Abstract:
A mixture of the diastereoisomers of zearalanol is formed when zearalenone is catalytically reduced in the presence of hydrogen. Separation of the diastereoisomers can be effected by converting them to a mixture of their 6''-acetate esters, separating the 6''acetate esters by fractional crystallization from a monohydric alkanol of one to five carbon atoms, e.g., from methanol, and deesterifying the separated esters to yield separated zearalanol diastereoisomers.
Abstract:
A PROCESS FOR THE RECOVERY OF A FERMENTATION PRODUCT FROM A POROUS SUBSTRATE SUCH AS RECOVERY OF THE ANABOLIC AND ESTROGENIC SUBSTANCE KNOWN AT F.E.S., IDENTIFIED IN U.S. PAT. NO. 3,196,019, PRODUCED BY CULTIVATION OF THE MICROOGANISM GIBBERELLA ZEAE (GORDON) ON A POROUS SUBSTRATE, ESPECIALLY FROM A SYNTHETIC FERMENTATION MEDIUM WHICH INCLUDES EXFOLIATED VERMICULITE AS A SUPPORT FOR THE MICROORGANISM AND A NUTRIENT PRODUCTION MEDIUM INCLUDING SUGAR AS THE CARBOHYDRATE SOURCE AND ADDED MINERALS DESIRED FOR PROPER GROWTH OF THE MICROORGANISM. IN THIS RECOVERY PROCESS THE POROUS SUBSTRATE OR FERMENTATION CAKE IS CRUSHED AND SLURRIED WITH AN AQUEOUS ALKALINE SOLUTION TO DISSOLVE THE NORMALLY WATER-INSOLUBLE F.E.S. THE SOLUTION IS THEN FILTERED AND ACIDIFIED TO PRECIPITATE THE F.E.S. WHICH IS RECOVERED. THE SOLUTION IS HEATED PRIOR TO OR DURING ACIDIFICATION TO INSURE THE PRODUCTION OF EASILY FILTERABLE F.E.S. CRYSTALS.