The invention provides an efficient method of producing optically active N-benzyl-3-pyrrolidinol by an enzymatic reaction stereoselectively reducing N-benzyl-3-pyrrolidinone.
The invention consists in a method of producing optically active N-benzyl-3-pyrrolidinol which comprises a step of obtaining a reaction mixture by treating N-benzyl-3-pyrrolidinone with cells or a culture of a microorganism, or a material derived therefrom, and a step of recovering optically active N-benzyl-3-pyrrolidinol from said reaction mixture, in which method said microorganism mentioned above is a microorganism belonging to the genus Dipodascus, Debaryomyces, Cryptococcus, Pichia, Rhodosporidium, Trichosporon, Micrococcus, Komagataella, Ogataea or Zygosaccharomyces.
本发明提供了一种有效的方法,通过酶反应立体选择性地还原N-苄基-3-
吡咯酮,从而生产光学活性的N-苄基-3-
吡咯醇。本发明包括以下步骤:通过处理细胞或微
生物的培养物或其衍
生物处理N-苄基-3-
吡咯酮,获得反应混合物;从反应混合物中回收光学活性的N-苄基-3-
吡咯醇。其中,上述微
生物属于Dipodascus属、Debaryomyces属、Cryptococcus属、Pichia属、Rhodosporidium属、Trichosporon属、Micrococcus属、Komagataella属、Ogataea属或Zygosaccharomyces属。