A PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION OF EPOXIDES BY MEANS OF MICROORGANISMS

• Main Authors: TAKAGI, MOTOYOSHI, FURAHASHI, KEIZO
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 03.04.1991
• Subjects: BEER; BIOCHEMISTRY; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; FERMENTATION OR ENZYME-USING PROCESSES TO SYNTHESISE A DESIREDCHEMICAL COMPOUND OR COMPOSITION OR TO SEPARATE OPTICAL ISOMERSFROM A RACEMIC MIXTURE; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS; METALLURGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MUTATION OR GENETIC ENGINEERING; ORGANIC CHEMISTRY; SPIRITS; VINEGAR; WINE

2,3-Epoxypropyl ethers valuable as intermediates for preparing medicaments and the like are prepared from the corresponding allyl ethers by means of epoxide-producing microorganisms belonging to Nocardia, Brevibacterium, Corynebacterium, Pseudomonas, Rhodococcus, Arthrobacter or Micrococcus.