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US 2008/0293111 A1Published application
Process for the Enzymatic Preparation of Citronellal
AssigneeBASF SE
InventorsAndreas Schaedler, Thomas Friedrich, Rainer Stuermer, Sabine Rinck
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Abstract
A process for preparing optically active saturated aldehydes or alcohols of the formula (2) from α,β-unsaturated aldehydes of the formula (1) by reduction in the presence of an enoate reductase (i) having the polypeptide sequence SEQ ID No. 1 or 2, or (ii) having a polypeptide sequence which is at least 80% identical to the sequence of SEQ ID No. 1 or 2.
Claims9
1-7. (canceled)
A process for preparing an optically active saturated aldehyde or alcohol of formula (2) comprising reducing α,β-unsaturated aldehyde of formula (1) in the presence of an enoate reductase
- (i) having the polypeptide sequence SEQ ID No. 1 or 2;
- or
- (ii) having a polypeptide sequence which is at least 80% identical to the sequence of SEQ ID No. 1 or 2;
- wherein
- R1 and R2
- are, independently of one another, H or C1-C4-alkyl;
- and
- R3 is H or C1-C6-alkyl or alkenyl, wherein said alkyl or alkenyl is branched or unbranched.
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