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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 30, 1999
Filed:
Jul. 02, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Chen-Loung Chen, Raleigh, NC (US);
Josef S Gratzl, Cary, NC (US);
Adrianna G Kirkman, Raleigh, NC (US);
Antje Potthast, Floha, DE;
Thomas Rosenau, Eisenach, DE;
Assignee:
North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P / ; C12N / ; C12N / ; C07C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435147 ; 435189 ; 4352541 ; 568426 ; 568431 ;
Abstract
A method for oxidation of a pendant methyl moiety on an aromatic ring to the pendant aldehyde moiety is presented. The reaction employs laccase and the diammonium salt of 2,2'-azinobis(3-ethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulfonic acid), and is carried out in the presence of oxygen.