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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 01, 2004
Filed:
Apr. 24, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Novo Nordisk Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Bagsvaerd, DK;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P 1/300 ; C12P 1/302 ; C12P 7/62 ; C12P 7/42 ; C12N 9/18 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P 1/300 ; C12P 1/302 ; C12P 7/62 ; C12P 7/42 ; C12N 9/18 ;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a process comprising hydrolysis or trans esterification of one of the two enantiomeric forms of a racemic or enantiomerically enriched ester of formula I or IV by a higher rate than the other by an enzyme to give an ester and a acid (III) or two different esters (V) and (VI) with different R groups both with increased enantiomeric purity and a esterification process of a racemic or enantiomerically enriched acid (VII) by an enzyme to give an ester and an acid both with increased enantiomeric purity.