DCP assimilating

When cells of Pseudomonas sp. OS-K-29 immobilized on calcium alginate were incubated in 80 1 of a synthetic medium containing 0.2 vol.% of racemic 2,3-DCP, optically pure (S)-2,3-DCP of 100% e.e. was obtained. The immobilized cells could be re-used for a series of continuous reactions, a bioreactor being used for 19 reactions over 50 days without any loss of activity (Fig. 3). Optically pure (i )-2,3-DCP (100% e.e.) was also isolated from the racemate by means of stereospecific assimilation by Alcaligenes sp. DS-K-S38. Highly pure (R)- and (S)-EP of 99.5% e.e. were prepared from (S)- and (i )-2,3-DCP by treatment with aqueous NaOH, respectively [20-221 (Fig. 2). 

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