 ;
Abstract

In accordance with the present invention, tetraalkylbisphenols are prepared by biocatalytic dimerization of di-(lower alkyl)-substituted phenols in the presence of peroxidase enzyme and peroxide. Three reaction pathways to the desired diols are provided.


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