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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 1998
Filed:
Feb. 20, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Manfred Schudok, Hattersheim, DE;
Gerhard Kretzschmar, Eschborn, DE;
Assignee:
Hoechst Aktiengesellschaft, , DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N / ; C12P / ; C12P / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435123 ; 435128 ; 435134 ; 435135 ; 435155 ; 435158 ; 435198 ; 435280 ; 435874 ; 435922 ;
Abstract
Methods for the enzyme catalyzed acylation of primary and secondary alcohols using an enol ester as the acyl donor are described. The acylation occurs in organic media, and is enantioselective for racemic or prochiral alcohols. The reaction is irreversible, and produces unreactive by-products.