METHOD FOR PREPARING A (R)- OR (S)- FORM OF N-(2,6-DIMETHYL PHENYL) ALANINE AND A COUNTER ENANTIOMERIC FORM OF N-(2,6-DIMETHYL PHENYL) ALANINE ESTER THERETO USING ENZYME - Patent 1587943

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EP 1 587 943 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	26.10.2005 Bulletin 2005/43

(21)	Application number: 03813309.6

(22)	Date of filing: 05.12.2003

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: C12P 41/00, C07C 239/08

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/KR2003/002673

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 2004/055195 (01.07.2004 Gazette 2004/27)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IT LI LU MC NL PT RO SE SI SK TR
	Designated Extension States:
	AL LT LV MK

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Priority:

18.12.2002 KR 2002081152

(71)	Applicant: LG Life Sciences Ltd.
	Seoul 150-721 (KR)

(72)	Inventors:
	PARK, oh-jin 305-755 Daejeon (KR) LEE, Sang Who 305-762 Daejeon (KR) PARK, tae-yoon 305-340 Daejeon (KR) LEE, Sang Hyun Yuseong-gu305-340 Daejeon (KR) JOUNG, Won-Kyo 305-330 Daejeon (KR) SUH, Byoung-Woo 305-721 Daejeon (KR) CHOI, Jeung-soon Yuseong-gu305-340 Daejeon (KR) JOE, Goonho 305-721 Daejeon (KR) CHEONG, Jae Ho 302-777 Daejeon (KR)

(74)	Representative: Gillard, Richard Edward
	Elkington and Fife LLP, Prospect House 8 Pembroke Road Sevenoaks,Kent TN13 1XR Sevenoaks,Kent TN13 1XR (GB)

(54)	METHOD FOR PREPARING A (R)- OR (S)- FORM OF N-(2,6-DIMETHYL PHENYL) ALANINE AND A COUNTER ENANTIOMERIC FORM OF N-(2,6-DIMETHYL PHENYL) ALANINE ESTER THERETO USING ENZYME