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The Hive => Chemistry Discourse => Topic started by: psi0nic on September 21, 2004, 11:08:00 PM

Title: benzaldehyde via phenylalanine & L. Plantarum
Post by: psi0nic on September 21, 2004, 11:08:00 PM

While trawling for info about oxidising phenylalanine I found this link

http://aem.asm.org/cgi/content/full/64/8/3009 (http://aem.asm.org/cgi/content/full/64/8/3009)

and thought it might be useful (assuming l. plantarum can be found) since benzaldehyde is a useful chemical.

Title: One of the least promising routes I've seen
Post by: Rhodium on September 21, 2004, 11:30:00 PM

Weighing the cost of L-phenylalanine against that of synthetic precursors like toluene or natural sources like Oil of Bitter Almonds, this proposal of yours seems, at best, expensive and wasteful.