PRODUCTION AND PROPERTIES OF 2,3-BUTANEDIOL: IV. PURITY OF THE LEVOROTATORY 2,3-BUTANEDIOL PRODUCED BY AEROBACILLUS POLYMYXA
- 1 January 1945
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Canadian Science Publishing in Canadian Journal of Research
- Vol. 23b (1), 10-16
- https://doi.org/10.1139/cjr45b-002
Abstract
The levorotatory 2,3-butanediol produced by Aerobacillus polymyxa was shown to be a pure isomer, with , by fractional distillation through a Stedman column and fractional crystallization of the mono-acid d-camphorate and mono-acid phthalate. The methods used were shown to be sensitive enough to detect 1 to 2% of the meso- or dextro-isomers dissolved in the levo-isomer.This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
- Optical Isomers of 2,3-Butanediol Produced by FermentationJournal of the American Chemical Society, 1944
- The nature of the Aeromonas fermentationBiochemical Journal, 1944