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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 18, 2000
Filed:
Jan. 22, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Sumitomo Chemical Company, Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435121 ;
Abstract
There is provided a process for producing N-substituted azetidine-.2-carboxylic acid of the formula I: ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 denotes an aralkyl group or an arylated lower alkoxycarbonyl group and * designates an asymmetric carbon atom, which is characterized by: reacting an N-substituted azetidine-2-carboxylic acid ester of the formula II: ##STR2## wherein R.sup.1 has the same meaning as defined above and R.sup.2 denotes an alkyl group, an aralkyl group or an allyl group, with an enzyme capable of selectively hydrolyzing a stereoisomer based on the carbon atom of the 2-position of the azetidine ring.