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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 13, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2007
Applicants:
Ian Victor James Archer, East Lothian, GB;
Ian Fotheringham, Edinburgh, GB;
Rueben Carr, Edinburgh, GB;
Susan Alison Arnold, Edinburgh, GB;
Inventors:
Ian Victor James Archer, East Lothian, GB;
Ian Fotheringham, Edinburgh, GB;
Rueben Carr, Edinburgh, GB;
Susan Alison Arnold, Edinburgh, GB;
Assignee:
Richmond Chemical Corporation, Oak Brook, IL (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P 41/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A process is described to prepare a single enantiomer of an amino acid from its opposite enantiomer or from a racemic mixture, using an oxidase biocatalyst and a supported metal catalyst in separate, sequential reactions in water. The process can be operated in batch or continuous mode.