BACKGROUND Biobased processes for the production of adipic acid are of great interest to replace the current environmentally detrimental petrochemical production route. No efficient natural producer of adipic acid has yet been identified, but several approaches for pathway engineering have been established. Research has demonstrated that the microbial production of adipic acid is possible, but ...

Adipic acid is an important industrial chemical used in the synthesis of nylon-6,6. The commercial synthesis of adipic acid uses petroleum-derived benzene and releases significant quantities of greenhouse gases. Biocatalytic production of adipic acid from renewable feedstocks could potentially reduce the environmental damage and eliminate the need for fossil fuel precursors. Recently, we have d...

Slightly soluble atmospherically relevant organic compounds may influence particle CCN activity and therefore cloud formation. Adipic acid is a frequently employed surrogate for such slightly soluble organic materials. The 11 published experimental studies on the CCN activity of adipic acid particles are not consistent with each other nor do they, in most cases, agree with the Köhler theory. Th...

Nitrous oxide (N2O) is generated as a by-product during the production of adipic acid and nitric acid. The main use for adipic acid is as a component of nylon-6/6; thus production trends are closely correlated with nylon consumption trends. Worldwide, there are very few adipic acid plants. The U.S. is a major producer with three companies in four locations accounting for approximately forty per...

Nitrous oxide in the earth's atmosphere contributes to catalytic stratospheric ozone destruction and is also a greenhouse gas component. A precise budgetary accounting of N(2)O sources has remained elusive, and there is an apparent lack of source identification. One source of N(2)O is as a by-product in the manufacture of nylon, specifically in the preparation of adipic acid. Characterization o...

Industrial production of semi-synthetic cephalosporins by Penicillium chrysogenum requires supplementation of the growth media with the side-chain precursor adipic acid. In glucose-limited chemostat cultures of P. chrysogenum, up to 88% of the consumed adipic acid was not recovered in cephalosporin-related products, but used as an additional carbon and energy source for growth. This low efficie...

In recent communications we have established the molecular formula as well as the nature of the functional groups of biotin (3-5). We now wish to report experiments which give information regarding the carbon skeleton of this compound. The diaminocarboxylic acid, C9H1802N2S, which we had obtained by the treatment of biotin with Ba(OH)z at 140” served as the starting material. This compound upon...

The crystal structure of the title compound, 2C(5)H(8)N(3) (+)·C(6)H(8)O(4) (2-)·C(6)H(10)O(4)·2H(2)O, consists of amino-pyridinium cations, adipate dianions, adipic acid mol-ecules and disordered solvent water mol-ecules [occupancies 0.50 (4) and 0.50 (4)]. Both the adipate and adipic acid are located across inversion centres. Eight-membered hydrogen-bonded rings exist involving amino-pyridini...