METHOD FOR PRODUCING AROMATIC COMPOUND

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a new method for production of an aromatic compound expressed by formula (II) (R1is amino or nitro; R2is hydroxymethyl or carboxyl; and R3is hydrogen atom or methyl) usable as a synthetic intermediate for pharmaceuticals by a biological conversion method.

SOLUTION: The objective material is produced by incubating an aromatic compound used as a starting raw material in the presence of cultured microbial cells or a processed product of the cultured cells capable of converting the starting compound to the aromatic compound expressed by formula (II) and separating the objective material from the incubated liquid. As an example, bacteria belonging to genus Pseudomonas are mentioned.

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