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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 26, 2002
Filed:
Jan. 27, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Michael P. Burns, Mystic, CT (US);
James J. Cawley, Lyme, CT (US);
John W. Wong, East Lyme, CT (US);
Assignee:
Pfizer Inc., New York, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P 1/716 ; C12P 1/718 ; C12N 1/20 ; C12N 1/14 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P 1/716 ; C12P 1/718 ; C12N 1/20 ; C12N 1/14 ;
Abstract
The present invention relates to processes for the microbial oxidation of 2-methylquinoxaline to 2-quinoxalinecarboxylic acid which comprise contacting 2-methylquinoxaline with a microorganism, or a suitable mutant thereof, and incubating the resulting mixture under conditions sufficient to yield an amount of said 2-quinoxalinecarboxylic acid. The present processes optionally further comprise the isolation and purification of 2-quinoxalinecarboxylic acid.