Hydrochloric Acid → N-benzyl-3-pyrrolidinol

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Reaction Steps

To 25 ml of the culture fluid of the recombinant E.coli HB101 (pTSBH, pSTVG) obtained in Example 9 were added 2.5 g of glucose, 3.0 mg of NADP and 0.25 g of N-benzyl-3-pyrrolidinone. While this reaction mixture was stirred at 30° C. with pH adjusted to 6.5 using 5 M hydrochloric acid or sodium hydroxide, N-benzyl-3-pyrrolidinone was added thereto at an interval of 0.25 g/hour. After addition of a total of 2.0 g of N-benzyl-3-pyrrolidinone, stirring was further continued for 16 hours. After completion of the reaction, 2.5 ml of a 5 M aqueous solution of sodium hydroxide was added, the mixture was extracted with toluene, and the solvent was removed. Analysis of the resulting extract revealed that N-benzyl-3-pyrrolidinol was obtained in 93% yield. The N-benzyl-3-pyrrolidinol produced on that occasion was the S form with an optical purity of not less than 99% ee.

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