Journal of the Chemical Society C: Organic

Microbiological oxidation of long-chain aliphatic compounds. Part I. Alkanes and alk-1-enes

DF Jones, R Howe

Index: Jones,D.F.; Howe,R. Journal of the Chemical Society [Section] C: Organic, 1968 , p. 2801 - 2808

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Citation Number: 69

Abstract

The yeast Torulopsis gropengiesseri converts long-chain alkanes into glycolipids which incorporate oxidised derivatives of the alkanes. Comparison of the lipid constituents of glycolipids derived from C12—C24 alkanes, a variety of oxygenated alkane derivatives, and a series of methyl β-alkoxypropionates has indicated that the major pathway of alkane metabolism involves the formation of alkan-1-ols which are subsequently dehydrogenated ...