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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2015
Filed:
May. 09, 2008
Applicants:
Norihiko Hirata, Suita, JP;
Kazuhiro Yamauchi, Ibaraki, JP;
Inventors:
Norihiko Hirata, Suita, JP;
Kazuhiro Yamauchi, Ibaraki, JP;
Assignee:
Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P 7/62 (2006.01); C12P 41/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P 7/62 (2013.01); C12P 41/005 (2013.01);
Abstract
A process for producing an optically active 2-alkyl-1,1,3-trialkoxycarbonylpropane (2), comprising a step of asymmetric hydrolysis of 2-alkyl-1,1,3-trialokoxycarbonylpropane (1) by using an enzyme capable of selectively hydrolyzing an ester moiety of either one enantiomer of 2-alkyl-1,1,3-trialkoxycarbonylpropane (1), or by using a culture of a microorganism capable of producing the enzyme or a treated object thereof.