Phenylacetic acid from yeast and phenylalanine -Rhodium

[dormouse]

Author  Topic:   Phenylacetic acid from yeast and phenylalanine 
Rhodium
Administrator   posted 06-05-98 11:35 PM          
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US Pat #5,420,022
 
dm_telvis
unregistered   posted 06-06-98 01:08 AM           
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wow! phenylacetic acid... ...
i had not realized how many biological proceses can aid the underground chemist
in his circuitous and devious attempts
to avoid forbidden chemicals...
there are more out there, i am syre! 

[vampire]

How OLD is this patent...been having problems getting older patents.
Is this a realistic workable and efficient
'backwards process?!

[Ser Olmy]

http://www.linuxstart.com/~prion/yeast.htm

[joyman]

US5420022 -
phenylacetic is used as an 'ingredient or as a intermediate to produce other products in the perfume area and in the ethical drug area.'

this is such a short hop away from p2p - see 

https://www.thevespiary.org/rhodium/Rhodium/chemistry/p2p.paa-pb.html

- much closer to something useful than the lpac biosynth starting with bzcho - imho.

[foxy2]

well L-PAC gives you the good isomer so some might like that
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