Inventors:
Peter Michels - Des Moines IA, US
Eric Zirbes - Coralville IA, US
International Classification:
C07D211/22, C07D211/18
US Classification:
546/216000, 546/236000, 546/237000
Abstract:
The present invention relates to the production of a product compound having a structure according to Formulae IA and/or IB:
wherein n is 0 or 1; Ris hydrogen or hydroxy; Ris hydrogen; or, when n is 0, Rand Rtaken together form a second bond between the carbon atoms bearing Rand R, provided that when n is 1, Rand Rare each hydrogen; Ris —COOH or —COOR; Ris an alkyl or aryl moiety; A, B, and D are the substituents of their rings, each of which may be different or the same, and are selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, halogens, alkyl, hydroxy, and alkoxy. This process involves incubating a starting compound having a structure according to Formulae IIA and/or IIB:
wherein Ris —CHand R, R, A, B, and D are defined above. in the presence of a microorganism under conditions effective to produce the product compound. The microorganism can be from the genus Streptomyces, Stemphylium, Gliocladium, Bacillus, Botrytis, Cyathus, Rhizopus, Pycniodosphora, Psuedomonas, Helicostylum, Aspergillus, Mucor, Gelasinospora, Rhodotorula, Candida, Mycobacterium, or Pennicillium. Alternatively, the microorganism can be