Inventors:
Josef S. Gratzl - Cary NC
Adrianna G. Kirkman - Raleigh NC
Antje Potthast - Floha, DE
Thomas Rosenau - Eisenach, DE
Assignee:
North Carolina State University - Raleigh NC
International Classification:
C12P 724
C12N 902
C12N 114
C07C 4500
Abstract:
A method for oxidation of a pendant methyl moiety on an aromatic ring to the pendant aldehyde moiety is presented. The reaction employs laccase and the diammonium salt of 2,2'-azinobis(3-ethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulfonic acid), and is carried out in the presence of oxygen.