[EN] PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION OF AN ALKYL METHACRYLATE<br/>[FR] PROCÉDÉ DE PRODUCTION D'UN MÉTHACRYLATE D'ALKYLE
申请人:LUCITE INT UK LTD
公开号:WO2014096850A1
公开(公告)日:2014-06-26
A process for the production of an alkyl methacrylate, particularly methyl methacrylate, is provided, in which a Baeyer-Villiger Monooxygenase enzyme is used to convert an alkylisopropenylketone substrate to the relevant alkyl methacrylate by abnormal asymmetric oxygen insertion. The invention provides a biobased route to key industrial monomers in particular for the generation of polymers such as poly methyl methacrylate.