| abstract |
A low-cost and efficient industrial process for producing (S)-2-pentanol, (S)-2-hexanol, 1-methylalkylmalonic acid and 3-methylcarboxylic acid with high optical purity. There is provided a process for producing (S)-2-pentanol and (S)-2-hexanol, comprising causing a certain type of microbe or transformed cells, a treatment mixture from the microbe or cells, a culture solution of the microbe or cells and/or a product of crude purification or purification of a carbonyl reductase fraction obtained from the microbe or cells to act on 2-pentanone and 2-hexanone, respectively. |