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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 12, 2005
Filed:
Dec. 27, 2000
Toshiya Aoki, Kurashiki, JP;
Kiyoshi Kawakami, Yokohama, JP;
Kazumasa Otsubo, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Asahi Kasei Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
Disclosed is a method for producing glycine, which comprises subjecting an aqueous solution of glycinonitrile to a hydrolysis reaction in a hydrolysis reaction system under the action of a microbial enzyme, thereby converting the glycinonitrile to glycine while by-producing ammonia, wherein the hydrolysis reaction system contains at least one organic impurity compound inhibiting the microbial enzyme, wherein the organic impurity compound has a molecular weight of 95 or more and contains at least one member selected from the group consisting of a nitrile group, a carboxyl group, an amide group, an amino group, a hydroxyl group and a trimethyleneamine structure, and wherein the hydrolysis reaction is performed under conditions wherein, during the hydrolysis reaction, the content of the organic impurity compound inhibiting the microbial enzyme in the hydrolysis reaction system is maintained at a level of 10% by weight or less, based on the weight of the hydrolysis reaction system.