Method For Producing Primary Alcohols

The present invention relates to a process for the production of primary alcohols from aldehydes with the said of whole-cell catalysts or isolated enzymes. Employed are an alcohol dehydrogenase and an enzyme which is capable of regenerating the cofactor, where it is preferred to have a substrate con...

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Hauptverfasser: GROGER HARALD, CHAMOULEAU FRANCOISE, HAGEDORN CHAD
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Zusammenfassung:The present invention relates to a process for the production of primary alcohols from aldehydes with the said of whole-cell catalysts or isolated enzymes. Employed are an alcohol dehydrogenase and an enzyme which is capable of regenerating the cofactor, where it is preferred to have a substrate concentration of >150 mM aldehyde for the conversion.