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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:
Oct. 17, 2000

Filed:

Mar. 10, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:

Wei Wu, Wilmington, DE (US);

Mohit B Bhatia, Washington, NJ (US);

Craig M Lewis, East Windsor, NJ (US);

Wei Lang, Edison, NJ (US);

Alice L Wang, Green Brook, NJ (US);

George W Matcham, Bridgewater, NJ (US);

Assignee:

Celgro, Annandale, NJ (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P / ; C12P / ; C12P / ; C12P / ; C12P / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435280 ; 435106 ; 435107 ; 435108 ; 435109 ; 435110 ; 435111 ; 435112 ; 435113 ; 435114 ; 435115 ; 435116 ; 435128 ; 435129 ;
Abstract

2-Aminopropane is used as the amine donor in the stereoselective synthesis of a chiral amine from a ketone with a transaminase. In a typical embodiment, (S)-1-methoxy-2-aminopropane is prepared by bringing methoxyacetone into contact with a transaminase in the presence of 2-aminopropane as an amine donor until a substantial amount of methoxyacetone is converted to (S)-1-methoxy-2-aminopropane and 2-aminopropane is converted to acetone. In a second embodiment, L-alanine is prepared by bringing pyruvic acid into contact with a transaminase in the presence of 2-aminopropane as an amine donor.


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